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Science, Medicine & Technology

Scientists, doctors, inventors, and public arguments about research, medicine, and technology.

35 entries

Albert Einstein

Physicist Changing More Than Physics

Rosalind Franklin

Scientist, DNA, and Scientific Persistence

David Julius

Scientist, Chili Peppers, and Pain Science

Katie Bouman

Scientist and the Push to Turn Black Hole Data Into Images

Craig Blinderman

Palliative Care Doctor and Crisis Medicine More Humane

Ruth Arnon

The Immunologist Behind Copaxone and a Long Vaccine Quest

Carl Sagan

Scientist, Wonder, and Public Obligation

Claudia Sheinbaum

Scientist and Mexico's First Woman President

Deborah Estrin

Computer Scientist, Personal Data, and Public-Interest Question

Eric Lander

The Genome Architect Whose Career Tested the Politics of Science

Ira Flatow

Host Making Science Radio Feel Like Public Life

Isaac Asimov

Writer and Teaching Science Fiction to Think in Systems

Janna Levin

Physicist, Black Holes, and Public Conversation

Larry Tesler

Computer Scientist and the Attempt to Make Software Less Annoying

Leonard Adleman

Mathematician and the Push to Build the Internet's Locks

Leonard Schleifer

Neurologist Behind Regeneron Around Science

Lera Boroditsky

Cognitive Scientist Making Language Feel Strange Again

Mayim Bialik

Sitcom Star Keeping Science in the Story

Michael Levitt

Nobelist and the Push to Make Molecules Computable

Mikael Dolsten

Research Chief and Pfizer at Pandemic Speed

Stephen J. Dubner

Writer, Social Science, and Storytelling

Stephen Wolfram

Scientist and the Attempt to Turn Knowledge Into Computation

Steven Levitsky

Political Scientist and Democratic Breakdown

Susan Pinker

The Psychologist Who Made Social Connection Feel Measurable

W. Ian Lipkin

Virus Hunter and Modern Outbreak Science