Science kits in the 1900s were as much about magic and spectacle as they were about chemistry, so strap on your seat belt and prepare to be wowed.

Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America, but also the birthplace of the American chemical enterprise.

Was this really the world’s most dangerous toy?

Historian Ingrid Ockert makes a case for the spoken word.

Gene editing promises to revolutionize medicine. But how safe is safe enough for the patients testing these therapies?

The blaze that sparked the modern environmental movement . . . or did it?