Ben Seal
Ben Seal is a Philadelphia-based freelance writer who covers the environment, law, and academic research.
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Distillations Magazine
Sylvia Earle and the Call of the Deep
Adventure and tangled interests under the sea.
Distillations Magazine
A Cold Day in Stockholm
At the dawn of a new age in neuroscience, the rivalry between Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal reached an icy climax.
Distillations Magazine
A Fix for the Unfixable: Making the First Heart-Lung Machine
Seventy years ago, a group of Philadelphia scientists and a brave 18-year-old pushed surgery to its final frontier.