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Harvard College Observatory

By Dimitrios Sakellariou

26 Feb

By James White The formation of tall buildings dates back to the days of the Great Pyramid, where three pyramids were built

07 Nov

By Jared Keller Every day thousands of New Yorkers pass by 463 West Street in Manhattan – head down, texting their

03 Oct

By Courtney Gordner Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is perhaps best known as the site of the bloodiest battles in the American Civil

19 Sep

By Deanna Day Eastern State Penitentiary, 1829-1971 After the last prisoners left Eastern State Penitentiary in 1971, the

19 Jun

By Robert G W Anderson The Wagner Free Institute of Science has its origins in the adult education movement which had started

29 May

By Robert G W Anderson The Chemical Heritage Foundation has evolved from the Center for the History of Chemistry which was

15 May

By Robert G W Anderson The Barnes Foundation was established in 1922 by Albert C Barnes (1872-1951), an eccentric chemist

26 Apr

By Thad Parsons Are you looking for something off the tourist track? What about something that at first sight makes little

22 Mar

By Charles B. Greifenstein The full official name of the Society is the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia

18 Mar