Science

The nuclear physicist’s belated bar mitzvah.

March 13 2024 12:01AM

Starting with the rabbi who studied with Galileo.

Jeremy Brown
March 12 2024 12:01AM

The astrolabe of Verona.

University of Cambridge
March 8 2024 12:01AM

The Old Testament and the New Atlantis.

Louise Liebeskind
Jan. 2 2024 12:01AM

The physicist wasn’t the target of an anti-Semitic McCarthyite witch hunt.

James Nuechterlein
July 24 2023 12:01AM

Remembering Owen Gingerich.

Neil Genzlinger
June 13 2023 12:01AM

Rudolphina Menzel’s dogs of war—and of peace.

May 17 2023 12:01AM

Ancient military conquests provide the perfect source material.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
Oct. 27 2022 12:01AM

The seeds are part of a project titled “space hummus,” which aims to test hydroponic techniques for plant growth in zero gravity.

JNS
Feb. 9 2022 12:01AM

Baḥya ben Asher, magic, science, and church bells.

Yaakov Taubes
Oct. 13 2021 12:01AM

When will, wants, and desires trump reality and science.

Paul McHugh and Gerard Bradley
Aug. 25 2021 12:01AM

A more compelling explanation than handwashing or Passover cleaning.

Kathryn Glatter and Paul Finkelman
Feb. 11 2021 12:01AM

Meet Dina Schneidman-Duhovny—and Wally.

Nathan Jeffay
Nov. 18 2020 12:01AM