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Reflections: Mirrors Mirror by Daniel Rozin (Clip)

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00:01:18

Mirrors Mirror creates the viewers' image by directing 768 small mirror tiles in a way that reflects different portions of their image. The piece is made of 24 columns of "pixels" that form a concaved curved surface that is aimed at the viewer. Brighter pixels reflect the upper body of the viewer and the wall behind him and dark ones are aimed lower. Artist Daniel Rozin will be featured in the Exploratorium's 2009 summer exhibition, Reflections.

Project: Reflections | Browse All

Date: April 29, 2009
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science, Cognitive Science/Psychology, Art

Keywords: daniel rozin, mirror, reflections, tiles, image, pixels, art

Outdoor Exploratorium: Outdoor Exhibits (Clip)

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00:00:45

View a selection of video clips from three exhibits that are part of the new Outdoor Exploratorium collection at Fort Mason.

Project: Outdoor Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: January 13, 2009
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: outdoor, exhibits, fort mason, wind, waves, oscillations

Links:

Outdoor Exploratorium Press Kit

Microscope Imaging Station: Cancer: Cellular Misfits Run Amok -- A Scientist's View (Clip)

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6:50

How do cancer cells misbehave? Watch and listen as cancer researcher Dr. Thea Tlsty explains how genetic blips turn cancer cells into the rogues they are.

Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All

Date: May 18, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

Keywords: cancer, genetics

Microscope Imaging Station: Frogs: Princes of Science — A Scientist's View (Clip)

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5:49

From fertilization to pregnancy tests, watch and listen as Xenopus researcher Dr. Thierry Brassac shows how these creatures, with their enormous eggs cells and their acts of metamorphosis, have been helping scientists for centuries.

Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All

Date: May 18, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

Keywords: frogs, fertilization, metamorphosis, cell division

Microscope Imaging Station: Making Heads and Tails of Planaria — A Scientist's View (Clip)

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6:48

The water-dwelling planaria can lose its head and regrow a new one. Watch and listen as planaria researcher Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado explains how a little flatworm's might teach us about our own regenerative potential.

Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All

Date: May 18, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

Keywords: planaria, regeneration

Microscope Imaging Station: Stem Cells: Cells with Potential — A Scientist's View (Clip)

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Hear stem cell researcher Bruce Conklin explain why this science is important and what it's like to watch newly grown heart cells beat in a culture dish late at night.

Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All

Date: May 6, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

Keywords: stem cells, biotechnology

Microscope Imaging Station: What's So Interesting About Blood? — A Scientist's View (Clip)

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00:03:45

A tattoo lasts a lifetime, thanks to your white blood cells. Watch and listen as researcher Mike McGrath explains how these warrior cells protect you from disease—and keep body art intact.

Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All

Date: April 17, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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Microscope Imaging Station: Celebrating The Sea Urchin — A Scientist's View (Clip)

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00;05:41

What's so special about the sea urchin? Watch and listen as urchin researcher Fred Wilt describes the things he and others observe under the microscope.

Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All

Date: April 17, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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Second Skin: 2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in Digital & Analog Clothing (Clip)

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00:03:50

Science, technology, art, and fashion converge at a runway fashion show at the Exploratorium on Friday, April 25, 2008, 7-11pm. The 2nd Skin Clothesline Exhibit debuts that evening; the event also features two artists at work on their creations. If you miss the opening, artists' works will to be highlighted around the museum for five months,from April 26-September 7, 2008.

Project: Second Skin | Browse All

Date: March 31, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: art, fashion, clothing

Links:	Press Release
	Press Images

Mind: Mind: A Major Exhibit Collection with 40 New Exhibits (Clip)

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00:04:14

Preview the Exploratorium's Mind exhibit, an exhibit collection four years in the making.

In Mind, you are the exhibit. Experience your own thoughts, feelings and actions in provocative and unexpected ways in this major new 5000-square-foot collection. Discover insights into how you make decisions, the kinds of things you do (or don’t) pay attention to, and the changing landscapes and intriguing effects of your own emotions. Mind is made possible with the support of the National Science Foundation.

Project: Mind | Browse All

Date: March 1, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology

Keywords: mind, thought, feeling, emotion, interactive, exhibit, decision-making

Links:

Mind Press Kit


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