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Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
Soviet geneticist Nikolai Vavilov led an ideologically perilous campaign to rid the world of famine.
The Disappearing Spoon has the story behind notorious surgeon Walter Freeman’s contempt for his father, failures with his sons, and obsession with lobotomies.
Can an upcoming White House conference muster the political will needed to address the nation’s food insecurity and obesity crises? A summit from 1969 offers clues.
Crushing, smashing, and grinding for the sake of greener science.
The pirate-turned-naturalist-turned-pirate-again inspired generations of British writers and scientists.
Biologist John Calhoun’s rodent experiments gripped a society consumed by fears of overpopulation.
