Roberto Lo Presti applauds a brilliant reappraisal of Aristotle as the father of observational biology. Aristotle is considered by many to be the first scientist, although the term postdates him by ...

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John E. Murdoch, a professor of the history of science and an expert in the field of medieval medicine, died of unknown causes Thursday. He was 83. Since joining the Harvard faculty in 1963, Murdoch ...

For decades, science educators have been encouraged to “stick to the science” and leave politics at the classroom door. But as disinformation spreads online and public trust in science seems to erode ...

The birth of science in Europe was the greatest revolution of all, argues this dazzling polemic What is modernity and when did it begin? The answer depends a lot on the nationality and specialism of ...

But they weren't only interested in astronomy. The extraction of iron, which led to the Iron Age, is a chemical process which early metallurgists developed without ...

Understanding how science, medicine and society interact is key to addressing almost any of the challenges facing the 21st century. Indeed, science and medicine have become integral to our conceptions ...

After wowing the court of Versailles over 200 years ago, the jet-black beast is back in the spotlight at the Science Museum ...