• 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 Winter when People Ate Tulips

    The Winter when People Ate Tulips
    Dec 10 2024

    It’s the 80th anniversary of the Dutch Hongerwinter during World War II, which led to widespread starvation, and an inadvertent breakthrough in treating deadly celiac disease. Podcast season finale below:



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    20 mins
  • Why Keep a Diary of a Toxic Snakebite?

    Why Keep a Diary of a Toxic Snakebite?
    Dec 3 2024

    After 40 years of studying snakes, Karl Schmidt finally suffered his first bite. And when he did, he kept a gruesome diary to document the suffering and danger—right up to the edge of death...



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    17 mins
  • Machiavellian Microbes

    Machiavellian Microbes
    Nov 19 2024

    Parasites can force animals to do nefarious things by manipulating their minds—including, uncomfortably, the minds of human beings.



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    19 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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