The first science history course in America was on the history of chemistry at Harvard in 1890. But it wasn’t until the 1950s and ‘60s, with the publication of Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

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 ...

Philadelphia is playing host for its first science festival until the end of the week. The city was chosen by the National Science Foundation because of its rich history of innovation. Anybody who ...

It's a little science history, the story of how a scientific word came to be. And what better place to start off our series of Science Diction with the word scientist.

History 117 - Science & Society/Modern China (4 cr) Science has meant many things in modern Chinese history. It has been pursued as a force for sovereignty, enlightenment, civilization, modernity, ...

She holds a PhD in the history of science, technology and medicine from the University of Oklahoma. She is the co-founder and co-editor in chief of Lady Science magazine, ...

The Chemical Heritage Foundation, the Philadelphia science history museum and research library, will change its name next month to the “Science History Institute.” The change reflects the Old City ...

There is some science behind it. Here's how leap days came to be. ... To be precise, Caesar "overestimated the solar year by 11 minutes," the History Channel reports.

But this everyday, ubiquitous piece of tech has a long history. It’s taken centuries for this humble accessory to morph from Inuit snow goggles to medieval Chinese quartz lenses to 18th-century ...