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How a rogue archaeologist in Peru found indisputable evidence of something previously unthinkable—ancient neurosurgery.
How an early 20th-century doctor pitted one scourge (malaria) against another (syphilis).
How greed—and a group of Nazi prisoners—killed off one of the most iconic birds in American history: the ivory-billed woodpecker.
How a weird “scientific” diet fad conquered America in the early 1900s.
And what does it have to do with the unusual chemistry of carbon?
Scientists created an effective male birth control pill in the 1950s, but it had one undesirable side effect.
Though often celebrated, the adventurous First Lady never received full credit for her scientific accomplishments.
When American women bought Marie Curie a vital gram of the element.
Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner navigated a life of science through war and peace.
Have modern archeologists finally tracked down the legendary ‘Peking Man’ bones?
When the global vaccine supply chain depended on children.
During the War of 1870, astronomer Jules Janssen risked his life for scientific prestige and French patriotism.
An interview with author Sam Kean.
An interview with Wendy Zukerman, host of Science Vs podcast.
Chemist Max Bredig’s race to save family and friends from catastrophe.
Institute’s rare book curator is part of Indiana University-led research team using Isaac Newton’s alchemical manuscripts as a test case.
What a manuscript can tell us about an iconic scientist and the history we’ve built around him.
How searching for alchemy’s secrets helped create modern science.
“I just feel broken.”
What charlatans of the past can teach us about the COVID-19 crisis.
A crusading doctor’s stomach-churning efforts to beat back pellagra in the American South.
Historian of science and Institute fellow Lisa Ruth Rand talks about all the debris floating around in outer space.
When Latin America challenged a new era of colonization.
From Paracelsus to OSHA.
The marine geologist and geophysicist talks about doing science with an invisible disability.
What is intelligence?