Smithsonian Magazine2d
The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades
After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone ...
A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a ...
Mongabay News5d
Elisabeth Vrba, the woman who timed evolution, died February 5th, aged 82
An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries.
Medieval Tales of Merlin and Arthur, Hidden for Centuries, Return to Light
Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and ...