Bert Hansen

Understanding past attitudes toward science and medicine through children’s books.

Or will the scientist’s 200th birthday be his last hurrah?

To speed reopening, government and business leaders are pushing a modern version of a centuries-old idea.

How a 19th-century invention could save lives today.

It’s one thing to make a scientific discovery, but making it count is another thing entirely.

An engraving hints at the ways art and science were intertwined in the Age of Enlightenment.