How Oral History Opens Up the Past
People

Historian Ingrid Ockert makes a case for the spoken word.
The Death of Jesse Gelsinger, 20 Years Later
Health

Gene editing promises to revolutionize medicine. But how safe is safe enough for the patients testing these therapies?
The Myth of the Cuyahoga River Fire
Environment

The blaze that sparked the modern environmental movement . . . or did it?
Review: The Wizard and the Prophet
Environment

Charles Mann’s latest book traces how scientists William Vogt and Norman Borlaug took very different approaches to feeding the world and how their feuding ideas anticipated today’s environmental debates.
Can Science Build a Better Leaf?
Tools & Technology

Better photosynthesis, bomb-sniffing spinach, and that’s just the start of the ways plants are inspiring scientific innovation.
Book Club: A Universe of Dark Matter
Tools & Technology

The Science History Institute Book Club reads The 4% Universe by Richard Panek.