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Science in the City
Seismic San Francisco (Video)
Date: January 12, 2011
Running Time: 00:05:26
The ground under our San Franciscan feet is constantly on the move. Join Exploratorium educator Ken Finn as we visit some spots around town where exposed rocks reveal the tale of an active earth.
Urban environments like San Francisco are full of mysterious natural and human-made phenomena. Why are there so many one-footed pigeons? Where does the sewage go? Why is our “summer” in May and September? The Exploratorium is “taking it outside" to explore these and other questions in engineering, ecology, optics, waves, ... More »

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Flight Simulation (Video)
7/10/2013   
Virgin America's Captain Christopher Owens gives us a tour of their high-tech flight simulator used ...

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The Making of a Bell (Video)
4/10/2013   
For our first episode in a new season of "Science in the City," we explore the creation of ...
 
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Altamont Wind Farms (Video)
9/12/2012   
Southeast of San Francisco, on the way out to California's Central Valley, thousands ...
 
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Airships (Video)
8/8/2012   
Take to the skies on board the zeppelin Eureka with pilot Andrea Deyling of Airship Ventures and ...
 
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Camera Obscura (Video)
7/11/2012   
On the cliffs above San Francisco's Ocean Beach perches a landmark observatory—a giant ...
 
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Underworld (Video)
2/13/2012   
Beneath the 100-year-old piers that will soon house the new Exploratorium, highly specialized di ...

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True Color (Video)
6/12/2013   
With a roll of thin plastic diffraction grating and some "stolen" sunlight, a ...
 
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Electric Guitar (Video)
5/8/2013   
There’s no mistaking the distinct voice—whether throbbing, singing, or screaming—o ...
 
00:12:40
The Making of a Bell (Video)
4/10/2013   
For our first episode in a new season of "Science in the City," we explore the creation of ...
 
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The Brew Lab (Video)
10/10/2012   
How do brewers turn a handful of simple ingredients into the frothy, delicious bevera ...
 
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Altamont Wind Farms (Video)
9/12/2012   
Southeast of San Francisco, on the way out to California's Central Valley, thousands ...




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