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After Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin, Florey and Chain’s further research enabled the testing and production of the drug.

Pioneers of rational drug design, Hitchings and Elion produced effective drugs for such illnesses as leukemia, gout, and malaria.

Science writer Philip Ball digs into myth, history, and science to untangle the roots of our fears of artificial life.

Doctors battle for supremacy in the 17th century.

Scientists are known to be dedicated to accuracy. But sometimes, as in the case of Francesco Redi, a sense of humor can lead one astray.

In the 1950s comic books took Mexico’s youth by storm. But alongside familiar superhuman avengers were other kinds of heroes: real-life chemists.

Mining magazines, newspapers, comic books, and movies to catch a glimpse of science as imagined by earlier generations.

Scientists have only recently begun to investigate the chemical components that give wines their distinct and complex flavors.

Paul Berg, controversy, and the engineering of life.

The early 20th century was an especially rich time for creating ways to process and preserve food.