Albert Einstein
The Physicist Who Changed More Than Physics
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Science, Medicine & Technology
Scientists, doctors, inventors, and public arguments about research, medicine, and technology.
Rosalind Franklin
The Scientist Who Saw DNA Clearly and Kept Going
David Julius
Scientist, Chili Peppers, and Pain Science
Katie Bouman
Scientist and the Push to Turn Black Hole Data Into Images
Dead Sea Scrolls Research
DNA, New Fragments, and Why the Story Keeps Changing
Craig Blinderman
The Palliative Care Doctor Who Made Crisis Medicine More Humane
Did Jewish Thought Influence Science?
The Jewish thought and science argument persists because history shows real overlaps,...
From von Neumann to Pearl
Jewish Computer Scientists Who Helped Build the Digital World
Jeremy England
Physicist, Origins of Life, and Thermodynamics
Jewish Scientists Who Changed the Modern World
Physics, Medicine, Computing, and the Public Meaning of Discovery
Three Jewish Vaccine Scientists and Three COVID-Era Systems
Tal Zaks, Shmuel Shapira, and Alexander Gintsburg show how COVID vaccine work moved...
Carl Sagan
Scientist, Wonder, and Public Obligation
Claudia Sheinbaum
Scientist and Mexico's First Woman President
David Eagleman
Neuroscientist, Author, and Public Science Voice
Deborah Estrin
Computer Scientist, Personal Data, and Public-Interest Question
Doctor Mike
Physician, Health Literacy, and a Mass Audience
Eric Lander
The Genome Architect Whose Career Tested the Politics of Science
Ira Flatow
The Host Who Made Science Radio Feel Like Public Life
Isaac Asimov
The Writer Who Taught Science Fiction to Think in Systems
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Genius, Power, and the Burden of Los Alamos
Ken Goldberg
Roboticist Treating Automation as a Human Problem
Larry Tesler
Computer Scientist and the Attempt to Make Software Less Annoying
Leonard Schleifer
The Neurologist Who Built Regeneron Around Science
Leonard Susskind
String Theory Physicist and Public Teacher
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
Paul Kolker
Surgeon, Artist, and the Problem of Perception
Richard J. Davidson
The Scientist Who Put Well-Being in the Lab
Sara Seager
Astronomer Making Other Worlds Feel Reachable
Stephen J. Dubner
Freakonomics, Storytelling, and Public Curiosity
Stephen Wolfram
The Scientist Who Tried to Turn Knowledge Into Computation
Steven Levitsky
The Political Scientist Who Made Democratic Breakdown Legible
Steven Weinberg
Physicist and the Push to Make the Standard Model Coherent
Susan Pinker
Psychologist Who Made Social Connection Measurable
W. Ian Lipkin
Virus Hunter and Modern Outbreak Science
Walter Isaacson
Biographer, Genius, and Public Argument
Diaspora Doctors in Israel
What Volunteer Medicine Revealed After October 7, 2023
Leonard and Ronald Lauder
Family Wealth Turned Into Public Institutions
Shaare Zedek and Zanzibar
What a Small Medical Partnership Can Actually Change
Fertility Treatment in Jewish Law
Insemination, IVF, Donors, and Why the Answers Differ
Judaism and Science
Why the Relationship Was Never a Simple War
What Blessing, If Any, Should Jews Say After a Vaccine?
A bigger halakhic question: when medicine brings visible relief, which Jewish blessing...