There have been fireworks aplenty to celebrate America's 250th anniversary, but have you ever wondered where fireworks came ...

China gets a shoutout at a Philadephia exhibition for its early development of gunpowder, which more than a millennia ago was ...

Science isn’t a “triumphant march”—it’s sloppy, messy, and full of stops and starts. Meet the people who tell that story. On October 4, 1957, Americans were shattered when Sputnik 1 launched into ...

The Science History Institute preserves and interprets the history of chemistry, engineering, and the life sciences. During a ceremony in Philadelphia on June 10, the American Chemical Society ...

From the first woman mathematician inducted into the National Academy of Science to an astronomer who helped us understand how galaxies evolve, the women of the Texas Science community have helped ...

Greg Payne visits the Science History Institute to check out their new "Flash! Bang! Boom!" fireworks exhibit.

Register your interest for 2027 and we will contact you when confirmed details including finalised dates and prices are available. Delve into the fascinating world of Edinburgh and Glasgow’s most ...

Carl Sagan lauded science as a candle that dispelled darkness.[1] Sagan's appreciation for science was preceded by George Sarton (1884-1956), the person who founded the study of the history of science ...