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June 19, 2018
Readers are often surprised to learn that the horizontal bumps on an old book’s spine have a purpose. Those bumps, known as raised bands, are...
June 15, 2018
This is what a researcher at the Eugenics Record Office (ERO) concluded after analyzing the handedness of 1,305 children stemming from 340 different “matings” (that...
May 29, 2018
Image above: Sketch of two chickens, Titian Ramsay Peale, n.d. APS Digital Library. Most people probably don’t realize how important chickens have been in biological...
May 25, 2018
By Jonathan Singerton Image above: Detail of Donath’s layout of his hives, ca. April 1787, APS Digital Library In March 1787, Joseph Donath (1751-1829) arrived...
May 17, 2018
Image above: Theodosius Dobzhansky at his desk, ca. 1965. APS Digital Library. When he wasn’t reshaping the fields of genetics and evolutionary biology, Theodosius Dobzhansky...
May 17, 2018
Congratulations to the American Philosophical Society Fellowship recipients for 2018-2019! Each year, the Society offers two long-term, two digital humanities, and twenty to twenty-five short-term...
May 1, 2018
Image above: Studio portrait of George Hunt and Jonathan Hunt, 1920. The manuscripts of George Hunt (1856-1931) are one of the largest and most important...
April 28, 2018
The following persons were offered membership in the American Philosophical Society at the conclusion of the Members' Business Meeting on Friday, April 27, 2018: CLASS...