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EXHIBITIONS

BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile

Take a colorful journey through more than 150 years of synthetic dye-making.

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DISTILLATIONS MAGAZINE

Sylvia Earle and the Call of the Deep

Adventure and tangled interests under the sea.

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EVENTS

How Science Invented the Myth of Race: Return, Rebury, Repatriate

Join our Distillations podcast team for session 3 of this free Roundtable course exploring the roots of racism in American science and medicine.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
6pm–7pm

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THE DISAPPEARING SPOON PODCAST

A Deadly Soup for Babies

World famous 19th-century chemist Justus von Liebig quickly became infamous for his role in the killing of four starving infants.

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We tell the stories behind the science.

The Science History Institute explores lesser-known and overlooked stories from the history of science and technology. We dive deep into the history of scientific successes and failures, with a focus on expanding knowledge and broadening our understanding of how science and society intersect.

Collect. Preserve. Interpret. Share.

Through research, storytelling, public programming, and educational outreach, we reveal how science is embedded in our daily lives.

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