Distillations magazine

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?

Filippo Marinetti thought he could change Italian society through its collective belly.

Pop artists set themselves apart by addressing throwaway culture. But how could they make the disposable last?

In the 1940s two chemists joined forces to fight Los Angeles’s stinky, stinging air.

Ernest Lawrence championed the idea of science done collectively. But he failed to champion his own scientists during the Red Scare.