Belated Baleen

Awhile ago, Karen, our resident biologist brought in a large chunk of baleen from the mouth of a blue whale that had washed on on a nearby beach. The pieces of this spectacular and spectacularly large animal were sent to all corners of the world for research and education, and the explo was lucky enough [...]

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Snake on a Ryans

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Saved from an unfortunate (but tasty) end

So one day in April I felt like making BLT sandwiches for lunch club, and when I went to Safeway I discovered a lettuce that’s “so fresh, because it’s still alive”. So these lettuces come with the roots still attached, and I couldn’t bring myself to eat the little one. So I decided to try [...]

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Haiku Take Over

A couple of weeks ago several Explainer managers from partnering museums came out to tour the Exploratorium Explainer program. Together we picked an exhibit that really spoke to us, the strobe-o-scope, and wrote haikus, Explainer style. The first one we created by combining words we independently wrote down on separate sticky notes. I’m impressed we [...]

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