Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Recent papers from Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

1. Archival and palaeoenvironmental documentation of extreme climate events reveals generational amnesia in collective memoryNature Communications · 2026
2. “Only fit for a lunatic asylum”: Hybrid expertise and the scientific persona in the Kumaon Himalaya, 1816–36History of Science · 2026
3. Where are the Missing Masses in the Missing Masses? The Sociology of a Few Cosmic ProblemsThe Sociological Review · 2026
4. How reason found its common sense in Latin Aristotelianism: Commentary practice and the problem of universality in latin aristotelianismScience in Context · 2026
5. Evidence of artemisinin partial resistance in Zambia: a molecular epidemiology and clinical studyThe Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2026
6. A compact Druantia defense clears phage infections via single-stranded DNA recognition and directional duplex unwindingCell Reports · 2026
7. How Many PM2.5 Sensors are Needed to Estimate Daily and Annual Deployed-Network Mean Concentrations in City-Scale Sensor Networks?ACS ES&T Air · 2026
8. Particulate matter air pollution and life satisfaction: Links across and within twin pairsEnvironmental Research · 2026
9. China’s Got Talent: The Interface of Foreign Affairs and Global Competition for Talent in China’s Scientific Knowledge ProductionMinerva · 2026
10. Introduction: Computational Approaches to the Histories of Alchemy and ChemistryAmbix · 2026
11. A Computational Turn? Reflections on Digital and Computational History of Science, Knowledge and TechnologyAmbix · 2026
12. Curiosity, wonder, and the usefulness of science: experiencing the American agave plant by early members of the leopoldinaNotes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science · 2026
13. Toward a psychology of real-life decision-makingTrends in Cognitive Sciences · 2026
14. Mediating Alchemical Language across Terminologies and Cultures in Ruland’s Lexicon Alchemiae : A Data-driven Study of Arabic TermsAmbix · 2026
15. Towards a political ecology of Earth System ModellingThe Anthropocene Review · 2026
16. Introduction: Putting history in its place: Historicising planetary modellingThe Anthropocene Review · 2026
17. Modelling the anthropocene: A brief and partial historyThe Anthropocene Review · 2026
18. Introduction: Veterinization: Extending Care and Control in More-Than-Human HealthMedical Anthropology · 2026
19. Ghost elephants and the archive: Towards nonhuman histories beyond linear timeJournal of Historical Geography · 2026
20. Greetings from the Berlin DH Community2026