New installation highlights Chicago's role as the birthplace of modern safety science and the enduring impact of Underwriters ...

Why history matters in science education For decades, research has shown students better understand how science works "behind the curtains"—what has been called "nature of science"—when they learn how ...

Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in water—centered on presumed inherent properties rather than external factors, ...

Proposed federal rules would rely on political appointees to decide how a lot of U.S. science gets done. History shows the consequences of such actions.

In July 2005, Harvard professor Everett I. Mendelsohn traveled to Beijing to witness the next chapter of the field he dedicated his life to expanding: the history of science. At the International ...

Strategic competition across the Indo-Pacific region presents challenges for nation-states and their ability to coexist ...

On May 7, 1981, influential physicist Richard Feynman gave a keynote speech at Caltech. Feynman opened his talk by politely rejecting the very notion of a keynote speech, instead saying that he had ...

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 ...

In her groundbreaking trilogy, “Women Scientists in America,” she told the stories of numerous accomplished but largely invisible women. By Penelope Green Margaret W. Rossiter, a historian whose ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Conservation and historical groups sued Tuesday, challenging Trump administration orders removing exhibits on ...