Science & Society
Science History Institute Museum

VacationIdea.com: 25 Best Free Things to Do in Philadelphia
Media Coverage
Identification papers from the Bredig archive

Archive Smuggled from Nazi-Era Germany Is Acquired by the Science History Institute
Press Release
Group of Beckman Instruments scientists standing in a lab and smiling at the camera

Disability and the Myth of the Independent Scientist

Distillations Article
miners hauling electronics that are causing pollution

Rare Earths: The Hidden Cost to Their Magic

Distillations Podcast
Periodic table with cellphones depicting US and China flags

Green Tech Media: A Strategic Approach to Rare Earth Elements as Global Trade Tensions Flare
Media Coverage
Jesse Gelsinger, 18, in an undated family photo

The Why: The Philadelphia Tragedy that Changed Gene Therapy
Media Coverage
Illustration of periodic table

LiveScience: How Many Chemical Elements Can You Name?
Media Coverage
Museum display of Science and Disability exhibit

WHYY: New Philly Exhibit Celebrates Lives, Contributions of Scientists with Disabilities
Media Coverage
Fire in the Cuyahoga River with a firefighter boat blasting water

The Myth of the Cuyahoga River Fire

Distillations Podcast
Heritage Day Awards

Heritage Day 2020

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Rare earth elements

Rare Earth Elements: The Intersection of Science and Society

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Chao Symposium

T. T. Chao Symposium on Innovation

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Henry Schaefer, Sangeeta Bhatia, and Frederick Frank

Heritage Day 2019 to Honor Frederick Frank, Henry F. Schaefer III, and Sangeeta Bhatia

Press Release
Jennifer Doudna at the 2018 Ullyot lecture

Interview: Jennifer Doudna

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Harry Gold photo illustration

Harry Gold: Spy in the Lab

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Cow photo illustration

High Steaks at the Border

Distillations Podcast
A man holds a beaker containing a bright green liquid. On the desk in front of him is a number of scientific implements.

The Case of Continental Classroom

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Suburban house with electric car in driveway

Mashable: Do Something Good for Earth Day
Media Coverage
Attendees at our monthly WikiSalon

Technical.ly Philadelphia: Get a Primer on Fact Checking and Digital Literacy from this Wikipedian in Residence
Media Coverage
John Sworen headshot

The Chemours Company’s John Sworen to Receive 16th Annual SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal
Press Release
Unidentified Beckman Instruments employees

History Lab: Disability and the Myth of the Independent Scientist

Event
Laboratory staff working with radioactive material

History Lab: Moving beyond Scientific Genius

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Oil-immersion microscope

History Lab: Through the Lens of Disability

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Photo collage of JFK

Making the Deserts Bloom

Distillations Podcast
Science on Tap event

Science on Tap Untapped: My Love Affair with Science

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A periodic chart depicting the relative abundance of the elements

Science in the National Park

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Jan Uytenbogaert: The Gold Weigher

Be a Historian!

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Chad A. Mirkin to Receive Society of Chemical Industry’s 2019 Perkin Medal
Press Release
Closeup of a penicillin fermentation jug

Distilled #8: Penicillin Jug

Distillations Video

Physics Today: Six Podcasts for Science Lovers
Media Coverage
Close-up view of valves, pipes, and fittings

Whose Knowledge Counts? Scientists with Cognitive Differences

Distillations Article
Science history photo collage

Love, Hate, and Sex from the History of Science

Distillations Podcast

Book Club
Visit
Chao Symposium

T. T. Chao Symposium on Innovation

Event

Main Line Today: The Sweet Science of Chocolate
Media Coverage
Periodic table showing rare earth elements

GreenBiz: Reimagining Rare Earth Elements in a Sacrifice Zone-Free Future
Media Coverage

Philadelphia Inquirer: Big Shows in Philly Museums
Media Coverage
Still from Where Are My Children: At the end of the film the Waltons are visited by the spectral images of their offspring, first as children and then as young adults.

Where Are My Children? Public Health in the Movies

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Ida Noddack

Nature: Celebrate the Women behind the Periodic Table
Media Coverage

Armageddon’s Fingerprints

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19th century breast reliever

Distilled #7: Bicycle Horn or Breast Pump?

