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Posted by: Nate Smith
Joseph A. Torres-González, 2021 Junior Fellow, answers five questions about his work with the Science, Technology and Business Division's Latin American Food Studies Project.
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Posted by: Nate Smith
Join the Science Reference Section in discovering digitized science collections from the Library of Congress on September 21.
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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Please join the Library of Congress Health Services Division and the Science, Technology and Business Division for a "COVID-19 and the Brain" online presentation on May 13, 2021 at 11:30 A.M. (E.D.T.).
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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Junior Fellow Sophia Southard writes about two seamstresses Elizabeth Keckley and Ann Lowe working for two first ladies and how their stories are seen withing the historic arch of African Americans in fashion.
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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Alexander McCall Smith has been celebrated for his lead female detective and recently the Library of Congress celebrated him for his work. The associated display included early female detective works of fiction, comic books, and also the flora and fauna of the setting of Smith's famous The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
It's hard for the raven to shake the association to doom and gloom found in literature, religion, art, vocabulary (e.g. raving mad), and legends- and it doesn't help their case that a group of them is called an 'unkindness' of ravens. There is so much more to the raven than omens of bad luck.
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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Today’s post is from science reference librarian Stephanie (Sam) Marcus who has written My Favorite Day for Inside Adams. On a chilly winter day or night it’s nice to curl up with a good book. So why not a good science book? If you want to be entertained, you could chuckle at the adventures of Nobel …
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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Every year I look forward to mid-October when the Einstein Fellows visit the Science Reference Section. The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows Program is made up of master teachers from across the United States and is sponsored by the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education. The Einsteins, as I like to call them, spend …
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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Summer is here (in the northern hemisphere) and that means that many of us will be heading to an amusement park for some good ole’ fashioned fun. I am a traditionalist when it comes to the thrill rides in amusement parks. I prefer the roller coasters that allow me to sit facing forward. Riding backwards …
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