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Science on Tap–Philly: Sudsy Science: Making Soap with the Franklin Family
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sudsy-science-making-soap-with-the-franklin-family-tickets-126874995527Learn about the Franklin family soapmaking business at this virtual Science on Tap featuring the APS Museum’s Janine Boldt. Jane Franklin Mecom once had to explain to her famous brother, “There is a good deal of Phylosephy in the working of crown soap.” Why was soap so difficult to master? Join Janine Boldt as she […]
Science on Tap–Seattle: A Good Time To Be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future by Perri Klass
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YyuJb12kTQ6RW9PaFGd16AOnly one hundred years ago, in even the world’s wealthiest nations, children died in great numbers―of diarrhea, diphtheria, and measles, of scarlet fever and tuberculosis. Not even the powerful and the wealthy could escape, and for children of the poor, immigrants, enslaved people and their descendants, the chances of dying were far worse. The steady beating back of infant […]
Science Distilled: Using technology to overcome the challenges of 2020
https://youtu.be/VQJeZjlRSc4“Unprecedented” will be remembered as the watchword of 2020. Together, we have faced unforeseen challenges in our education, work, business, social, and home lives brought on by the global pandemic. With life seemingly overturned, creative uses of technology to connect us and overcome these struggles have emerged in unexpected places. This Science Distilled event brings […]