A proud mother responded to news service’s request for a photograph of her physicist-son killed during World War I.

A 1936 exchange of letters about the prickly porcupine preserves both a contemporary scientific debate and the wit and wisdom of a young Utah girl with a beloved pet.

To celebrate Father’s Day 2019, here are three photographs of famous fathers and sons in biology and physics.

Photographs from the Science Service collections preserve behind-the-scenes glimpses of the newsgathering process for science reporters.

To celebrate Women’s History Month, here are two examples of 20th-century women who applied their education and expertise in geology and paleontology outside traditional university career paths.

As the Director of Science Service, chemist Edwin Emery Slosson not only edited the submissions of his staff and external contributors but he also dispensed writing tips that remain timely today.

The remarkable career of cardiac surgeon and researcher John Clavon Norman, Jr., M.D. (1930-2014) began in West Virginia with the examples set by his parents.

In 1935, Beloit College in Wisconsin began allowing female students to join the annual summer archeological expeditions.

The 1943 and 1944 letters of science journalist Emma Reh contain vivid descriptions of the flowers and local life she observed while living in Paraguay.

Prince Albert I of Monaco’s April 1921 Washington visit to receive an award for his work in oceanography, has connections to Smithsonian research today.