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The World’s Only Natural Nuclear Reactor

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Curious Histories Fest: A Taste of Water

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Science and Survival

‘Jewish Exponent’ Features Institute’s ‘Science and Survival’ Exhibition

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Food scientists break flavor down into elements

Science History Institute Featured in ‘Philadelphia’ Magazine

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Sam Tharpe Joins Science History Institute’s Board of Directors

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Chemist James Mack

Mechanochemistry

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Redefining Nude

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Europium (III) Hydroxide [Eu(OH)₃] under UV Light

Critical Metals: The Chemistry of Light

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The BGL Chemical Set

Science at Play

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Oil painting of an alchemist reading

Age of Alchemy

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Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot

Things Fall Apart

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Second Skin exhibit

Second Skin: The Science of Stretch

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C.C. Dennis using mortar and pestle at Dearborn laboratory

Mechanochemistry: The Science of Crush

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Illustration of tapping serum from a horse in a pharmacy

Animals and the Making of Human Vaccines

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Ad for colored stockings 1955

Nylon: From Labs to Legs

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Portrait of Issac Newton

How To Be Smarter Than Isaac Newton

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A portrait of Niccolo Paganini on his deathbed.

Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius as Written by Our Genetic Code

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Matthew Carey Lea and the Origins of Mechanochemistry

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Archival photo of cleveland fire of 1929

Burn After Watching

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The ‘Mary Poppins’ Cancer

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Fit to Be Dyed

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The Dark Stars of Marietta Blau

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Miners Hauling Electronics Amidst Pollution

C&EN: Rare Earths’ Magic Comes at a Cost

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Postcard from Walther Nernst to Georg Bredig

10K Records Published to Institute’s Digital Collections

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Why Did Annie Dookhan Lie?

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ExxonMobil’s Carla Pereira to Receive 18th Annual SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal

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C.C. Dennis using mortar and pestle at Dearborn laboratory

Science History Institute Debuts ‘Mechanochemistry: The Science of Crush’ Digital Exhibition

Press Release

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Chemistry World: Ida Noddack and the Trouble with Element 43

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Two tobacco plants, one with tobacco mosaic virus

What's the Longest Word in the English Language?

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Ad for colored stockings 1955

Digital Exhibitions

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Marie Curie in her lab

Crowdfunding Radium

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For the Sake of Science

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Tales of Love and Madness from the Periodic Table

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How the Elements Got Their Names

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Gabriela Serrato Marks doing fieldwork in a cave.

Bonus Episode: Interview with Gabriela Serrato Marks

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children learning geography in a classroom from 1921.

Science and Disability: Part 2

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Science and Disability: Part 1

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Innovation Day

Innovation Day 2020

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A Seat at the Table

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The Dual Legacies of Henry Moseley

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The Rise and Fall of Polywater

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Color photograph of a mushroom cloud

Element Hunting in a Nuclear Storm

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Portait of Rohm and Haas worker George Trapp

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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References for Activists

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References for Consumers

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References for Manufacturers

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References for Producers

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References for Stewards

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Statement of Guiding Values

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References

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Illustration of map showing where rare earth elements are found

Science of Rare Earth Elements

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New York Times: Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table?

Media Coverage

The Oprah Magazine: 20 Best History Podcasts That’ll Make You Rethink What You Learned in School

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Satirical cartoon on food adulteration from Puck magazine

Harvey Wiley’s Fierce Pursuit of Food Safety

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Demonstrators in Kuala Lumpur

Activists

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Consumers

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Wind turbines and a herd of cattle

Manufacturers

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Oxides of rare earth elements

Producers

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Chemical abbreviations for 17 rare earth elements

Stewards

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Introduction

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miners hauling electronics that are causing pollution

Rare Earths: The Hidden Cost to Their Magic

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Innovation Day Poster Session

Innovation Day 2019

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Rare earth elements

Rare Earth Elements Project

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Photo collage of JFK

Making the Deserts Bloom

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Closeup of a penicillin fermentation jug

Distilled #8: Penicillin Jug

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Science history photo collage

Love, Hate, and Sex from the History of Science

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Nor Any Drop to Drink

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Saving Old Movies

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Image of microscope from Robert Hooke's "Micrographia" 1665

Through the Lens of Disability

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Treating America’s Opioid Addiction

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Object Explorer

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Treating America’s Opioid Addiction

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Treating America’s Opioid Addiction

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Innovation Day 2018

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If You Smell Something, Say Something

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Styrofoam, a Practical and Problematic Creation

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Woman irritated by smog in LA in the 1950s

Fighting Smog in Los Angeles

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Distilled #1: Caffeine Pills in Disguise

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Man walking in forest of fall leaves

Whatever Happened to Acid Rain?

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Penguins on an iceberg

Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole?

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A Study In Scarlet

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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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Women wearing orange yoga pants and yellow sneakers

The Yoga Pant Problem

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Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès’s Recipe for Margarine

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Anticipating the Future: Historical Narratives, Imagination, and Innovation

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Braving the Elements: Why Mendeleev Left Russian Soil for American Oil

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Letter written by 17th-century scientist Lady Ranelagh

The Almost Forgotten Story of Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh

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Sci-Fi Radio Drama

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Here Comes the Spray Man!

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Fizzy Water

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Philippe Mercier’s The Sense of Smell (1744–1747).

The Scent of a Molecule

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Vintage margarine ad

Butter vs. Margarine

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Science and Disability: Interviews in the General Collection

Research

Concrete Solutions

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Refugee Doctors

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Prosthetic arm with strings

ExhibitLab

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Detail of illustration outside confectionery, 1885

Our Mutual Friend

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Science and Disability

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A History of Violence

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Innovation Day 2017

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