Science History Institute

Apr 20, 2023 | sciencehistory.org | Ben Seal

Mar 7, 2023 | sciencehistory.org | Abdul-Aliy (aAliy) Muhammad

In 2019 community organizer Abdul-Aliy Muhammad learned that the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology had a collection of more than 1,000 human skulls—skulls taken from people without their consent and amassed to “prove” white supremacy. With the help of a PhD student, Abdul-Aliy went on a crusade to change the way museums claim ownership of human remains, forcing them to acknowledge that all people deserve a final resting place.

Mar 7, 2023 | sciencehistory.org | Abdul-Aliy (aAliy) Muhammad

Policy & Politics Episode 5, Part 1 from the ‘Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race’ series. Distillations Podcast | Distillations Podcast | March 7, 2023In 2019 community organizer Abdul-Aliy Muhammad learned that the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology had a collection of more than 1,000 human skulls—skulls taken from people without their consent and amassed to “prove” white supremacy.

Mar 2, 2023 | sciencehistory.org | Sam Kean

Robert Ho Man Kwok just had a simple question: why did he feel so lousy after eating at restaurants that served Northern Chinese food? His heart would start racing, and he would feel weak and numb afterward. After noodling on the idea for a while, he came up with a few possible culprits for his symptoms. But Kwok, a pediatrician in Maryland, knew he didn’t have the expertise to resolve the question.

Feb 2, 2023 | sciencehistory.org | Meir Rinde