Natural History Road Show at the Wagner 11/10

Okay, this is a nifty idea. Want to know the origins of that funny-looking rock from your garden? And what, exactly, was that big grasshopper-looking thing you pulled out of the Honda’s grill last weekend?
Well, bring your antiques artifacts or dead things to the Wagner Free Museum for the Natural History Road Show. [...]

Scientific Illustrations at the Wagner 11/14

If you are, like me, a sucker for Audubon watercolors, there’s a treat coming up at the Philly’s hidden science museum, the Wagner Free Institute of Science.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Aesthetics and Attitudes
in the Golden Age of Natural Science Illustration
An Illustrated Presentation By Scott Rawlins
4:00 – 7:00 PM
Lecture at 5:30 PM
From the Wagner’s announcement:

This [...]

Sustainable Design for Philly at the Academy 11/15

The Academy of Natural Science’s Town Square program provides Philadelphians another chance to speak out about how the city should be run. Hey, if enough folks pay attention to things like this maybe things will start happening in this city again. In the very least, this will all make good fodder for another story [...]

I, Automaton — Philly’s Own Steampunk Robot 11/4

This Sunday, Author Brian Selznick is making an appearance by the side of the Franklin Institute’s Maillardet’s Automaton in support of his book The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Maillardet’s Automaton, which the Franklin Institute restored to near-perfection, is a nifty little robot-like device capable of scribbling out a few pre-programmed sketches, powered by clock-like cams that [...]

Blog Note

Sorry, I lost my password to the site during summer hiatus. I’ll start updating again, honest.
Meanwhile, one local science writer has been busy blogging: Faye Flam is bringing sexy back to Philly. And boy do they complain about it. Read the best of her reader mail at Sex, Science and Voice Mail
– Greg

Dark Side of the Moon: Penn Science Cafe at new location 10/23

The Penn Science Café Presents:
The Dark Side of the Moon Mission, With Dr. Ravi Sheth of the University of
Pennsylvania
WHERE: Bubble House, 3404 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
WHO: Dr. Ravi Sheth, associate professor in the Department of Physics
and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
WHAT: The Penn Science Café lecture series, free and [...]