Science & Society
Philadelphia Science Festival

Philadelphia Science Festival

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Museum display of alchemical objects

CBS3: Science History Institute Blends History of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences
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Historical photo of Philadelphia's Fairmount Water Works

How Philadelphia’s Water Pollution Problems Shaped the City

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Illustration of pepper plant

Best of Distillations 2019

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Attendees gather at the monthly Wikisalon

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 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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Attendees gather at the monthly Wikisalon

WikiSalon

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WikiSalon attendees on laptops

WikiSalon

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Rubella (German Measles) vaccination clinic in 1969

Roe v. Wade v. Rubella

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Image of microphone for podcast recording

Gettingsmart.com: 100 Podcasts You Should Check Out
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Monsanto Hall of Chemistry pamphlet cover

Pedagogy, Popularization, and the Public Understanding of Science

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Monsanto Hall of Chemistry pamphlet cover

Pedagogy, Popularization, and the Public Understanding of Science
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Neodymium magnet

Forbes: Rare Earth Minerals Could Be Sourced Through Outdated Smartphones, Batteries, Wind Turbines
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Bredig Archive materials

Hamodia: A Golden Age Turned Black
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Portait of Rohm and Haas worker George Trapp

Distilled #10: Fancy Portraits for Factory Workers

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Science and Disability exhibition

DHA Blog: ExhibitLab at the Science History Institute
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Man in profile in front of wall chart

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

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Two brain scans: one seemingly healthy one and one afflicted by alzheimer's

The Alzheimer’s Copernicus Problem

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Science History Institute Receives $95K IMLS Grant
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Grainy photograph of a well-dressed crowd

Marie Curie, Marie Meloney, and the Significance of a Gram of Radium

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500 Women Scientists at March for Science

AGU Blog: Why Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons Are Needed, and How We Can Help
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Panelists discuss rare earth elements

UCLA Daily Bruin: Panelists Discuss Challenges Caused by Use of Rare Earth Elements
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Scrolling on cell phone

The Hill: R&D, Not Greenland, Can Solve Our Rare Earth Problem
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Mr. Wizard on TV set with children

Science on TV: An Interview with Ingrid Ockert

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Science and Disability exhibition

NCPH Blog: Science and Disability Q&A
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New York Times: Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table?
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Advertisement for Bendix MA-3 Gas Chromatograph system

Distilled #9: Lovely Ladies Sell Instruments

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The Oprah Magazine: 20 Best History Podcasts That’ll Make You Rethink What You Learned in School
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Moon landing-themed pop-up

Library Pop-Ups
Visit
IUPAC Paris 2019 meeting logo

ChemistryViews: IUPAC 2019 in Paris
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Tollund Man

Bodies in the Bog: The Lindow Mysteries

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Science History Institute Museum

VacationIdea.com: 25 Best Free Things to Do in Philadelphia
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Attendees gather at the monthly Wikisalon

The Conversation: On the Job with a Wikipedian in Residence
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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

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miners hauling electronics that are causing pollution

Rare Earths: The Hidden Cost to Their Magic

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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
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Illustration of periodic table

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

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

The Myth of the Cuyahoga River Fire

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Heritage Day Awards

Heritage Day 2020

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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

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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

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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
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Attendees at our monthly WikiSalon

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

The Chemours Company’s John Sworen to Receive 16th Annual SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal
Press Release
Photo collage of JFK

Making the Deserts Bloom

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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

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

Whose Knowledge Counts? Scientists with Cognitive Differences

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Science history photo collage

Love, Hate, and Sex from the History of Science

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

GreenBiz: Reimagining Rare Earth Elements in a Sacrifice Zone-Free Future
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Big Shows in Philly Museums
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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
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Armageddon’s Fingerprints

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19th century breast reliever

Distilled #7: Bicycle Horn or Breast Pump?

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Photo illustration of woman with migraine

Sex(ism), Drugs, and Migraines

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Science History Institute Museum

Condé Nast Traveler: 11 Best Museums in Philadelphia
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Lab mouse in red Harvard sweater/bowtie

The Mouse That Changed Science

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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
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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Photo illustration of poppy flowers and prison-hospital for addicts

Treating America’s Opioid Addiction

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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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Constructing Life

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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

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Woman irritated by smog in LA in the 1950s

Fighting Smog in Los Angeles

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It’s Nothing New: Sexism in the Lab

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Man walking in forest of fall leaves

Whatever Happened to Acid Rain?

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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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Portrait of alchemist in his lab

Interview: Curator Elisabeth Berry Drago

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Woman and penguins in Antarctica

Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole?

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The Mystery of Yellow Rain

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Imagining Philadelphia’s Energy Futures
Research

Serious Fun

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Second Chances

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The Alchemist and His Wife, ca. 1928, by Jacques Hammerer, after 17th-century original by David Ryckaert III.

Age of Alchemy
Museum

Cat Craze

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Old Friends

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Laser inventor Gordon Gould playing chess 1940

The Man, the Myth, the Laser

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