Twenty years of health and history

Today, April 7th, World Health Day, we would like to thank readers and authors, who both support us in the dissemination of history, science and health – our primary goal.

New project about Isaac Newton in the making in Hollywood

The movie Principia will be a historical drama inspired by the mathematician´s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia.

General Relativity: the comic book

To celebrate 100 years of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, Science Magazine launched an interactive digital comic guide.

HCSM adopts new system for submission of articles

Click here to find how to submit an article.

350 years of scientific publishing

“Philosophical Transactions” was first published in 1665 and provides the model for thousands of scientific journals today.

Medical movies on the web

The project features selected and rare films from the National Library of Medicine´s audiovisual collection.

Brazilian researchers have successfully tested a vaccine for Chagas disease

Lab mice were observed after being infected with Chagas. While all animals that were not vaccinated died, 80% of those immunized survived.

Expert in Chagas disease dies at 93

Gastroenterologist Dr. Joffre Marcondes de Rezende contributed to medicine relating the Megaesophagus condition to Chagas disease.

Documentary examines the making of a 1945 Holocaust film

“Night Will Fall”, directed by André Singer, features newsreel footage of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45.

Open access maps at New York Public Library

NYPL announces the release of over 20,000 cartographic works as high resolution downloads.