Information Age (1970 - present)
image of a mine worker at the Oklo region in Gabon.

The World’s Only Natural Nuclear Reactor

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Detailed view of forensic DNA crime scene kit

How New DNA Sleuthing Can Expose Dangerous Killers—and You

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Collage illlustration showing midwife and baby, gynecology patient from 19th century, pelvis

The Mothers of Gynecology

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Image composite of Naomi Nkinsi, a spirometer and a scientist at a protest

Correcting Race

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Gordon Moore at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in 2005.

Science History Institute Remembers Intel Cofounder, Board of Advisors Member Gordon Moore
News
Composite of BiDil pills and historical image

Black Pills

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Frances Arnold headshot

Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold to Receive 2023 SCI Perkin Medal
Press Release
graphic for Bad Blood episode 6

Bad Blood, Bad Science

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podart 5 part 2

The African Burial Ground

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Collage illustration of map, face, buildings, and a drawing of a skull

Return, Rebury, Repatriate

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Composite image of DNA sequencing, indigenous tribe.

The Vampire Project

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composite art

Keepers of the Flame

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Notebook cover with marbled dye

Science in Humanities, Humanities in Science: Embedded Connections

Event
Notebook cover with marbled dye

Science in Humanities, Humanities in Science: Embedded Connections
Visit
Black bear crossing road with cars

The Roadside Apocalypse

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An image of Korea's DMZ, both the natural landscape and the fence surrounding it

The Scariest Paradise on Earth

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Illustration of a naked mole rat

The Naked Shibboleth

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Color illustration of a sick man

American Fevers, American Plagues

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illustration of Johnny Appleseed

The Debaucherous Legacy of Johnny Appleseed

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Women cultivate sugarcane in Jamaica

Sugar: The Most Evil Molecule

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Ad for L’Insectoline

Biting Words
Museum
Black and white photo of demonstrators sitting with a sign

Confronting America’s Food Emergencies

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Chemist James Mack

Mechanochemistry

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People wearing half-chest binders

Redefining Nude
Museum
Start Talking Science

Start Talking Science
Visit
Downstream museum view

Grid: Award-Winning Exhibit Explores Water Analysis and Protection
Media Coverage
black and white photo of man in an enclosure

Mouse Heaven or Mouse Hell?

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

Critical Metals: The Chemistry of Light
Museum
Torn red piece of company scrip

Greenbacks, Chits, and Scrip

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Cartoon of grave robbers

Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and the Irish Giant

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The BGL Chemical Set

Science at Play
Museum
Oil painting of an alchemist reading

Age of Alchemy
Museum
Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot

Things Fall Apart
Museum
Second Skin exhibit

Second Skin: The Science of Stretch
Museum
C.C. Dennis using mortar and pestle at Dearborn laboratory

Mechanochemistry: The Science of Crush
Museum
Illustration of tapping serum from a horse in a pharmacy

Animals and the Making of Human Vaccines
Museum
illustration of a screwworm fly dumping eggs on a wound

The Screwiest—and Perhaps Most Original—Idea of the 20th Century

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Ad for colored stockings 1955

Nylon: From Labs to Legs
Museum
Illustration of white-throated sparrow

The Bird with Four Sexes

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Sketch illustration of barren and forbidding field of large stone blocks

Speaking to the Future

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Three-dimensional anatomical diagram of the brain

When the Brain Deceives Itself

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Innovation Day 2021 Poster Session

Innovation Day 2022
Visit
Photo of Stephen Hawkin floating in zero gravity

Stephen Hawking and the Mistake That Made His Career

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Color illustration of old-timey car chased by animal ghosts

The Toll of the Road

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Between Us and Catastrophe exhibition

‘Philadelphia Weekly’ Spotlights Institute’s Oral History Program, ‘Between Us and Catastrophe’ Exhibition
Media Coverage
Dennis Liotta headshot

Emory University’s Dennis Liotta to Receive 2022 SCI Perkin Medal
Press Release
Ad for colored stockings 1955

Ex Libris Universum: Museum Tour
Media Coverage
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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Two floating men working in space station

Stuck Inside

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Illustration of fairies around water

River Gods, Lake Monsters, and the Abiding Power of Myth

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Illustration of tapping serum from a horse in a pharmacy

Institute’s Digital Exhibition on Vaccines Gets Boost from Google Arts & Culture
Press Release

Chemistry International: Downstream
Media Coverage
Frances Arnold headshot

Science History Institute Announces Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold Will Present 2022 Ullyot Lecture
Press Release
black and white photo of a woman

Ruth Patrick’s Lovely Creatures

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Archival photo of cleveland fire of 1929

Burn After Watching

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portrait of Mary Ward

History’s First Car Crash Victim

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Photo of a brain

Real-Life Zombies

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microscopic image of viruses and a bacterium

Bacteriophages and the Fight Against Cholera in Cold War Afghanistan

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picture of a fox

How Climate Change Will Remake the Human Body

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Mario Molina, left, and F. Sherwood Rowland at the University of California, Irvine, January 1975.

