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.
A 19th-century chemist was the first to raise the alarm about adulterated food.
A scientific dispute takes a violent, absurd turn.
Soviet geneticist Nikolai Vavilov led an ideologically perilous campaign to rid the world of famine.
The Disappearing Spoon has the story behind notorious surgeon Walter Freeman’s contempt for his father, failures with his sons, and obsession with lobotomies.
Can an upcoming White House conference muster the political will needed to address the nation’s food insecurity and obesity crises? A summit from 1969 offers clues.
