The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean
En podkast av Sam Kean, Bleav - Tirsdager
110 Episoder
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When a Hole in the Head Is Good for You
Publisert: 25.5.2021 -
When Mosquitos Cured Insanity
Publisert: 18.5.2021 -
The Death of the Lord God Bird
Publisert: 11.5.2021 -
Chewing it Over—and Over and Over and Over
Publisert: 4.5.2021 -
What's the Longest Word in the English Language?
Publisert: 27.4.2021 -
Why Don't We Have a Male Birth Control Pill Yet?
Publisert: 20.4.2021 -
Bonus interview with WNYC's Science Diction
Publisert: 16.4.2021 -
Marie Curie's (Nearly Disastrous) Trip to America
Publisert: 13.4.2021 -
The Most Important Lost Fossils in History
Publisert: 6.4.2021 -
The World’s First Global Vaccine Supply Chain Was Orphan Children
Publisert: 30.3.2021 -
The Joys, and Pains, of Operating on Yourself
Publisert: 30.11.2020 -
A School Shooting for Science
Publisert: 13.11.2020 -
Star Wars, Death Rays, and Donald Trump
Publisert: 15.10.2020 -
Vitamin G
Publisert: 1.10.2020 -
The CIA’s Drug-Fueled Orgies and You
Publisert: 15.9.2020 -
From Siberia with (Manipulative) Love
Publisert: 1.9.2020 -
The Man Who Couldn’t Read Numbers
Publisert: 17.8.2020 -
The Teflon Bomb
Publisert: 6.8.2020 -
Chocolate Cake & Atomic Bombs
Publisert: 1.8.2020 -
The Ice Island Murder
Publisert: 14.7.2020
A topsy-turvy science-y history podcast by Sam Kean. I examine overlooked stories from our past: the dental superiority of hunter-gatherers, the crooked Nazis who saved thousands of American lives, the American immigrants who developed the most successful cancer screening tool in history, the sex lives of dinosaurs, and much, much more. These are charming little tales that never made the history books, but these small moments can be surprisingly powerful. These are the cases where history gets inverted, where the footnote becomes the real story.
