Distillations | Science History Institute

Alexis Pedrick joins Katie Hafner to bring you an episode from [The Lost Women of Science ... more

In 2018 news broke that a Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, had used CRISPR to edit human emb... more

The fears about genetic engineering were stoked when experiments took off in the 1970s. Fr... more

Our producer Rigoberto Hernandez spoke with Robin Marantz, the author of Pandora’s Baby: H... more

When Rebekah and Evan Lockard’s daughter, Naomi, was diagnosed with a devastating ultra-ra... more

Gene therapy is based on a simple-sounding, yet deceptively complicated premise: adding or... more

Producer Mariel Carr talks to historian of science and former Science History Institute fe... more

In 1976, Harvard University wanted to build a specialized lab for recombinant DNA research... more

Genetic engineering breakthroughs in the late 1960s and early 1970s came with a lot of pro... more

Genetic engineering breakthroughs in the late 1960s and early 1970s came with a lot of pro... more

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Feeding kids a healthy lunch every school day is a feat of science and logistics. Molded i... more

ALS is a fatal neurological disease that kills motor neurons. Even though it was first des... more

In 1973 a bombshell study appeared in the premier scientific journal Science. It was calle... more

For more than 100 years, biologists who suggested that some cancers may be caused by virus... more

In 1973 biochemist Bruce Ames created a simple test that showed if chemicals had the poten... more

Ozempic and others in this family of drugs are nothing short of miraculous. Meant to treat... more

The impact of cars on wildlife extends beyond roadkill, affecting species that never ventu... more

In 1856, Henry Perkin's attempt to synthesize quinine led to something very different: a v... more

The color pink has long been in vogue, and when Barbie hit theaters in 2023, its appeal on... more