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William Herschel had a conflicted relationship with his biggest creation.

Can science tell us what makes a Stradivarius so special?

Making eco-friendly cement is easy; the hard part comes later.

Some surprisingly controversial theories of human longevity.

Why would anyone visit a radioactive ghost town or the remnants of a nuclear reactor?

Escape is only the first challenge.

A painting bears the mark of Nazi brutality but also speaks to our capacity for kindness and bravery.

Using 21st-century medicine to maintain a 300-year-old way of life.

Is the mayonnaise substitute Just Mayo the future of food or just another product from the hype machine?

In a time of warring empires and transoceanic voyages, sailors dreaded scurvy more than any other disease.

In the 1950s, a devious oil company created a television show to flatter industrialists and win their business.

Out of the lab and into the streets.

How a Republican president ushered in the EPA.

How the chemical agent made the transition from wartime weapon to domestic police tool.

Lasers, tattoo removal, and second chances.

John Harvey Kellogg’s Battle Creek Sanitarium was at the intersection of new ideas of religion, health, and nutrition.

For more than a century ozone therapy has been a source of false hope for the sick and ill-gotten gains for the crooked.

A discovery by Indian scientist and statesman Meghnad Saha revealed the nature of stars.

How deodorant became omnipresent in America.

A novel swimsuit reveals that faster isn’t necessarily better.

A molecule used in antifreeze may one day heal damaged spinal cords.

You can ask, well, who cares if it gets a little warmer? Personally, I care.

What’s really important when you get down to thinking of global climate?

A digital map displaying wind speeds and patterns across the U.S., with updates made every hour.

A yearlong visual record of precipitation collected in bottles labeled with the collection date.

You are a marine biologist deeply concerned about the danger plastic trash poses to marine animals and ecosystems.

You are an engineer who developed a new recycling method that is more efficient and sustainable than traditional recycling.

You are a scientist who studies endocrine disruption in human and animal populations and finds that the scientific evidence that endocrine disruptors have adversely affected human populations is weak.

You are an expert on environmental toxins and environmental law with a particular interest in the effect of chemical toxins on children.