Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
Sophisticated drugs have enabled those with HIV to live long lives—as long as they take their medication.
Highly active antiretroviral drugs have turned HIV, once a death sentence, into a chronic manageable disease. But many people living with HIV, particularly the young, don’t take their medication properly—despite grave consequences for themselves and society.
Candy stores in the 19th century sold sweets as deadly as they were delicious.
Neither medicine nor food, the vitamin pill was born in the early 20th century and came of age during World War II. Now, vitamins are here to stay—and so is the controversy that swirls around them.
The ‘Lady Science’ magazine editors talk about their new book ‘Forces of Nature: The Women Who Changed Science.’
Our approach to fighting wildfires is a fantasy—and it’s making them even more catastrophic.
Forensic science can be a powerful crime-fighting tool, but misdeeds, dubious methodologies, and bogus claims threaten its reputation—and the reputation of science as a whole.
