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Lice can tell us a lot about who we are and where we came from.
A champion of scientific literacy, Parry was an inorganic chemist who devoted himself to education.
The Science History Institute and the Society of Chemical Industry America will present the 21st annual Innovation Day on September 9, 2024.
Adventure and tangled interests under the sea.
World famous 19th-century chemist Justus von Liebig quickly became infamous for his role in the killing of four starving infants.
August 6, 2026
This 2026 Cain Conference will address the major issues involved in understanding how modern science has been created through a process of global cultural exchange.
Patient after patient died under the care of a single nurse. Why did so many statisticians think she was innocent?
An inconspicuous technology sparks revolution on the subcontinent.
Institute’s website recognized by the 28th Annual Webby Awards as one of the best of the internet in the science category.
Rama IV of Siam used an eclipse to save his kingdom from greedy colonial powers. But it cost him his life.
How the scientific prowess of King Mongkut of Siam helped stave off European incursion.
Sam Kean continues the wild story of rocket scientist/devil worshipper Jack Parsons in the second episode of this two-part series.
Jack Parsons practiced the occult and led a sex cult. He was also one of history’s most important rocket scientists.
Oxycodone’s early years.
The Manhattan Project forged a city in the desert at Los Alamos.
Candace Hesselbart will dive into this unexpected discipline of medicine by examining publications on the topic housed within the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Arsenic cycles through racism and empire in the Americas.
Digitized issues of both publications feature OCR technology, allowing users to search for specific content.
Highlighting the work of 20th-century female scientists in our library collection.
Segregated lives of privilege, pride, and peril on Firestone’s Liberian plantations.
Two men committed murder—and blamed the English naturalist. The aftermath solidified Darwin as the greatest scientist of his age.
Essential oils have a long history of straddling the lines between medicine, magic, and scam.
With a new public interest in health equity research, who is actually receiving recognition and funding in the field?
James Mellaart discovered one of the most important archaeological sites ever. But his lust for treasure led him to lose it all.
TIAX founder Kenan Sahin tells the story of how his 21st-century startup restored the foundations of pioneering company ADL.
How “Moldy Mary” helped produce the lifesaving drug and turned an insult into a triumph.
As recent tragedies reveal, it’s harder to reach extreme ocean depths than the Moon. Meet the people who got there first—and barely lived to tell to the tale.
Meet Arthur Eddington, the weirdo scientist who made Albert Einstein the genius we know today.
It was the most powerful emotional moment of Albert Einstein’s life—the instant he knew he was a genius.