HISTORY This Week: The Sky Is Falling
Media Coverage
illustrations of chimney sweeps

The ‘Mary Poppins’ Cancer

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Cartoon of a pig in a courtroom

Kangaroo (and Pig and Monkey and Dog and Donkey) Courts

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Water Pics exhibition

Science History Institute Mounts New Outdoor Exhibition
Press Release
Downstream promotional banner

Institute’s ‘Downstream’ Exhibition Featured in Multiple Media Outlets
Media Coverage
Unexplainable podcast logo

What Causes Alzheimer’s?

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Model of Delaware River Basin, 1964.

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Must-See Museum Exhibits in Philly This Fall
Media Coverage
Research curator Jesse Smith shows off Downstream exhibition

WHYY: Exhibition Traces a 200-Year History of Water Pollution in Philadelphia
Media Coverage
Screenshot from A Discovery of Witches TV show

What the All Souls Trilogy Teaches Us about Alchemy, Family, and Knowledge Hierarchy

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18th century mythological painting of Greek goddess Eos and Tithonus

Chasing Immortality

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video game renderings of cleopatra, teddy roosevelt, and Ghandi

Interview with Jeremiah McCall

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Photo rendering of ancient greece

Learning History with Video Games

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Miners Hauling Electronics Amidst Pollution

C&EN: Rare Earths’ Magic Comes at a Cost
Media Coverage
Downstream web banner

Take a Watery Journey through History and Science with Institute’s New ‘Downstream’ Exhibition Opening September 14
Press Release
Lady Science logo

Ladies Talking to Ladies about Ladies (in Science)

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Archival photo of Forest Service after the 1910 fires.

Paradise Is Burning

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Photo of woman exiting building surrounded by news cameras

Why Did Annie Dookhan Lie?

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Picture of Colin Dickey

Bonus Episode: Interview with Colin Dickey

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Image of mural by José Clemente Orozco

Let’s Get to Work: Bringing Labor History and the History of Science Together
Visit
Carla Pereira headshot

ExxonMobil’s Carla Pereira to Receive 18th Annual SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal
Press Release
Innovation Day Attendees at Poster Session

Innovation Day 2021
Visit
Georg Bredig’s immigrant identification card

Institute Receives National Archives Grant to Digitize Oral Histories of Immigrant Scientists
Press Release
Photo of Stephane Bancel

Interview with Stéphane Bancel

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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
Portrait of Lady Ranelagh

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

Welp Magazine: 20 Best Books- and History-Related Podcasts of 2021
Media Coverage
Black and white photo of Sonny Boy the Woodpecker

The Death of the Lord God Bird

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Official Netflix movie poster for Space Sweepers

Inverse: Netflix’s Sci-Fi Epic Reveals a Real-Life Cosmic Danger
Media Coverage
Close up photo of contraceptive pill

Why Don’t We Have a Male Birth Control Pill Yet?

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Ad for colored stockings 1955

Digital Exhibitions
Museum
A nurse in a mask

Hidden City Philadelphia: A Year in Ruins
Media Coverage
Bust of pekin man

Parking Lot or Peking Lot?

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Image of sam Kean

Tales of Love and Madness from the Periodic Table

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Wendy Zukerman standing on stage holding microphone, wearing t-shirt that reads "science isn't here to make you feel better."

Predicting the Pandemic

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Mock-up photo of a cellphone displaying a QR code

COVID-19 Health Passports: What’s Old Is New Again

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Nurse Linda Ruggiero poses for portrait wearing face mask.

COVID’s Hidden Toll on Nurses

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Genre oil painting

Quacks, Plagues, and Pandemics

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Man pulling on a white tube of polymer

Bob Gore’s Cozy Revolution

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Cows in a barn

The Washington Post: The Idea of Herd Immunity to Manage the Coronavirus Should Ring Alarm Bells
Media Coverage
Philadelphia Nurse Sara Cohen in her Personal Protective Equipment

Between Us and Catastrophe

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Mask makers shown with a sewing machine and their dog

Science History Institute Debuts New Outdoor Exhibition
Press Release
A nurse in a mask

Between Us and Catastrophe
Museum
Illustration of a large laser

The Undying Appeal of Nikola Tesla’s “Death Ray”

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