In honor of our new traveling exhibit Forrest of Illusions, Mark Dixon learns how our brains trick us when viewing two overlapping patterns. Aoife Ryle takes one
This Science Sunday, Aoife Ryle and Mark Dixon give cloud storage a new definition. A simple bottle with an inner coating of isopropyl alcohol and
The more pages, the more friction! Today Aoife Ryle and Mark Dixon experiment with pages. They layer a page on top of another. The more
What does air pressure and hitting a ruler of a table have in common? Today we are going to explore just that. Plus, this is
This Science Sunday, Mark Dixon and Aoife Ryle experiment with water and liquid nitrogen. Mark Dixon steps up again to deliver a perfect example of
Happy October everyone! If the date on the calendar didn’t let us know that summer has officially come to an end, then the temperatures we
Today we are going to be talking about electrical currents with some visual we are excited to share. Using a rheostat device, we can adjust
Have you ever gone over a suspension bridge before? Most of us probably have, but we don’t always think about how it works to keep
Did you know Connecticut used to be covered in a glacier 14 times higher than the Science Center? Today we are exploring more about glaciers
Let’s talk about milk today! Even more specifically, let’s talk about an activity you can explore at home using milk. We can do something very
In this week’s Science Sunday Mark Dixon and Aoife Ryle talk about gyroscopes. Normally, the force of gravity causes objects to fall to the ground;
Have you ever looked at a chicken egg and wondered how a baby chick can breathe through the shell? The secret all comes down to
In this week’s Science Sunday segment, Aoife Ryle shows Mark Dixon what happens when tires are “bald” and have no tread versus when tires do
In this week’s Science Sunday segment, Mark Dixon mimics how fast a heart must work to pump blood to all the body’s extremities like your
In this week’s Science Sunday, we’re talking about perception. You use perception every day, however, you may not have thought much about it before. If
