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		<title>Hear conservation legend Jim &#8220;Wild Kingdom&#8221; Fowler (11/4 6pm Academy of Natural Sciences)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ November 4, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Hey, did you know you can watch whole episodes of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom online? 

Don't feel so bad...until I went looking for a clip of Jim Fowler, I didn't either.



Watch them chase that polar bear down via helicopter at the three minute mark. Kind of a different take on the plight of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists weigh in on the Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus debate tonight! 5-9pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ July 22, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] How could I have missed this? 

The folks at the Academy of Natural Sciences are assessing the scientific merits of Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus. 

I love these sorts of scientists-take-on-pop-culture events. Unfortunately, the movie is nearly unwatchable...despite the great acting chops of Debbie Gibson and Lorenzo Lamas

It isn't free, but it is likely worth [...]]]></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>Life-Size Operation Game at the Franklin Institute 1/30 10:30 am</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 30, 2010; 10:30 am; ] In what is possibly the weirdest conceivable (yet still tasteful, an important caveat) tie-in to Body Worlds 2, the Franklin Institute is creating a life-size Ben Franklin version of the Operation Game. Also note that The Franklin is teaming with MakePhilly and Hive76, which is a brilliant combination. 

 Early registration for the tournament is [...]]]></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>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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		<title>Bonus Science on Tap: November 2 at National Mechanics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ November 2, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] The Chemical Heritage is trying to sneak in a "bonus" science cafe (which I hope doesn't detract from Colin Purrington's event on the ninth) with what promises to be a cool change of pace, a dramatic presentation by the Flashpoint Theater Company's presentation of Boom.   



Flashpoint Theatre Company
Noah Herman, director
Derick Loafmann, Melissa Lynch, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science on Tap: “No Family History: Investigating What&#8217;s Behind the Breast Cancer Epidemic”  National Mechanics 10/12 6PM</title>
		<link>http://www.paswa.org/what/2009/10/science-on-tap-%e2%80%9cno-family-history-investigating-whats-behind-the-breast-cancer-epidemic%e2%80%9d-national-mechanics-1012-6pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the Chemical Heritage Foundation&#8216;s turn again at picking a speaker for Science on Tap. 
Appropriately enough for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, they chose Sabrina McCormick, a fellow at the American Academy for the Advancement of the Sciences, to talk about environmental causes of breast cancer. 

“No Family History: Investigating What&#8217;s Behind the Breast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November 12: Paul Halpern discusses his latest book, Collider: The Search for the World&#8217;s Smallest Particles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ October 9, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Join us November 12 at the Pen and Pencil Club, the nation'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's Smallest Particles.  

He will be discussing how physicists have sought the most fundamental building blocks [...]]]></description>
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