Radioactive: the discovery, the concept, the word defined culture in the 20th century, in the realms of science, medicine and war, and in our own existential dread and pop fantasies. The threat of ...

When you consider someone’s legacy in science, you might think about their biggest discovery, their list of publications, or their titles, awards, and prizes. But another kind of scientific legacy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Today marks the 150 th birthday of the most famous woman in science, Marie Curie, ...

Marie Curie defied the odds to become the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person ever to win in two different sciences. Her pioneering research on radioactivity and discovery of polonium ...

THE seriously famous always pose a problem for anyone wanting to re-explore their life and legacy. What is there left to say that someone hasn’t said before? For science, with so few global ...

Movie review: “Radioactive,” directed by Marjane Satrapi, starring Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy. Available to stream through Amazon Prime. We live in an age of historical rediscovery. Far ...

In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, we look back at May 23, 1921, when the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania hosted a distinguished visitor – Marie Curie. Dean Martha Tracy (herself a WMC alumna, ...

Quote of the Day by Marie Curie: “I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from ...