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“The Trouble of This Enquiry”: Thomas Jefferson Responds to Correia da Serra Regarding Publishing the Lewis & Clark Expedition

Clare Byers
October 19, 2026
“Jackson under the effects of ether,” depicting his 1841 self-experiment.
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The Most Disputed Man in American Science

Eva Molina Flores
October 16, 2026
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Darkness Dispelled: Nicholas Collin’s Roadmap for American Science

Vincent Femia
October 13, 2026
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Hermann Muller and the Intellectual History of Germinal Choice

Fern Rice
September 21, 2026
Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson
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Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson in “The Athens of North America”

Vincent Femia
September 7, 2026
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The American Philosophical Society Announces Acquisition of the Lynn Margulis Papers

American Philosophical Society
August 25, 2026
A page of text reading "Science, A Poem"
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The Composer: Francis Hopkinson and the Search for a Delicate Harmony

Vincent Femia
August 10, 2026
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The Art of Natural Creation: Charles Willson Peale and His Revolutionary Museum

Vincent Femia
June 22, 2026

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