The Last Great Race × YUNAVERSITY

Welcome to the Living Observatory

Bring a question. Follow your curiosity. See where it leads.

Explore ideas, investigate the living world, learn through different perspectives, and create something of your own. There is no correct question and no required destination.

Begin DiscoverySearch, inspect witnesses, follow relationships, and preserve your journey.Living CurriculumExplore a question through seven perspectives and create a contribution.Living CommonsInspect contributions and choose what, if anything, you share.Original Observatory HomeVisit the preserved earlier Observatory prototype and watershed instruments.

Your journey belongs to you

Your current journey can pass between connected applications in the same browser session. Export your Passport JSON to preserve a portable copy, and import it later to restore your work. Sharing with Commons is your choice.

Important: This first release does not provide cloud accounts or cross-device synchronization. Browser session data may disappear after closing the app or clearing website data. Export your Passport before leaving, and keep the file somewhere you control. Offline availability is limited to previously cached application pages.

Save to your iPhone Home Screen

Open this site in Safari, tap Share, select Add to Home Screen, and choose Open as Web App when offered.