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Category: Featured
Camping (For Fossils) in Antarctica
Loads of dark chocolate. Reams of toilet paper. Dozens of hand warmers. Six snowmobiles and a leaf blower. Academy Curator[…]
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National Climate Assessment: An Inescapable Truth
A new federal report on the effects of climate change, including in Philadelphia, describes a severe, rapidly unfolding problem with[…]
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Support the Academy on Giving Tuesday
Consider a gift to the Academy this #GivingTuesday.
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Volunteering at the Academy
Alex Miller’s eyes shined with excitement as he spoke passionately about the volunteer work he has been doing at the[…]
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Heads Up: Cyber Monday Membership Deal
Have you met a real scientist this year? Or faced off with a Hercules beetle? Have you practiced your mad[…]
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Dragons After Dark: Seven Reasons You Should Go
Dragons, beer and wizardry team up for Black Friday evening event
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Indulge Your Hair Obsession
Presidential, celebrity and sheep hair, the subject of new exhibit, free talk.
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Door 19: What You Missed
Evening event featured bones, weird beasts and open bar
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Historic Hair Collection
Many of us freely admit we obsess over our hair (yours truly included). Naturalist Peter A. Browne (1782–1860) obsessed over[…]
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