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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 11 hours 56 minutes
Calamity in Philadelphia
Episode 2 of new season: ‘Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race’ series.
BONUS: Cheddar Man
In 2018 ancient DNA researchers revealed their analysis of a 10,000 year old skeleton called Cheddar Man. He was the oldest complete skeleton ever discovered in England, and the revelation that he had dark skin challenged assumptions many people had...
Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race
Our new season, Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race, drops on February 7th.
Mechanochemistry
What comes to mind when you think of a chemistry lab? Maybe it’s smoke billowing out of glassware, or colorful test tubes, or vats of toxic substances. Chemistry and hazardous solvents just seem to go hand in hand. But chemists like James...
Mechanochemistry
"I thought they were married to the molecules, little did I know they were actually married to the flask." Host: Reporter, Producer, and Audio Engineer: Senior Producer: Producer: Associate Producer:
Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius as Written by Our Genetic Code
The Disappearing Spoon, a between the Science History Institute and New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean, returns for its third season on March 8, 2022. To celebrate, our producer, Padmini Parthasarathy, sat down with Kean to talk about his...
The Sinister Angel Singers of Rome
In this episode of The Disappearing Spoon, Sam Kean talks about Alessandro Moreschi, the so-called Angel of Rome. His voice earned him fame and money. So what's the secret behind the voice? What was his trick? It turns out that his trick can also make...
The Murderous Origins of the American Medical Association
In this episode of The Disappearing Spoon, Sam Kean talks about the strange origin story of the American Medical Association. The creation of this powerful medical society can be traced back to a duel between two doctors at Transylvania University in...
The Big ‘What If’ of Cancer
In this episode of The Disappearing Spoon, Sam Kean talks about Hermann Muller, a geneticist who in the 1920s discovered that radiation causes genetic mutations. This discovery happened around the same time that other geneticists were starting to link...