All History articles – Page 22
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ReviewDNA: the great book of life from Mendel to genomics
This year, Rome’s exhibition palace pays tribute to all things genetics
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BusinessHow do chemical firms last hundreds of years?
What distinguishes companies that thrive from others that failed?
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PodcastSpermine and spermidine
Kiki Sanford explores how polyamines found in semen could be related to a long and healthy life
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ReviewWisdom of the Martians of science: in their own words with commentaries
The stories of John von Neumann, Theodor von Kármán, Leo Szilárd, Eugene Wigner and Edward Teller
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FeatureThe chemist with x-ray vision
Mike Sutton tells the tale of John Kendrew and his work on the structure of myoglobin
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PodcastArsenic trioxide
How a ‘daft’ pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain
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CareersWhy I mummified a taxi driver
Stephen Buckley explains how chemistry has rewritten ancient history
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ReviewStalin and the scientists: a history of triumph and tragedy 1905–1953
Scientific life in the Soviet Union
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OpinionHow Roosevelt's Tree Army were poisoned
In the first of a new column, Raychelle Burks investigates a mass arsenic poisoning during the Great Depression
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OpinionHumphry Davy and cutting our carbon footprint
A 200 year old electrolysis experiment could hold the key to sustainable fertiliser production
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ResearchDye detective work uncovers Perkin’s chemistry secrets
The pioneering Victorian chemist didn’t reveal all in his patent on the first synthetic purple dye
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