While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step ...

From ancient philosophers who saw the heart as the seat of the soul to modern cardiologists mapping electrical impulses, ...

Harvard professor emeritus Everett I. Mendelsohn stands on the Great Wall of China in July 2005. Mendelsohn, known for his pioneering work studying the history of biology and the relationship between ...

If you've got kids in tow, plan on stopping by the Museum of Science & History, formerly known as the Pink Palace Museum. Housed in a flamboyant pink mansion constructed by supermarket tycoon Clarence ...

The Nobel Prize might be the most famous science prize but it celebrates just a narrow slice of science and very few scientists.

An exhibit at Philadelphia's Science History Institute looks at food science through the lens of the school lunch program. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, ...

What drives a wealthy Danish-Norwegian general to delve into ship's logs and become almost obsessed with understanding ocean ...

Like Jackie Stewart, the late Karl Popper was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Popper, a dang good philosopher of critical rationalism, presumably never set a fastest lap or won a grand prix, but he ...