Distillations magazine

The highs and lows of lab life.

How a Republican president ushered in the EPA.

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

The jogging craze of the 1970s required a change of equipment.

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.

Dissatisfied with the limitations of the human body, some people are modifying themselves with electronic compasses and magnetic implants.

Remembering a Holocaust survivor, immigrant, and inventor.

Our histories of the infamous chemical often conflict with the facts.

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

In the early 19th century, Humphry Davy was a scientific superstar, but then science and the world around him changed.

Or will it speed the animal’s demise?

A Hollywood impresario tries to make his mark on the movie business.

When does self-experimentation cross the line?

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

How do art historians know who painted a work of art and when it was painted?

Alchemists once wrote of chaos, dragons, and spirits, but did they know more about chemistry than we give them credit for?