Distillations magazine

How did a seemingly benign chemical and a near-miraculous public-health initiative spark decades and decades debate?

In the so-called Hamel Catastrophe of 1820, a scientific expedition lost three local guides after the entire party fell 1,200 feet in an avalanche.

In 1856 William Palmer was convicted in Victorian England’s trial of the century, a case that pulled chemical analysis into the courts.

Famed British caricaturist James Gillray targets famed scientist Joseph Priestley after the devastating Priestley Riots.

For brothers William and Lawrence Knox, earning PhDs in chemistry was not enough to overcome discrimination.

From lab accident to wonder drug to chemical has-been, saccharin’s history tracks the rise of consumer consciousness, government regulation, and the uncertainties underlying scientific evidence.

Assessing J. Robert Oppenheimer as a leader.

How 50,000 people tried to maintain a normal existence while living in isolation at the largest the Manhattan Project site.

Rudolph Pariser’s early life and career were shaped by world wars and other international events.