Salama has a degree in the life sciences and biochemistry, which she puts to good use as a science writer and video producer at ScienceABC.com. She also works with archives and museums on the intersection of science communication and history.
In the 1950s, supersized insects were the villains in a rash of big-screen horror movies. What did those monstrous roaches represent, and how were they vanquished?
The acceptance of mesmerism in colonial Bengal depended on the public performance of Western medicine couched in the wonders of a supposed “native” magic.
