Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
Many of us think pumping is a new part of motherhood, but some fascinating 19th- and 20th-century objects from our collections show the practice has been around (in some form) for a long time.
Join Distillations podcast hosts Lisa Berry Drago and Alexis Pedrick as Science History Institute staff members share their favorite objects from our museum, archival, and library collections.
Before pharmaceuticals existed, all medicines had to come from natural sources—like plants.
We begin the three-part series A Day in the Life, today spotlighting the common chemistry of morning.
Could a Soviet-era therapy offer a new defense against antibiotic-resistant superbugs?
Scientists know how other animals’ bodies will change in warmer climates, but how will human beings respond?
The life of chimney sweeps was nasty, poor, brutish, filthy dirty, and usually short, thanks to a rare cancer of the genitals.
