Using chemistry to put a lid on unsavory practices.

From antibiotics to chemotherapy, modern pharmaceuticals transformed the experience of illness in the 20th century.

Through war and peace doctors struggle to prevent disease. The Civil War was no exception, except in the case of one doctor who did his best to spread sickness.

Crushing, smashing, and grinding for the sake of greener science.

The pirate-turned-naturalist-turned-pirate-again inspired generations of British writers and scientists.

Biologist John Calhoun’s rodent experiments gripped a society consumed by fears of overpopulation.