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-century objects from our collection 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.
Whether it’s preventing illness by vaccines or avoiding germs, this episode is about getting sick and staying healthy.
A 19th-century chemist was the first to raise the alarm about adulterated food.
How the often-maligned genre was used to train soldiers, explain the weather, and teach us about the modern world.
A crusading doctor’s stomach-churning efforts to beat back pellagra in the American South.
Institute fellow, science historian, and author Lisa Ruth Rand talks about all the debris floating around in outer space.
