The Death of Anton Chekhov, Told in Proteins
Tools & Technology

New forensics techniques are allowing researchers to solve historical mysteries based on the small traces we leave on everyday objects.
Ronald Fisher, a Bad Cup of Tea, and the Birth of Modern Statistics
People

A lesson in humility begets a scientific revolution.
Hennig Brandt and the Discovery of Phosphorus
Early Science & Alchemy

An engraving in the Science History Institute’s collections hints at the ways art and science were intertwined in the Age of Enlightenment.
Bodies in the Bog: The Lindow Mysteries
People

In the 1980s workers in an English peat bog started unearthing bodies, the apparent victims of violence. But how old were these crimes?
Book Club: Let’s Go to the Moon!
Tools & Technology

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, the Science History Institute Book Club reads two histories of the space race: T-Minus by Jim Ottaviani and Shoot for the Moon by James Donovan.
Interview: Sangeeta Bhatia
People

Distillations talks to the 2019 Othmer Gold Medal winner about her work using nanotechnology to detect and treat disease.