History and Nature of Science - Science as a human endeavor

  • Nobel Prizefight

    Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology given to inventors of MRI machine — but were these guys really the inventors? Meet an unprecedented PR campaign to change the Nobel.


    Thursday, October 23rd, 2003
  • Nuclear Wizard Dies

    Edward Teller helped invent the hydrogen bomb, then pushed missile defense. By public advocacy and secret research, he changed the 20th century.


    Thursday, September 25th, 2003
  • Shuttle Discoveries

    What was learned on Columbia’s last, tragic mission?


    Thursday, February 6th, 2003
  • Biological Weapons: Too Tricky to Use?

    Will terrorists use biological weapons? How have bio-weapons been used in the past?


    Thursday, October 4th, 2001
  • Space Travel: How Healthy?

    What are the medical and psychological costs of long-term space travel? Radiation, isolation, osteoporosis: Sounds like a real picnic to us! Intrigued? You could always overwinter in the Antarctic…


    Tuesday, December 26th, 2000
  • Letter from Archimedes: Math-Man Speaks!

    Ancient mathematician’s writing found, restored, after 22 centuries!


    Monday, July 24th, 2000
  • Oddball Science!

    Believe it? Why Not? The Why Files examines strange stuff: Worms, urine, frogs, sweat, jellyfish. What’s not to love?


    Thursday, January 8th, 1998
  • Dinos 4 Sale! (A Good Idea?)

    Tyrannosaurus Sue, raised questions about who owns dinosaur fossils. Should they jut go to the highest bidder, or should they have special status as scientific objects?


    Thursday, December 5th, 1996


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