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C&EN: Rare Earths’ Magic Comes at a Cost
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Take a Watery Journey through History and Science with Institute’s New ‘Downstream’ Exhibition Opening September 14
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Ladies Talking to Ladies about Ladies (in Science)

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10K Records Published to Institute’s Digital Collections
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Bonus Episode: Interview with Colin Dickey

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Let’s Get to Work: Bringing Labor History and the History of Science Together

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2022 Gordon Cain Conference
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Ghost Hunting in the 19th Century

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Vampire Panic

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ExxonMobil’s Carla Pereira to Receive 18th Annual SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal
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New Biography by Institute’s Library Director Unveils Life and Legacy of Unknown Woman Scientist
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Science History Institute’s Museum to Reopen July 1
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Institute Receives National Archives Grant to Digitize Oral Histories of Immigrant Scientists
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Interview with Stéphane Bancel

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The Anatomy Riots

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Science History Institute Debuts ‘Mechanochemistry: The Science of Crush’ Digital Exhibition
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When a Hole in the Head Is a Good Thing

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Chemistry World: Ida Noddack and the Trouble with Element 43
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Wayne Woolley’s Marvelously Equipped Mind

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When Mosquitoes Cured Insanity

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Nature: An Incomparable Intellectual Who Fell through the Cracks of History
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Welp Magazine: 20 Best Books- and History-Related Podcasts of 2021
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The Death of the Lord God Bird

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Chewing It Over—and Over and Over and Over

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Inverse: Netflix’s Sci-Fi Epic Reveals a Real-Life Cosmic Danger
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What's the Longest Word in the English Language?

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Why Don’t We Have a Male Birth Control Pill Yet?

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Digital Exhibitions
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Crowdfunding Radium

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Diplomatic Studies of Science

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Institute President David Cole Delivers Talk on History of Inventions at Imagine Solutions Conference
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Hidden City Philadelphia: A Year in Ruins
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For the Sake of Science

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Parking Lot or Peking Lot?

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Science History Institute Receives CLIR Grant to Digitize Papers of Georg and Max Bredig
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Orphan Vaccines

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Science History Institute Launches Second Podcast Series
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Tales of Love and Madness from the Periodic Table

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Predicting the Pandemic

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ABC7 Fort Myers: 19 Visionaries to Discuss Timely Topics at 2021 Imagine Solutions Conference
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Institute President David Cole to Speak at Imagine Solutions Conference 2021
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Gettingsmart.com: 100 Podcasts You Should Check Out
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The Pulse: The Miracle and Menace of Plastic
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Science History Institute Receives $40K PHMC Grant
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Science History Institute Receives NEH/AHRC Grant
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COVID’s Hidden Toll on Nurses

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Bob Gore’s Cozy Revolution

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The Applied Arts of Alchemy
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The Washington Post: The Idea of Herd Immunity to Manage the Coronavirus Should Ring Alarm Bells
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Between Us and Catastrophe

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Science History Institute Debuts New Outdoor Exhibition
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Book of Abstracts
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Between Us and Catastrophe
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Space Junk

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Who Owns Outer Space?

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The Alchemical Origins of Occupational Medicine

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Bonus Episode: Interview with Gabriela Serrato Marks

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Science and Disability: Part 2

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Bonus Episode: Interview with Kim Nielsen

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Science and Disability: Part 1

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‘The Instrumental Chemist: The Incredible Curiosity of Arnold O. Beckman’ Released Nationwide on Video on Demand
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Collecting Monstrosity

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Interview with Magda Marquet

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Interview with Robert Langer

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Interview with Mark Stevenson

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Science History Institute and Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie Announce Winners of 2020 Franklin-Lavoisier Prize
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A Seat at the Table

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Interview with John Maraganore

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Interview with Katrine Bosley

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Hashime Murayama and the Art of Saving Lives

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Interview with William Haseltine

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The Inventions That Made Us Who We Are

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Readers Rapidly Identify Renowned Scientist
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Interview with Susan Weiss

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David Allen Cole Named President and CEO of the Science History Institute
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Anonymous Too Long—STL Women Shorted on Credit for Scientific Work
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Interview with Sue Desmond-Hellmann

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Interview with John C. Martin

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Consultant to Medical Device Makers
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Spit Spreads Death

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Distilled #13: An Environmental Cowboy from the 1970s

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A Message from the Science History Institute about COVID-19
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Women in Science
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Distilled #12: Edison’s Record Player

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Condé Nast Traveler: 15 Best Museums in Philadelphia
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Distilled #11: A 16th-Century Pop-Up Book

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CBS3: Science History Institute Blends History of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences
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How Philadelphia’s Water Pollution Problems Shaped the City

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Best of Distillations 2019

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Roe v. Wade v. Rubella

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Pedagogy, Popularization, and the Public Understanding of Science
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Distilled #10: Fancy Portraits for Factory Workers

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The Transfermium Wars: Scientific Brawling and Name-Calling during the Cold War

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Statement of Guiding Values
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The Alzheimer’s Copernicus Problem

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