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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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Lisa Ruth Rand

Wasted Space: The History of Orbiting Junk

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Rare books display

Library Pop-Up: Notes on Art

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Illustration of mushroom

Library Pop-Up: Into the Woods

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Engraving of dragon eating his own tail

Library Pop-Up: Lions and Manticores and Dragons, Oh My!

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WikiSalon attendees on laptops

Report an Error on Wikipedia
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Moon landing-themed pop-up

Library Pop-Ups
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engraving of alchemist in his lab

Distillations Podcast Live: Super Spooky Halloween Spectacular

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Escape Room Game

Escape the Archives

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Drawing of hot air balloon

Magic Mirrors, Flying Machines, and Ancient Technology

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Start Talking Science

Start Talking Science

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Illustration of beer steins

Beer: The Fuel of Ancient Civilization

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Three-dimensional anatomical diagram of the brain

Your Brain on Sleep Deprivation

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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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Close-up view of valves, pipes, and fittings

Whose Knowledge Counts? Scientists with Cognitive Differences

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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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Helitrim trimming potentiometers on the moon

The Folly of the Martian Back-Up Plan

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A portrait of Charles Darwin by Thomas Johnson

Book Club: Simultaneous Discovery and Darwin’s Ghosts

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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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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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The Mystery of Yellow Rain

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Imagining Philadelphia’s Energy Futures
Research

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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An Interview with the Field Museum’s Emily Graslie

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The Elements of Fiction

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Fellowship Application
Research

Science Fiction or Fictional Science?

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

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Fist and flask graphic

Political Science

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A Tear Gas Tale

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AIDS

Going Viral

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Girl with sign at March for Science protest

The Message of the March for Science

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A Recipe for Good Health

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History Lab
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Saturday Speaker Series
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WikiSalon

WikiSalon
Visit

Guided Tours
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Crocidolite asbestos, Pomfret Mine, Vryburg, South Africa.

Flexible Meaning
Research
Lee Berry with Ambler interviewee Victor Romano.

Tips for Recording Your Family History

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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
Research
Clara Esther Hartley lab notes. Special Collections, the Institute

Clara Esther Hartley Lab Notes
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Deb Niemeier
Research

Alastair Lewis
Research

Murray Johnston
Research

Jose-Luis Jimenez
Research

Peter DeCarlo
Research

Kenneth Davis
Research

Ronald C. Cohen
Research
Wind Map, created by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg

Wind Map
Research
Diane Burko. Courtesy of the artist.

Waters: Glaciers and Bucks
Research
Coloring Chemistry

#ColorOurCollections
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Bird with Plastic

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

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Learn
Learn

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
Research
Particle Falls at the Wilma Theater, 2013.

Particle Falls
Research
Bird with Plastic

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

Home
Research

About Sensing Change
Research

Instruments
Research
Edward Dunlea calibrating an aerosol mass spectrometer at the Storm Peak Laboratory.

Scientists
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Waters: Glaciers and Bucks by Diane Burko.

Art
Research

Science Kits at Play: 1950s

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Science Kits at Play: 1850s

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Detail from Sanborn map of Ambler, PA.

REACH Ambler
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Bird with Plastic

Case Study for Waste: Trash and Treasure
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Bird with Plastic

The Case of Plastics: Introduction
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Bird with Plastic

Game Home
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Conflicts in Chemistry: The Case of Plastics
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pH Meter Illustration

Virtual Chemistry
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Man with arm in sling with dead leopard

This Is Not Your Great-Grandfather’s Taxidermy

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Women in Chemistry

Women in Chemistry
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Historical Biographies
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Roald Hoffmann, after receiving the 2006 AIC Gold Medal.

Roald Hoffmann
Historical Profile
Phillip Sharp.

Phillip Sharp
Historical Profile
Mary Lowe Good.

Mary Lowe Good
Historical Profile
Cottingley Fairy

The Magic of It All

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Skil Craft Biology Lab 1960

It’s Alive!

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Oral History bound books

Oral History Collections
Collections
Babes of Science logo

Babes of Science, a Guest Episode

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Carin Berkowitz

People
Not-so-safe chemistry lab practices, ca. 1910

Not-So-Great Moments in Chemical Safety

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Karabots Junior Fellows

Karabots Kids

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Musée des Arts et Métiers

Pour l’Amour de Lavoisier

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Making biodiesel

Hands-On Science

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Serious Fun

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Ask a Scientist event

Informal Science

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Crystal Clear

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Making Modernity exhibition at the Museum at CHF.

Making Modernity: A Gallery Preview

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Peter Lykos

A Life in Chemistry Computing

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Bridging the Gaps

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Robert Boyle

Full Boyle

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