Meet some of the remarkable creatures that call the Bay home during a day of hands-on science, live demonstrations, and ...

Free livestream, museum watch party, and comprehensive online eclipse guide bring one of nature's most spectacular events to ...

All year long we set aside Sunday mornings for Daytime members, donors, and Corporate members—10:00 a.m. to noon is just for you. Join us for a leisurely visit, enjoy lunch at the Tinkering Table ...

Senior Research Scholar, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Roberta Reiff Katz, a lawyer and cultural anthropologist, is a senior research scholar at the Center ...

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 ...

Use your voice to make visible patterns in sand. Sand scattered on a large metal square vibrates and jumps in response to the sound of your voice. When you hit just the right note(s), the sand ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...