The What survives

I broke our parent site, PASWA, but manage to keep this one on ice long enough to make the transplant a success.

An Improbable Event at CHF 4/23

[ April 23, 2008; 12:00 pm; ] Marc Abrahams, he of the Annals of Improbable Research and the Ig Nobel Awards, will be presenting at noon on Wednesday, April 23 at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut St., Phila. He’s a Boston phenomenon that is rarely experienced here.

Also, the talk is part of the CHF’s Brown Bag Lunch series, so bring your [...]

New Feature: Add The What Events to Your Calendar

The problem with a blog like this one is that I can tell you about upcoming science events, but that you are entirely on your own to remember those events.
Well, problem’s solved. Take a look at the Upcoming Events Calendar on the top of the left sidebar –>
See the little image between [...]

The Wagner Free Institute of Science, where little has changed since 1855, including the website

If you have never been to the Wagner in North Philly out by Temple, you’re missing out on a unique experience. It is a well-preserved nineteenth century natural history museum, essentially unchanged since Joseph Leidy rearranged an overgrown cabinet of curiosities to reflect the latest of that new-fangled idea called evolution.
The museum itself is [...]

….as in what’s going on!

Welcome to The What.

For fans of science, the Philadelphia region offers plenty to see and do. The problem is trying to find what’s going on and where.

The What is here to make a few friendly suggestions.