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 ...

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 ...

Science, in practice, is a series of evolving processes informed by hypotheses and theories, with the hopeful endpoints of discovery and dissemination of knowledge to others. In a case study using ...

According to a familiar story, science was born as a pastime of seventeenth-century European gentlemen, who built air pumps, traded telescopes, and measured everything from the size of the earth to ...

Los Angeles, CA, September 24, 2025 --(PR.com)-- The acclaimed podcast Math! Science! History! launches its seventh season, uncovering hidden stories behind our invaluable scientific and mathematical ...

Last month, NASA named its Washington DC headquarters building after the late Mary W. Jackson, the agency’s first Black female engineer and an aeronautics expert who specialized in how air flows ...

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, ...

Lately, there has been a lot of discussion highlighting the need for incorporating social sciences in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines in order to foster creativity ...

History of Science coverage from Scientific American, featuring news and articles about advances in the field.