As cholera first tore through the Europe in the mid-19th century, people tried anything to prevent the deadly disease. Then science stepped in.
As cholera first tore through the Europe in the mid-19th century, people tried anything to prevent the deadly disease. Then science stepped in.
On the bicentennial of his birth, Edward Lear is celebrated for his whimsical poetry and his stunningly accurate scientific illustrations.
Early 20th century cross circulation experiments on dogs paved the way for milestones in human cardiac surgery.
A 17th century Danish doctor arranges a museum of natural history oddities in his own home.
Anna Atkins, pioneering female photographer, revolutionized scientific illustration using a newly invented photographic technique.
How Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock nearly gave up genetics for meteorology
Twenty-five years later, the magazine is still hitting many of the same key discussion points of science.
An early advocate of the sequencing of the human genome reflects on his own predictions from 1986.
How an Italian scientist doing Frankenstein-like experiments on dead frogs discovered that the body is powered by electrical impulses.
As epidemics swept across the United States in the 19th century, the US government recognized the pressing need for a national lab dedicated to the study of infectious disease. In 1887, the government set its sights on a small lab located in the Mari