STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Professor Renée M. Clary is the 2025 recipient of the Geological Society of America’s ...

Science isn’t a “triumphant march”—it’s sloppy, messy, and full of stops and starts. Meet the people who tell that story. On October 4, 1957, Americans were shattered when Sputnik 1 launched into ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...

Stamped in relief on the back of the heavy gold medal given to Nobel Prize recipients in the sciences is the image of two women. One, bare-breasted and holding a cornucopia, represents Nature. Pulling ...

An exhibit at Philadelphia's Science History Institute looks at food science through the lens of the school lunch program. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, ...

Science occasionally gives us clearer views of the distant past. This year, researchers opened windows into the life and times of ancient Romans, impressionist painters and other towering historical ...

“Some time ago attention was called to the coinage of this word to designate methyl alcohol, commonly called wood alcohol. The purpose was to provide a trade designation which would not involve the ...

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 ...

Science is collaborative, painstaking and iterative, with progress slow and some unsung scientific heroes lost to time. But every once in a while, a key event, discovery or conceptual breakthrough has ...

If you've got kids in tow, plan on stopping by the Museum of Science & History, formerly known as the Pink Palace Museum. Housed in a flamboyant pink mansion constructed by supermarket tycoon Clarence ...