Harvard professor emeritus Everett I. Mendelsohn stands on the Great Wall of China in July 2005. Mendelsohn, known for his pioneering work studying the history of biology and the relationship between ...

What drives a wealthy Danish-Norwegian general to delve into ship's logs and become almost obsessed with understanding ocean ...

If you've got kids in tow, plan on stopping by the Museum of Science & History, formerly known as the Pink Palace Museum. Housed in a flamboyant pink mansion constructed by supermarket tycoon Clarence ...

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, ...

The test subject that produced the first 3D magnetic resonance image was quiet and a bit hairy. Tough on the outside, the patient was a big softie at heart. It was also not human. Nobel Prize-winning ...

Medical scholars say that efforts to find a singular cause for autism have historically led to scrutinizing parents and ...