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.
Baseball, track, swimming, biking—is there any sport that hasn’t suffered a PED scandal in the past few years?
Sophisticated drug cocktails have dramatically changed the fates of people with HIV. Yet in many ways we’re treading water.
In the 19th century chemical oblivion replaced liquor, opiates, and bleeding as the numbing agent of choice in the surgeon’s toolkit.
The rise, fall, and resurrection of the humble leech.
Remember the fire-fighting mascot Smokey Bear? Meet Johnny Horizon, his little-remembered, pollution-fighting counterpart.
Will stigma and cost undermine the therapy’s promise?
