Why history matters in science education For decades, research has shown students better understand how science works "behind the curtains"—what has been called "nature of science"—when they learn how ...

Images often play a major role in the development of science. At times, a new image has even led to a major discovery.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is celebrating National Earth Science week with fun, all-ages activities included ...

n July 2005, Harvard professor Everett I. Mendelsohn traveled to Beijing to witness the next chapter of the field he dedicated his life to expanding: the history of science. At the International ...

Science occasionally gives us clearer views of the distant past. This year, researchers opened windows into the life and times of ancient Romans, impressionist painters and other towering historical ...

Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in water—centered on presumed inherent properties rather than external factors, ...

How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry by self-proclaimed science adventurer Kit Chapman has been announced as the ...

This article is part of “The Young American Scientists,” which includes stories of 28 extraordinary scientists poised to change the world, as well as a deep look at the past, present and future of ...

Author and historian Eddie Price will present the historical program “Homemaking on the Kentucky Frontier” at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, at the Owensboro Museum of Science and History. The program ...

From studying a newly discovered art piece to preventing mold and fungus in old paintings, chemistry and art history often meet and even inspired a new high school curriculum. A few weeks ago, ...