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Research curator Jesse Smith shows off Downstream exhibition

WHYY: Exhibition Traces a 200-Year History of Water Pollution in Philadelphia
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Making a Splash: A ‘Downstream’ Opening Celebration

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Philly Materials Day Online: Experiments for Home
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Miners Hauling Electronics Amidst Pollution

C&EN: Rare Earths’ Magic Comes at a Cost
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Take a Watery Journey through History and Science with Institute’s New ‘Downstream’ Exhibition Opening September 14
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Postcard from Walther Nernst to Georg Bredig

10K Records Published to Institute’s Digital Collections
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ExxonMobil’s Carla Pereira to Receive 18th Annual SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal
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New Biography by Institute’s Library Director Unveils Life and Legacy of Unknown Woman Scientist
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Science History Institute’s Museum to Reopen July 1
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Institute Receives National Archives Grant to Digitize Oral Histories of Immigrant Scientists
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Chemistry World: Ida Noddack and the Trouble with Element 43
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Portrait of Lady Ranelagh

Nature: An Incomparable Intellectual Who Fell through the Cracks of History
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Podcast team records at Laurel Hill Cemetery

Welp Magazine: 20 Best Books- and History-Related Podcasts of 2021
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Inverse: Netflix’s Sci-Fi Epic Reveals a Real-Life Cosmic Danger
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Institute President David Cole Delivers Talk on History of Inventions at Imagine Solutions Conference
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Hidden City Philadelphia: A Year in Ruins
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Science History Institute Receives CLIR Grant to Digitize Papers of Georg and Max Bredig
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Science History Institute Launches Second Podcast Series
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News at IU Bloomington: Newton Watermark Project Could Help Date Books More Accurately
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ABC7 Fort Myers: 19 Visionaries to Discuss Timely Topics at 2021 Imagine Solutions Conference
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Institute President David Cole to Speak at Imagine Solutions Conference 2021
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Gettingsmart.com: 100 Podcasts You Should Check Out
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Plastic Wares Sales Display Featuring Dow Styron 1949

The Pulse: The Miracle and Menace of Plastic
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Science History Institute Receives $40K PHMC Grant
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Dr. Butler and the Quest for the Philosophers’ Stone

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Page from Isaac Newton’s copy of the Preparation of the [Sophick] Mercury for the [Philosophers’] Stone

Science History Institute Receives NEH/AHRC Grant
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The Washington Post: The Idea of Herd Immunity to Manage the Coronavirus Should Ring Alarm Bells
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Science History Institute Debuts New Outdoor Exhibition
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BBC: Institute President David Cole Remembers Inventor Bob Gore
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Robert W. Gore demonstrating the expansion of ePTFE, ca. 1982.

Science History Institute Mourns Loss of Bob Gore
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The Instrumental Chemist
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Michael Somogyi and Unidentified Women in Laboratory

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Readers Rapidly Identify Renowned Scientist
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Anonymous Too Long—STL Women Shorted on Credit for Scientific Work
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A Message from the Science History Institute about COVID-19
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Spying in Plain Sight: Scientific Diplomacy during the Cold War

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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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The Hill: R&D, Not Greenland, Can Solve Our Rare Earth Problem
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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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Identification papers from the Bredig archive

Archive Smuggled from Nazi-Era Germany Is Acquired by the Science History Institute
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Green Tech Media: A Strategic Approach to Rare Earth Elements as Global Trade Tensions Flare
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How Oral History Opens Up the Past

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Mashable: Do Something Good for Earth Day
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