• The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

  • Written by: Sam Kean
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The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Written by: Sam Kean
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  • 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.
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  • The Russian Roswell

    The Russian Roswell
    Apr 30 2024

    In 1959, nine Russian hikers mysteriously died on a trek through the snowy wilderness—fueling a half-century of hysterical conspiracies. Has science finally cracked the case?



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    21 mins
  • When Tenure Means Life and Death

    When Tenure Means Life and Death
    Apr 23 2024

    After a tenure dispute, mechanical engineer Valery Fabrikant murdered four colleagues in cold blood at his university in Montreal. So why is he still allowed to publish scientific papers?



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    20 mins
  • A Deadly Soup for Babies

    A Deadly Soup for Babies
    Apr 16 2024

    Chemist Justus von Liebig was perhaps the most famous scientist in the world in the mid-1800s—but quickly became infamous for his role in the killing of four starving infants.



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    20 mins
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Love the interesting science stories

The performance is interesting. I enjoy the effort to make it more interesting using sound effects. I love the interesting stories and the science they talk about. Love it. Would recommend for science and history nerds.

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