So I’m now approaching hour 19 of chilling in SFO, interrupted only by a brief visit to the Airport Marriot to sleep for a bit. My roommate is gone, my cell and ipod are dead, I read the copy of Science that Ryan/Santa gave me in my vest pocket cover to cover, there’s too much stimulation for [...]
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December 22nd, 2008 — exploratorium from Ann Bartkowski @ Exploratorium Explainers
And you may find yourself…
December 18th, 2008 — exploratorium from Ann Bartkowski @ Exploratorium Explainers
wearing a mylar outfit.
And you may find yourself,
in another part of the world.
And you may find yourself,
awkwardly slow dancing with the sun.
And you may find yourself,
in a beautiful museum,
with a beautiful wife.
And you may ask yourself,
well…how did I get here?
Marcus and Ryan, you did a really great job editing this video, so I hope you [...]
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Same As It Ever Was…
December 12th, 2008 — exploratorium from Ann Bartkowski @ Exploratorium Explainers
So last week Marcus and Antoine did this sweet study group focused on the exhibit Hoop Nightmares. For anyone who doesn’t know, this exhibit allows you to try and shoot baskets with and without these glasses that make things in front of you look like they are over to the side. After shooting several baskets [...]
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November 3rd, 2008 — Danfoss Universe, Experimentarium, exploratorium, on the floor from Ann Bartkowski @ Exploratorium Explainers
So as I mentioned during meeting, last week I had a really enjoyable interaction with a friendly group of Danish people at Philosophy Demo. After we had decided whether or not time was real, when an activity becomes a bad habit, and where our minds go after we die, we still had plenty of time [...]
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October 13th, 2008 — exploratorium, links, off the floor, video from Ann Bartkowski @ Exploratorium Explainers
Since I was home sick from work last week, I spent an inordinate amount of time watching TV (aka The Discovery Channel). I got super excited every time they played this commercial for their new show, Time Warp, which reminds me of Smashbat. My favorite part is when the green balloon explodes on the dude’s [...]
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June 3rd, 2008 — SF Mom Map from Ann Bartkowski @ Exploratorium Explainers
Earlier this year, Ryan and I both happened to start reading different books by Brian Greene, a physicist and professor at Columbia. Yesterday he wrote an Op-Ed article in the Times about science and education.  His eloquently written thoughts really resonated with me and I wanted to share the article below with you guys-
Put a Little Science in Your Life
“Science is the greatest [...]
DNA: Size Does Matter. But is it Science or Art?
May 14th, 2008 — SF Mom Map from Ann Bartkowski @ Exploratorium Explainers
Last week Karen came in to teach us about DNA and size. Since DNA is so very itty-bitty, we were having a hard time understanding the magnitude of it and other tiny things we talk about daily but can’t see. It was really cool imagining the sizes of bacteria, viruses, DNA, and cells relative to [...]
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Magnetism and Movies
March 3rd, 2008 — exploratorium from Ann Bartkowski @ Exploratorium Explainers
Last weekend I saw Michel Gondry’s new film, Be Kind Rewind. In this movie, Jack Black’s character becomes magnetized after being electrocuted and subsequently erases all of the VHS tapes in a video store with his body’s new electromagnetic properties.Â
Thanks to Paul D., I understand that even though electricity and magnetism go together like American Gladiators [...]