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 ...

They called it the shed, though it was more of a dilapidated hangar. A former anatomy theater, it housed old pinewood tables, a cast-iron stove and a blackboard—all under a high ceiling that leaked.

How did the Nobel laureate plan her time and navigate her life choices to leave a lasting impact on the world? Marie Curie, born Maria Sklodowska from a poor family in Poland, rose to the pinnacle of ...

In a new biography, Dava Sobel focuses not just on the legendary physicist and chemist, but on the 45 women who worked in her lab. By Kate Zernike Kate Zernike is a reporter at The Times. She is the ...

The adage goes “like mother like daughter,” and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer words were never spoken. She was the ...