Deborah Blum talks about the serious scientific effort undertaken by an elite group of scientists and scholars a hundred years ago to investigate the supernatural.
Deborah Blum tells the remarkable story of the scientists who invented forensic medicine and figured out how to catch murderers using poison.
Throughout history, we've been surrounded by substances that seemed benign and innocent in our food, in our gardens, in our medicine cabinets — until we realized they could be slowly killing us.
Science writer Deborah Blum on the government scientists who made the case for food regulation by "eating dangerously."
Science journalist Deborah Blum thinks both reporters and news consumers have a responsibility to try to understand the truth. That includes being willing to pay attention to the uncomfortable, complicated news that we might not want to hear.
