History
If you grew up in South Jersey, you probably already know that Cherry Hill, New Jersey, got its name from the Cherry Hill Farm.
9 years ago
Can we get from ‘Donald the Terrible’ to ‘Donald the Bearable’?
The history of kings and emperors and rulers is replete with tales of madness, illness and general unsuitability for office.
9 years ago
Philly celebrates Octavius Catto who was assassinated on Election Day 1871 [photos]
To mark the last day voters can register in Pennsylvania, the mayor of Philadelphia joined a discussion about a little-known civil rights activist from the 19th century.
9 years ago
ListenDigital demands paradigm shift in film archiving
At the Library of Congress Packard Campus of Audio-Visual Conservation, vaults burrow into Mount Pony on a 45-acre campus surrounded by b ...
9 years ago
Listen 7:34Don’t trick yourself into thinking Gayborhood racism is new
Watching recent protests in the Gayborhood has brought on a strong case of déjà vu for me.
9 years ago
Chasing family history and the tail end of summer on Little Egg Harbor Bay
I turned 50 this year. Feeling so young, I towed my sailboat to the Jersey Shore for the family vacation. It’s a Hobie Cat, ostensi ...
9 years ago
Finders keepers doesn’t apply to fossils and bones
Paleontologists preparing for excursions have to think about appropriate gear, and clothing, but they also have to make sure all of their ...
9 years ago
Fighting for preservation in a wooded natural history museum
Eli Dickerson and I start at the edge of the unusual museum collection he manages. This piece is ...
9 years ago
Listen 4:02Could old skulls help us understand why we have crooked teeth?
Something changed over the course of human evolution that left a lot of us with weak chins and buck-teeth. ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:27A natural history museum questions what ‘natural’ means
In a business district east of Pittsburgh’s downtown, between a pizza shop and a Vietnamese restaurant, is an easy-to-miss storefront m ...
9 years ago
Listen 13:05It’s ‘game on’ for the man in charge of 145 million specimens
It seems that Kirk Johnson was training from a very early age to one day head the country’s largest and most comprehensive natural ...
9 years ago
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