Distillations Video
Photo illustration of woman with migraine

Sex(ism), Drugs, and Migraines

Distillations Podcast
Heritage Day 2019 banner

Heritage Day 2019

Event
Rebecca Kamen

Interpreting the Periodic Table through Art

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Röntgen-Photographie zweier ineinander geschlungener Hände - X-Ray Hand

X-Ray Artistry

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Dark Matter

Discovering Dark Matter

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Science History Institute Museum

Condé Nast Traveler: 11 Best Museums in Philadelphia
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WikiSalon attendees on laptops

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon attendees on laptops

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon attendees on laptops

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon attendees on laptops

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon attendees on laptops

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon attendees on laptops

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon

WikiSalon

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Philadelphia Science Festival

Philadelphia Science Festival

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WikiSalon

WikiSalon

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The Sweet Science of Chocolate

Event

3-D Bioprinting: Automating Biology

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Jennifer Doudna presents 2018 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture

Jennifer Doudna Delivers 2018 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture at the Science History Institute
Press Release
Lab mouse in red Harvard sweater/bowtie

The Mouse That Changed Science

Distillations Podcast

Family Practice

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Close up of Johannes de Sacrobosco’s astronomy textbook, De Sphaera Mundi (On the Sphere of the World).

Distilled #6: A 17th-Century (Interactive!) Astronomy Textbook

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Image of microscope from Robert Hooke's "Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses," 1665.

Through the Lens of Disability

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An early 20th century porcelain painting kit

Distilled #5: Porcelain Painting

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Photo illustration of poppy flowers and opioid addict

Treating America’s Opioid Addiction

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Roger Eadley-Pryor takes a guided kayak tour of the Schuylkill River led by Drexel chemistry professor Pete DeCarlo and University of Pennsylvania environmental humanities professor Bethany Wiggin.

Imagining a Way Forward

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Object Explorer
Museum
Comité Lavoisier

Franklin-Lavoisier Prize Presentation

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Photo illustration of poppy flowers and meeting chairs

Treating America’s Opioid Addiction

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stereoscope with stereograph

Distilled #4: Virtual Reality in the 19th Century

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Looking at Lavoisier

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Photo illustration of poppy flowers and prison-hospital for addicts

Treating America’s Opioid Addiction

Distillations Podcast
Helitrim trimming potentiometers on the moon

The Folly of the Martian Back-Up Plan

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Closeup of telegraph sent by Eleanor Roosevelt

Distilled #3: Water Fit for a King

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A portrait of Charles Darwin by Thomas Johnson

Book Club: Simultaneous Discovery and Darwin’s Ghosts

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Jennifer A. Doudna

Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture: Jennifer A. Doudna, “CRISPR Biology and Biotechnology: The Future of Genome Editing”

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Constructing Life

Distillations Article

How Does DNA Testing Work, and What Secrets Does It Expose?

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Distilled #2: An Early (Gold-Plated!) Not-Quite-IUD

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Mary Mark Ockerbloom

WikiSpeaks: What It Means to Be a Wikipedian in Residence

Distillations Article

Othmer Library Open House: Escape the Archives

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Zebrafish, a Model Organism

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Rebecca Kamen

Scientific Discovery through Art

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Stories of Disability in the Lab

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Woman irritated by smog in LA in the 1950s

Fighting Smog in Los Angeles

Distillations Podcast

It’s Nothing New: Sexism in the Lab

Distillations Article

Science on Tap, Untapped Ruins Everything

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Man walking in forest of fall leaves

Whatever Happened to Acid Rain?

Distillations Podcast

Life Sciences Pioneers Dinner: San Diego

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A detail of the inside cover art from the 1831 edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Book Club: Frankenstein in the 21st Century

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WikiSalon

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon

WikiSalon: Ada Lovelace Celebration

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WikiSalon

WikiSalon

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Portrait of alchemist in his lab

Interview: Curator Elisabeth Berry Drago

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History Lab: Teacher Workshop

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Woman and penguins in Antarctica

Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole?

Distillations Podcast

The Mystery of Yellow Rain

Distillations Article

Imagining Philadelphia’s Energy Futures
Research

Serious Fun

Distillations Article