Up in the air
How a solar eclipse led to the discovery of helium.
Salve from the soil
Streptomycin saved countless lives, but its October 1943 discovery by a PhD student at Rutgers was mired in a bitter battle.
Strokes of life
A German illustrator and naturalist laid the foundation for modern entomology.
Sky full of stars
Tycho Brahe spotted celestial bodies before the advent of telescopes.
Scalpels and sketches
Spanish anatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal made fundamental discoveries in neuroscience.
