Carl Sagan lauded science as a candle that dispelled darkness.[1] Sagan's appreciation for science was preceded by George Sarton (1884-1956), the person who founded the study of the history of science ...

“In an open-pit uranium mine in the southeastern part of the Gabon Republic, near the Equator on the coast of West Africa, ...

The Science History Institute preserves and interprets the history of chemistry, engineering, and the life sciences. During a ceremony in Philadelphia on June 10, the American Chemical Society ...

From the first woman mathematician inducted into the National Academy of Science to an astronomer who helped us understand how galaxies evolve, the women of the Texas Science community have helped ...

The study of the history and philosophy of science examines how scientific knowledge is generated, justified and transformed over time. Historian-philosophers trace the evolution of concepts, methods ...

The Chemical Heritage Foundation will become the Science History Institute on Feb. 1. (Joel Wolfram/WHYY) The Chemical Heritage Foundation, the Philadelphia science history museum and research library ...

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, ...

“During the spring and early summer tornadoes are likely to occur between the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. On April 3 of last year conditions were right. The first tornado struck at 1:10 P.M. By 5 ...

We keep hearing that these are unprecedented times for science: scientific skeptics running federal agencies, growing mistrust of vaccines, and messaging from the highest levels of government that ...