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Oral History Interviews with Women in Science: Excerpts from 20 Interviews with Scientists from 10 Countries

11/26/2024

Transcribed and compiled by Clare Tonks, PhD Historian at the Center for Humanities & History of Modern Biology Read the story »

History of Science Resource: HIV/AIDS Research

5/6/2024

CSHL Library and Archives offers detailed transcriptions and other resources for an important conference on HIV/AIDS in 2016. Read the story »

Evelyn Witkin, 1921-2023

7/10/2023

At the age of 102, CSHL colleague and Lasker award winner, Evelyn Witkin passed away July 8, 2023. Read the story »

Introducing the Matthew Meselson Collection

6/6/2023

The CSHL Library and Archives are pleased to introduce the Matthew Meselson Collection. Read the story »

Anthony Fauci at “HIV/AIDS Research: its History and Future” (2016)

5/5/2023

CSHL's YouTube channel features a video of Anthony Fauci's 2016 talk on HIV/AIDS research at Cold Spring Harbor Lab Read the story »

CSHL Oral History Digitization: Preserving the History of Scientific Discoveries in Modern Biology

5/2/2023

The Cold Spring Harbor Library and Archives has digitized historical audio and video material with the support of a CLIR grant Read the story »

Plant Science, Biotechnology and Agriculture: a History of Science on Long Island, 1900-2020

3/10/2023

The CSHL Library and Archives announces a new history of science exhibition. Read the story »

Coughing and Cigarettes: Datura stramonium and the Treatment of Asthma

10/3/2022

Datura stramonium, an experimental organism used by CSHL scientist A. F. Blakeslee in the 1930s, was also used as a treatment for asthma. Read the story »

CITY OF SCIENCE: Phillip A. Sharp in Conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee

9/6/2022

Event: Thursday, September 29, 6:30 p.m.

Video of event now available. Read the story »

The Currency of the Cell: Energy, Metabolism, and Life in Twentieth-Century Biochemistry

6/3/2022

Sydney Brenner Research Fellow Gina Surita will give a virtual talk on Wednesday June 15 at 3 PM Read the story »

Exploring the Norton Zinder Collection: Finding the Public During the Recombinant DNA Controversy, 1970-1985

12/18/2021

How did scientists interact with the public during the controversy over recombinant DNA? The Norton Zinder collection sheds light on this question. Read the story »

Estimating the Risks of New Technologies: Evidence from the 1970s

11/16/2021

Humans are notoriously bad at estimating risk, including the risks of new technologies. Read the story »

An American “plot” : the 1970s moratorium on recombinant DNA research

11/15/2021

Was the call for a moratorium on recombinant DNA research in 1974 an American plot to edge out the competition? Read the story »

From the “Ha-ha” file: L. Douglas DeNike on the Dangers of Recombinant DNA Research

11/12/2021

The debate about recombinant DNA in the 1970s frustrated supporters and opponents alike -- it wasn't always the science itself that was at stake. Read the story »

A Brave New World of Genetic Engineering in the 1960s

11/10/2021

We often trace the origins of genetic engineering to the 1970s, when recombinant DNA methods were developed. But the conversation started earlier. Read the story »

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