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Frankenstein's Monster
The Origins of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"
polar bear stepping off the ice
Killing the Arctic – Human Impact on the Arctic
cars on a highway
Sweet Fuel: The Remarkable Story of Brazilian Ethanol
Copernicus
Copernicus, Galileo, and the Catholic Church
Artist representation of data security and privacy. Large eye peeks through an open window.
These Machines Know Too Damn Much
image of Mendeleev with periodic table of elements in background
Mendeleev's Periodic Table
Two vials of modern insulin named Actrapid (left) and NovoRapid (right) by the manufacturers.
The First Insulin Injection as a Treatment for Diabetes
Kismet is a robot that can produce a range of human facial expressions.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ghosts of Ned Ludd
Multicolored hanging telephones
From the Transatlantic Telephone to the iPhone
Cover of Science under Fire Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America by Andrew Jewett.
Science Beseiged
A nuclear power plant located on the Rhine at night.
The Unkept Promise of Nuclear Power
A red AIDS ribbon outlined in candles
The Global History of HIV
Employees operating a testing center at the Walmart Supercenter in Elizabethville, PA, August, 2020.
Licenses to Ill: Health Passes and Surveillance
Bird on rock outcrop in Galapagos Islands
What’s “Natural” on the Galapagos Islands?
MTA digital message campaign recognizes "Heroes moving Heroes," frontline employees who help other essential workers get to and from their jobs, 2020.
Work and Life after COVID-19
Thai epidemiologists conduct active case investigations for COVID-19 during the Ramadan fasting period.
Pandemics: Today and Yesterday
drawing of internet communications
What Will the Internet Bring?
Cañón Silfra National Park
Divergent Plate Boundaries: The Earth is Tearing Itself Apart
Sir Christopher Wren
The Society That Started It All: The Origins of Modern Science
A young Paraguayan boy receives a vaccination during the 2014 'Vaccination Week In The Americas.'
Rash Decisions: Anti-vaccination Movements in Historical Perspective
The remains of the crash of TWA Flight 5 in 1931 [Photo from the Kansas Historical Society]
Top Ten Origins: Aviation Disasters that Improved Safety
Neil Armstrong stands by the Lunar Module "Eagle" during the first walk on the moon in 1969.
Fly Me to the Moon
Russian chemist and educator Dmitrii Mendeleev
Mendeleev's Periodic Table
A Hawaiian man employing the spearfishing techniques described by Fagan, circa 1890.
Built Upon Bounty