Manhattan Project Scientists

How to stay safe in the atomic age: Charming posters from 1947 which show the health risks from radiation

7 Feb 2012

It was the dawn of a chilling new age when whole cities could be wiped out with one terrifyingly advanced bomb. But America’s attempt to educate its citizens on the health risks arising from the nuclear threat were a little less sophisticated.

A Suit Airs Debate on Organic vs. Modified Crops

7 Feb 2012

Consumer resistance to transgenic food is high, part of a debate that is coming to life in courtrooms and online.

Madeline Margherita Latini Preston dead at 89

6 Feb 2012

Madeline Margherita Latini Presto, one of the first so-called “government girls� who helped the Pentagon win World War II, has died. She was 89.