Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 30 July · 39min

This week, Thomas Spiteri speaks with Dr. Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of Nature. Skipper has held the role since 2018, and has a background in the genetic sciences. She is also notably the…

In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global

Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence

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This fund offers grants biennially of up to $10,000 to support research access to archives that record the history of science in Australia.

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Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...

Decoherence and the superposition of capital in the OpenAI ecosytem

For decades, primatologists believed that primate societies were structured around aggressive alpha males - until a remarkable push from feminist scientists in the 1960s and 70s changed the narrative....

Researchers told to respond within 48 hours to more than 30 questions, including on DEI, gender and climate

Researchers told to respond within 48 hours to more than 30 questions, including on DEI, gender and climate

Between its water use, energy use, e-waste, and need for critical minerals that could better be used on renewable energy, A.I. could trash our chances of a sustainable future.

To the detriment of the public, scientists and historians don’t engage with one another. They must begin a new dialogue

Today's guest is Sarah Qidwai, a Postdoctoral Researcher in the history of science who focuses on British Imperialism, Science and Colonialism, the relation of Science and Islam, as well as the histor...

Marie Curie (1867-1934) is the most famous female scientist in the world. She discovered the radioactive elements radium and polonium and won two Nobel prizes: in physics (1903) and chemistry (1908). ...