history of science

In his short life Francis Willughby immersed himself in the study of natural history yet he has been overshadowed by more famous peers. In a talk on...

Forgotten female correspondents of Charles Darwin; women who all made substantive contributions to nineteenth century society, are to be brought from...

As voyages of exploration opened up the world from the 15th century onwards, European culture delighted in encounters with exotic items. Dr José...

A new study into the grim and frequently heart-breaking history of childhood sickness and death has opened a window on to a surprisingly tender world...

A digital resource dedicated to Simon Forman, the notorious, self-styled astrologer-physician, later dubbed the 'Elizabethan Pepys', has been...

An international conference taking place at Cambridge University later this week will reveal that for many centuries alchemy and medicine were deeply...