retreat or ausflug

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Wolverines are back! (or are they?)

Considering that the Field Trip Explainers are about to embark on a journey into the wilds of Point Reyes I would like everyone to know that WOLVERINES ARE BACK IN CALIFORNIA.
According to an article on SierraSun.com (don’t read it online though because you will be putting the print version out of business!!) a researcher’s motion [...]

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Barty Foul

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Non-Nano

In preparation for the upcoming nano days event, Paul D. came by last week to give us some insight on how very very very small nano particles are and what they are doing in our pants. And although that surely is amazing to think about, for me, the most interesting part of the training was [...]

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Resonation Nation

Due to my current fascination with trying to make halfway decent sounds come out of a guitar, Johannes and I chose to engage the Explainers in further study of Oscylinderscope last week.  One thing led to another and we found ourselves in a dark Cloffice, armed with a only a strobe light, violin, ukelele, guitar, [...]

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That’s what she said

                                    Guess which exhibit this signage appeared on today

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My Evidence

I got a museum news email today about an Exploratorium website that I’ve never heard of getting recognized as a site-of-the-week by Communication Arts. The site is called…
Evidence : How Do We Know What We Know. It’s really cool because users can input their own evidence for or against human caused global warming, the earth [...]

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Bubble Daze

This past week we have had a group of bubble enthusiasts from around the world, came to the Exploratorium to talk about, demonstrate, and play with that magical combination of water, soap, glycerin, and other secret ingredients. On Tuesday, Sterling Johnson, a bubble master, gave us a training all about the scientific properties of bubbles. [...]

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