The Evolution of the Racehorse - The Barbaro Story
A panel discussion on the evolution of the thoroughbred racehorse as it relates to local icon Barbaro
View ArticleScience, Faith and Darwin
A lively discussion on religion, evolution and how they interface.
View ArticleThe Lucky 13 - Part 1
Public Lecture by Nancy S. Wexler, recipient of the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science.
View ArticleThe Lucky 13 - Part 2
Public Lecture by Nancy S. Wexler, recipient of the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science.
View Article"The Peopling of Africa: Indigenous African Civilization, Pharaoh Tutankhamun...
Part 1- Dr. Asa G. Hilliard Specific References or Excerpts from Lectures on Ancient Kemet.
View ArticleExploring Space in the New Millennium
This panel discussion/lecture will kick-off World Space Week! Guests include Steve Squyres, Norm Augustine and John Mather.
View Article"Reflections from Earth's Orbit
Former NASA Astronaut Winston Scott speaks about his time in space.
View ArticleIdentity and the New Philadelphia
Mayor-Elect Michael Nutter delivers the keynote speech at the Press Preview for Identity: an exhibition of you.
View ArticleIdentical Strangers
From Nov 29, Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein describe their amazing experience coming to terms with the strange and unbelievable hand fate had dealt them.
View ArticleDeep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project
Dr. Spencer Wells, Explorer in Residence at National Geographic Society, and Director of the Genographic Project, will lecture on his finding that humanity is descended from a small African population.
View ArticleBlack Identity in Philadelphia
Preview by acclaimed professor Dr. Molefi Asante of his upcoming photo-essay book entitled “Black Identity in Philadelphia”
View ArticleScience Debate 2008 Press Conference
As the primary season reaches fever pitch in Pennsylvania, the Franklin Institute and the organizers of Science Debate 2008 announce a national broadcast partnership to televise the event, and other...
View ArticleDr Michio Kaku - Physics Of The Impossible
The renowned physicist explores to what extent technologies and devices deemed equally impossible today might become common place in the future.
View ArticleShould the Government Make You Do it? Vaccine Mandates and Children
The first in a series of public forums on vaccine science, ethics and policy, tackles the issue of government mandates and children, featuring experts in vaccine science, public health, pediatrics and...
View ArticleDr Wallace Broecker - The Ocean and Earth's CLimate: Past Preent and Future
Moderated by NPR's Joe Palca, and joined by Dr's John Byrne (Center for Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of Delaware), D. James Baker (Global Carbon Measurement Program, The William...
View ArticleThe Wreck of The Henrietta Marie - Michael Cottman
Michael Cottman speaks of his book 'The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie' which recounts his underwater excavation of a sunken slave ship. While he speaks of his own journey he tells the story of a ship...
View ArticleThe Politics of Slavery and Race in America
Featuring: Dr. Cornel West, Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems, and moderated by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante
View ArticleHPV Vaccines: Issues, Lessons, and Public Confidence in Vaccines
Featuring: Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., Paul A. Offit, MD, Barbara Watson, Rick Haupt, MD and moderated by Frederic Bertley
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