Science & Society

Armageddon’s Fingerprints

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Family Practice

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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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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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Panamanian postage stamp commemorating Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize

What We’re Talking About

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An early 20th century porcelain painting kit

Distilled #5: Porcelain Painting

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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
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Comité Lavoisier

Franklin-Lavoisier Prize Presentation

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Isaac Newton stamp

Book Club: Catching Criminals with Isaac Newton

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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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Plate No. 20 Poisonous Reptiles and Insects

What We’re Talking About

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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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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

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What We’re Talking About

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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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WikiSpeaks: What It Means to Be a Wikipedian in Residence

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Othmer Library Open House: Escape the Archives

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Zebrafish, a Model Organism

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Scientific Discovery through Art

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Stories of Disability in the Lab

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Science on Tap, Untapped Ruins Everything

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It’s Nothing New: Sexism in the Lab

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Life Sciences Pioneers Dinner: San Diego

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Book Club: Frankenstein in the 21st Century

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WikiSalon

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WikiSalon

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WikiSalon: Ada Lovelace Celebration

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WikiSalon

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Age of Alchemy: Curator Elisabeth Berry Drago Discusses Exhibition Highlights and Myth Busting in Alchemy’s Golden Age

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History Lab: Teacher Workshop

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The Mystery of Yellow Rain

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Imagining Philadelphia’s Energy Futures
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Serious Fun

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Second Chances

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Old Friends

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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
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Cat Craze

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The Instrumental Chemist Film Screening and Talkback

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Scientific Expertise in the Courtroom

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Heritage Day

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For the Love of Science: An Evening of Storytelling

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Science on Tap, Untapped: Schooled by Science

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Carleen Hutchins: Rogue Luthier

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Where to Put It All? Some Thoughts about Collections, Museums, and History

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T. T. Chao Symposium on Innovation

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Putting the Communication Back in Science Communication: An Interview with the Field Museum’s Emily Graslie

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Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès’s Recipe for Margarine

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What’s in a Logo?

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Anticipating the Future: Historical Narratives, Imagination, and Innovation
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Detail from Sanborn map of Ambler, PA.

Studies in Sustainability
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Innovation and Regulation on the Open Seas: The Development of Sea-Nine Marine Antifouling Paint

Studies in Materials Innovation
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History Lab: Imagination and Data­­

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History Lab: Communities and Data

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History Lab: Bodies and Data

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