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Cow and dairy maid ad from 1945

Milk Safety in the 20th Century: Eradicating Brucellosis in the United States

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Close-up view of valves, pipes, and fittings

Whose Knowledge Counts? Scientists with Cognitive Differences

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Uranium board game

Pick Your Own Path

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Dark Matter

Discovering Dark Matter

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Atomic Love

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The Sweet Science of Chocolate

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3-D Bioprinting: Automating Biology

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Lab mouse in red Harvard sweater/bowtie

The Mouse That Changed Science

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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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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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Fellow in Focus Lecture: science television

An Electric Education: How to Teach Science on Television

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Helitrim trimming potentiometers on the moon

The Folly of the Martian Back-Up Plan

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It’s Alive! The Scientific Roots of Monsters

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

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Othmer Library Open House: Escape the Archives

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Start Talking Science

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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

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It’s Nothing New: Sexism in the Lab

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History Lab: Teacher Workshop

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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 Exhibition Opening

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The Mystery of Yellow Rain

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Imagining Philadelphia’s Energy Futures
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Cat Craze

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Laser inventor Gordon Gould playing chess 1940

The Man, the Myth, the Laser

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Carleen Hutchins: Rogue Luthier

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Fellow in Focus: Technology and Society: Engineering Cultures, Chemistry, and Social Order in the Second Industrial Revolution (1890 to 1930)

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

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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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Mary Somerville and the Clash between Science and Religion

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Saturday Speaker: Building an Insect Database

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Saturday Speaker: Resources and Red Tape: Doing Science in Communist China

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Scholar Smackdown

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Saturday Speaker: The Invisible Woman: Pop Culture and the Scientific Divide

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Saturday Speaker: The Sweet Science of Chocolate

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The Elements of Fiction

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Imagining Philadelphia’s Energy Futures

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Othmer Library Open House: Back-to-School Night

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Fellow in Focus: Fresh Air, Foul Odors, and the Growth of American Cities

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Fellowship Application
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Science Fiction or Fictional Science?

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Advertisement for various instruments made by Beckman Instruments, Inc. The Institute Collections.

Selling Science in the 20th Century

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First Friday: Sci-Fi Radio Play

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How Drinking Beer Is in Our DNA: An Interview with Jessica Zinskie

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Start Talking Science

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The Chemical Heritage Foundation Presents New Exhibition and Walking Tour—Things Fall Apart
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Fist and flask graphic

Political Science

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First Friday: The Science of Shelley’s “Frankenstein”

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A Tear Gas Tale

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Things Fall Apart Exhibition Opening

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AIDS

Going Viral

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A Recipe for Good Health

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History Lab: Fiction and the Future

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History Lab: Communities and the Future

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History Lab: Bodies and the Future

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History Lab
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Saturday Speaker

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Saturday Speaker: A Fourth Quarter Performance

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Saturday Speaker

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Saturday Speaker

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Saturday Speaker Series
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First Friday: How Beer Fueled Civilization

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First Friday: Science History Tournament

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WikiSalon

WikiSalon
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Guided Tours
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First Friday: Scholar Smackdown

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Speaking Scientific Internationalism

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Fellow in Focus: “Trust Me!” The Problem of Insincerity in Early Modern Medicine

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Crocidolite asbestos, Pomfret Mine, Vryburg, South Africa.

Flexible Meaning
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Lee Berry with Ambler interviewee Victor Romano.

Tips for Recording Your Family History

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Joseph Priestley Society: Robert Margolskee

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Joseph Priestley Society: T. Alan Hatton

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toy robots

Human-Centered Therapy . . . with Robots

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Hach Classroom Drinking-Water Testing Kit.

Hach Classroom Drinking Water Kit
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Clara Esther Hartley lab notes. Special Collections, the Institute

Clara Esther Hartley Lab Notes
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Deb Niemeier
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Alastair Lewis
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Murray Johnston
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Jose-Luis Jimenez
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Peter DeCarlo
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Kenneth Davis
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Ronald C. Cohen
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Wind Map, created by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg

Wind Map
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Diane Burko. Courtesy of the artist.

Waters: Glaciers and Bucks
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Coloring Chemistry

#ColorOurCollections
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Scientist talking with audience member

Start Talking Science

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Bird with Plastic

Polymer Scientist—Medical Applications
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Science Kits at Play: 2000s

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Science Kits at Play: 1900s

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Bird with Plastic

Pro−Plastic Bag Advocate
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HighWaterLine, New York City. Courtesy of Eve Mosher.

HighWaterLine
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Particle Falls at the Wilma Theater, 2013.

Particle Falls
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Bird with Plastic

Science, Technology, and Society Academic Researcher
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Vaughn Bell poses with her work Village Green.

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About Sensing Change
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