Each episode of Distillations podcast takes a deep-dive into a moment of science-related history in order to shed light on the present.
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Episode 97: Immortality
If you could live forever, would you? Though most believe this to be a hypothetical question, there are some scientific processes that impart eternal life, or something like that, to actual creatures on earth.
SHOW CLOCK
00:00 Opening Credits
00:31 Introduction
01:10 Chemical Agent: Animal Antifreeze
03:25 Feature: Immortal Jellyfish
07:03 Comte de Saint-Germain
10:24 Closing Credits
CREDITS
Special thanks to Aries Keck, James Voelkel and Michal Meyer for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.