When Mary Shelley publishedFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus in 1818, she wasn’t just writing a gothic horror novel—she was laying the foundations for science fiction. Her tale of a scientist ...
A volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused a global climate crisis, and it led to the publication of the world's first true ...
There are no stitched-together monsters in the biochemistry lab where Julia Parsley, a senior at Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, does her experiments with cells and DNA. Nor are there any ...
Living historian Dean Howarth re-enacts science experiments on corpses that could have inspired Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein." (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) An audience member conveys an electrical charge ...
The best Frankenstein adaptations don’t just bring Mary Shelley’s monster to life, they explain vaccine hesitancy, doctor avoidance, and other fears about the medical industry. Peter Cushing, ...
On January 17, 1803, a young man named George Forster was hanged for murder at Newgate prison in London. After his execution, as often happened, his body was carried ceremoniously across the city to ...
On January 17 1803, a young man named George Forster was hanged for murder at Newgate prison in London. After his execution, as often happened, his body was carried ceremoniously across the city to ...
With guest host Jane Clayson. Frankenstein at 200. We’ll dissect Mary Shelley’s iconic Gothic novel, its themes of responsibility in innovation, ethics, and lessons for today. New Yorker: The Strange ...
It was a dark and stormy night ... Nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley was writing Frankenstein on a dare. Two hundred years later, the classic horror novel of the anguished, misunderstood creature still ...