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		<title>20 Years of Cheetah Conservation (10/21, 6PM Academy of Natural Sciences)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ October 21, 2010; 6:00 pm; 6:00 pm; ] OK, I'll say it, my original title was "Never Say Never: Cheetahs Sometimes Win" 

And aren't you glad I didn't use that one?

The Academy of Natural Sciences is hosting a free talk by Laurie Marker, one of the world's foremost experts on cheetahs.

20 Years of Cheetah Conservation, Dr. Laurie Marker
Thursday, October 21
6 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;ll Be Murder Afoot in National Mechanics: Science on Tap (7/12, 6PM)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ July 12, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] How could you possibly resist a lecture at a bar that has "Sixteen Good Reasons Not to Drink Whiskey with Strangers" as a subtitle?

The wheel of hosts falls to the Mutter Museum for this month's Science on Tap, and they've picked Stockton College history prof Lisa Rosner as their speaker, appropriately enough. Her new book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Test the limits of human survival with Mary Roach at the Free Library (August 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ August 3, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] "Spook" author,Mary Roach, will be at the Free Library of Philadelphia   in August to discuss her forthcoming book "Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void." 

The book hasn't been released yet, but I feel certain it will cover what happens to bodies exposed to the vacuum of space. You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science Fair First Friday at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (July 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ July 2, 2010; 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] I hope this will start your Fourth of July weekend off with a bang...figuratively, if all goes correctly:


First Friday at CHF - Science Fair	
Date:	2 July 2010
Time:	1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location:	Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Free and open to the public. 

Sponsors:	This event has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts &#038; Heritage through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Opening of Marvels and Ciphers at the Chemical Heritage Foundation 3/5 5-8pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 5, 2010; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] A place like the Chemical Heritage Foundation needs to think outside the norm to come up with creative events that will spur popular interest in chemistry -- but they have been able to deliver, so far, with their fun First Friday events and an engaging, albeit small museum -- so I'm really looking forward to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now THIS is a Science on Tap topic: &#8220;The Origin and Evolution of Beer&#8221; 1/11 6pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 11, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] Oh nuts, it's almost the second Monday of the month and I haven't posted a thing about tomorrow's Science on Tap: 
 
Science on Tap: "The Origin and Evolution of Beer”
Speaker: Dr. Ernie Schuyler: Curator Emeritus of Botany, The Academy of
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Location: National Mechanics, 22 South 3rd St., Philadelphia


About 10,000 years ago, humans became [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Dodson at Science on Tap tonight! 6pm National Mechanics</title>
		<link>http://www.paswa.org/what/2009/12/peter-dodson-at-science-on-tap-tonight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ December 14, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Ack! Science on Tap is tonight. The host, triceratops-enthusiast extraordinaire, Pete Dodson, is one of my favorite people on the planet, but my daughter's gymnastics lesson is tonight and I'm duty-bound to take her. Please, please go on my behalf. Tonight at National Mechanics. 

22 South Third St.
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-701-4883
http://www.nationalmechanics.com

 Peter Dodson , Professor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability Conference at the Academy, 12/15 8:30am-12:30pm</title>
		<link>http://www.paswa.org/what/2009/12/sustainability-conference-at-the-academy-1215-830am-1230pm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paswa.org/what/2009/12/sustainability-conference-at-the-academy-1215-830am-1230pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ December 15, 2009; 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] This just in (my inbox...from a few days ago)...


       In order to promote this cooperation, the Philadelphia Global
Sustainability Association of Business Students, the City of
Philadelphia, the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, and the
Academy of Natural Sciences will host the Philadelphia International
Sustainability Conference, “Leading Change: Sustainability and the
Future of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BUMP: Paul Halpern on Nov. 12 at the Pen and Pencil Club, 7pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us November 12 at the Pen and Pencil Club, the nation&#8217;s oldest press club, for an evening with Paul Halpern, a physicist at the University of the Sciences  and author of Collider: The Search for the World&#8217;s Smallest Particles.  
He will be discussing how physicists have sought the most fundamental building blocks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science on Tap: Colin Purrington &#8220;Embracing Darwin&#8221; November 9, 6pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ November 9, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] I have to admit, Colin Purrington, Swarthmore prof and evolution activist, is one of my heroes. Check out his site, you'll love it: http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/evolk12/evoops.htm

 I really hope to make this particular cafe, even though I've seen him speak a bunch of times. 

"Embracing Darwin"
Charles Darwin turned 200 in February, and his book On the Origin [...]]]></description>
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