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The Thermo Fisher Scientific executive tells us what it took for his instrumentation company to design a diagnostic test for the novel coronavirus.
“When you’ve got a public health crisis like this, you’ve got no choice but to deploy all of your resources toward finding a solution.”
The longtime biotech executive talks to us about how CRISPR can be used to make a faster diagnostic test for COVID-19 and how she’s advising a hospital in creating a vaccine.
The scientist, entrepreneur, and author has lived through three epidemics. He tells us how this pandemic compares with his earlier experiences: “It is a tragedy that never needed to happen.”
The University of Pennsylvania microbiology professor talks about her 40 years of experience researching coronaviruses.
How a radio pioneer transformed life at sea.
The former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recalls the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Ebola pandemic: “Early pandemic science is filled with uncertainty.”
The former CEO of Gilead Sciences tells us about remdesivir, an older drug showing promise in the fight against COVID-19.
Mütter Museum historical curator Jane E. Boyd discusses the parallels between the 1918–1919 flu pandemic and the coronavirus.
The rise, fall, and resurrection of the humble leech.
Masks are preferred for all museum visitors.
Historian Bruce Moran reveals the life of an itinerant doctor whose work influenced modern science.
Women have often faced barriers to participating in science—even seeing their contributions credited to men—but science is definitely women’s work.
The way the city tackled its water pollution problems has made it an unexpected pioneer.
An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows how power and science were intertwined in early modern Europe.
The virus that made America talk about abortion.
In the late 1960s an international contingent of psychiatrists took up a monumental task: making schizophrenia mean the same thing to doctors around the world.
Thirty years of research have failed to solve the Alzheimer’s riddle. Is the problem a blind embrace of scientific dogma?
A comprehensive lost of assigned readings, video clip links, and other sources needed for game play.
You are a British magazine editor and investigative journalist who is interested in responsible consumerism and corporate transparency.
Can Consumer Choices Make Rare Earth Production More Sustainable?
The 17 metallic elements found in the middle of the periodic table have unique properties that make them essential to modern life.
The term rare earth was coined when an unusual black rock was unearthed by a miner in Ytterby, Sweden, in 1788.
In the 1920s a pioneering journalist summoned the might of American women to revive a Nobelist’s career.
Historian of science and media Ingrid Ockert discusses the exact moment Carl Sagan began wearing turtlenecks, how NOVA changed television, and the key to any successful show: respect the audience.
India’s vultures have been driven to the brink of extinction in a matter of decades. Their loss threatens the well-being of the country’s human population.
New forensics techniques are allowing researchers to solve historical mysteries based on the small traces we leave on everyday objects.
You recognize the important role played by rare earth elements in the global economic infrastructure but are concerned that the costs may outweigh the benefits.
Common electronics and modern technologies depend on rare earth elements.
Your main concern is the threat of restrictions that could adversely affect a stable supply needed to make a variety of products.