Professor Joe Cain

#07 Recycling Has Always Been Key to Research, says Simon Werrett | WeAreSTS

In this interview, Professor Simon Werrett discusses the main ideas of his book, Thrifty Science. In Britain of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the practices of reuse, re-purpose, and recycle were core to the work […]

BONUS Tribute to Dr William Fleming Maclehose (1967-2020) | WeAreSTS

We pay tribute to our friend and colleague, Dr William Fleming Maclehose (1967-2020). Bill was a historian of medieval medicine and an important part of STS. He was an expert in theories of sleep and […]

#06 Why Do We Talk So Differently About Innovation? | WeAreSTS

In this interview, Dr Melanie Smallman talks about her meta-study of attitudes across 10 emerging technologies by public, government, and politicians. Her conclusion: we talk quite differently about innovation. Smallman argues those differences matter for […]

Biodynamica - Basile J. Luyet from volume 1, 1934-1938

Biodynamica, published by Basile J. Luyet

Historians of the synthesis period in evolutionary studies, aka evolutionary synthesis, are deeply familiar with the Columbia Biological Series. This monograph series included key texts for the American evolutionist community, including Theodosius Dobzhansky’s (1937) Genetics […]

#05 Meet the Snouters! Jokes Reveal Tribalism in Science Communities | WeAreSTS

For April Fool’s Day, we talk about a famous joke in the history of biology. Dr Rebecca Martin interviews Professor Joe Cain about the snouters. It’s a joke that began with publication of a book […]

Dunn in Germany 1928, in Dunn Papers, folder: “Photographs #1”. Courtesy of APS Library.

The Situation in Genetics: Leslie Clarence Dunn’s 1927 Russian Tour

In 2003, I co-authored publication of a transcription of Leslie Clarence Dunn‘s 1927 report on genetics research facilities in Russia. This appeared in the Mendel Newsletter, published by the American Philosophical Society Library as Joe Cain […]

#03 Comparing Pandemics: COVID-19 and 1918 Spanish Flu | WeAreSTS

What are the similarities between the COVID-19 pandemic and the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic? What can we learn by a comparison? How does history help us understand what’s happening today? One of our experts in […]

#04 What Makes Us Human? | STS1Book | WeAreSTS

In this interview, Professor Charlotte Sleigh talks about the STS1Book for 2021, a book she has co-written with Professor Amanda Rees. It’s called Humans. In our conversation, we talk about the book and some of its […]

#02 Talking Careers in STS, with Jean-Baptiste Gouyon | WeAreSTS

Every university student has “careers” on the mind, even if they’re not sure what they should be thinking about. In this interview, Professor Joe Cain talks with the STS Careers Tutor, Dr Jean-Baptiste Gouyon about […]

#01 Smart Gadgets Ask A Lot From Us | WeAreSTS

STS student, Nuzhah Miah, interviews Dr Jack Stilgoe about Evgeny Morozov’s 2014 book, To Save Everything Click Here, asking him why it’s recommended reading for new students coming into UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies […]