Discover the science behind how elite athletes harness physics, psychology, and strategy to perform at the highest level.

Discover why the sky is blue and the sunset is red. When sunlight travels through the atmosphere, blue light scatters more than the other colors, leaving a dominant yellow-orange hue to the ...

Take off and fly in a mirror that makes half your body look whole. Here’s an exhibit where watching is at least half the fun. Positioned at one end of this large flat mirror, you can create any number ...

Try a new tilt on eclipses. Why doesn’t a solar or lunar eclipse happen every month? It’s because the moon’s orbit around the earth is tilted in relation to the earth’s orbit around the Sun. In this ...

Walking quietly isn’t easy. Here are a few tips from an expert Apache tracker: Before taking a step, look carefully at where you will place your foot. Bend your knees slightly. Touch your foot lightly ...

Set the Course - Which Way? (Embarcadero at Green Street) ...

Tim Hawkinson’s idiosyncratic creations are meditations on nature, machines, mortality, the body, and human consciousness. Since the 1980s, the artist has used common found and store-bought materials, ...

今年夏天，会员可免费参加我们的电影放映活动，欣赏全新或经典的太空主题电影。还有免费爆米花！ 不妨以参观我们盛大的夏季特展《太空生命》开启美好的一天。探索生命 —— 无论是人类 ...

Why Don't We Have an Eclipse Every Month? Total solar eclipses happen when the moon crosses between the sun and Earth and casts its shadow onto our planet, but Earth doesn't experience a total solar ...

Join us in exploring balance! On this page, we’re collecting a set of starting points, choose-your-own-adventure pathways, and artistic inspirations to launch your own playful exploration of ...

You have two eyes, yet you see only one image of your environment. If your eyes receive conflicting information, what does your brain do? Roll the sheet of paper lengthwise into a tube 11 inches (28 ...

At Pier 15, the museum is divided into galleries filled with exhibits ranging from mechanical contraptions to artworks highlighting the beauty of the physical phenomena that surround us. Galleries are ...