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Botanical Blueprints, circa 1843
By Cristina Luiggi | February 1, 2012
Anna Atkins, pioneering female photographer, revolutionized scientific illustration using a newly invented photographic technique.
Before the Genes Jumped, 1930s
By Sabrina Richards | January 1, 2012
How Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock nearly gave up genetics for meteorology
The Hyena Den, discovered 1821
By Jef Akst | December 1, 2011
A 19th century geologist and minister investigates a prehistoric cave full of hyena bones in his native England.
The Human Genome Project,
Then and Now
By Walter F. Bodmer | October 1, 2011
An early advocate of the sequencing of the human genome reflects on his own predictions from 1986.
The Scientist, Inaugural Issue, 1986
By Jef Akst | October 1, 2011
Twenty-five years later, the magazine is still hitting many of the same key discussion points of science.
Animal Electricity, circa 1781
By Jessica P. Johnson | August 31, 2011
How an Italian scientist doing Frankenstein-like experiments on dead frogs discovered that the body is powered by electrical impulses.
Ernst Haeckel’s Pedigree of Man, 1874
By Hannah Waters | August 1, 2011
The 19th century naturalist crafted numerous real evolutionary trees that organized the overwhelming number of species on Earth.
The First X-ray, 1895
By Hannah Waters | July 1, 2011
The discovery of a new and mysterious form of radiation in the late 19th century led to a revolution in medical imaging.
One-Man NIH, 1887
By Cristina Luiggi | May 28, 2011
As epidemics swept across the United States in the 19th century, the US government recognized the pressing need for a…
Medical Posters, circa 1920
By Edyta Zielinska | May 25, 2011
William Helfand began buying medically themed collectibles in the 1950s when he started working for Merck & Co. Over his…
