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February 6, 2018
It is not often that current events enter into rare materials cataloguing. It is even rarer that sporting events make their way into the APS...
February 2, 2018
For my inaugural blog post as the conservation lab intern, I’m going to explain how we teach paper to swim. You heard me right. Paper...
January 30, 2018
There are many bets being placed on this weekend’s match-up between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles, but there is only one that...
January 23, 2018
One of the most important Indigenous community partners of the American Philosophical Society’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) is the Deyohahá:ge: Indigenous...
January 16, 2018
In anticipation of Benjamin Franklin's birthday on January 17, APS Fellow Madalina Veres has written the following post about one of Franklin's chief scientific interests...
January 9, 2018
Benjamin Franklin thought of himself as British. Yes, he was born in America, and certainly some of his identity was that of an American, but...
January 2, 2018
This post is part of a brief series celebrating the American Philosophical Society's 275th Anniversary in 2018 and Benjamin Franklin's birthday on January 17. Follow...
December 21, 2017
From left: Dorothy Kim, Chris Hunter, Alex Galarza, Rhae Lynn Barnes, Melissa Adler, Caroline Wigginton, and Priyasha Mukhopadhyay. Not pictured: Clare Mullaney. Image courtesy of...