Feature Stories

Press Contact

Stephanie Hood

+49 30 22667 242/315

public@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) has published its format “Research Topics” since 2008. Every six to eight weeks, researchers present individual contributions of one relevant aspect of their research or present a new research project. Since 2017, scholars at the MPIWG have been contributing to “The Conversation,” a public platform for research content related to current topics, which are accessible on this page. 

Latest Research Topics

No 60
Thumbnail

ISMI: A 21st-Century Resource for Accessing Islamic Scientific Manuscripts

MORE
No 59
Thumbnail

Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650

MORE
No 58
Thumbnail

Epidemics in Context: Cholera and Plague in North Africa (1798–1919)

MORE
View all

Latest Articles on "The Conversation UK"

No 16
Thumbnail

Terrorism: A Very Brief History

What is it that allows someone to be labelled as a terrorist? Recent acts of spectacular violence, such as the mail bombs sent to American anti-Trump critics, or the mass killings by Canadian “...

MORE
No 15
Thumbnail

Poland's Wild Boar Targeted in Pointless Cull That Could Actually Spread Swine Fever

Most of Poland’s wild boars are being culled to stop the spread of African swine fever, a deadly viral disease that endangers farm pigs. The Polish Hunting Association was mandated to organize ...

MORE
View all

Wikipedia Editathon Articles

No 1
Thumbnail

Dr. Dora Ilse: The Senses of Butterflies

How do butterflies find food? Do they smell flowers’ nectar, or identify them from their colors? Do they even have a sense of what color is? The biologist Dora Ilse (October 9, 1898–October 21,...

MORE