The Science History Institute aims to expand knowledge and challenge perspectives in the history of chemistry, engineering, and the life sciences. Through a wide range of programming, the Institute ...

2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen, pioneer of high-energy neutrinos Francis Halzen is a leader in the study of neutrinos, ghostly particles from across the universe that hint at ...

But they weren't only interested in astronomy. The extraction of iron, which led to the Iron Age, is a chemical process which early metallurgists developed without ...

The History of Science Society is the world's largest historical society dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine, and their interactions with society. Over 3,000 individual and ...

Astronomers once believed the Sun revolved around the Earth. In the 19th century, scientists thought the shape of a person’s skull could reveal their mental strengths or weaknesses. And in the 20th ...

Three centuries ago, when modern science was in its infancy, the gender disparity in education was not a gap but an abyss: few girls had any decent schooling at all. The emerging new science was ...

It's a fine mess we've gotten ourselves into. Last week the National Climate Assessment report was released detailing the toll climate change is already taking on the United States in terms of ...

Soviet scientists in the 1930s knew what could happen if they bucked the party line: denunciation, firing and banishment from the scientific establishment, even imprisonment and death. Political ...