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Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
By monitoring sewage, scientists can track disease outbreaks in near real time. But will the technology leave long-term privacy risks in its wake?
Lessons from the Polio Pioneers in an era of misinformation.
Can scrutinizing the ailments of historical figures really teach us anything?
Restoring the legacy of a physical chemistry pioneer.
This episode of The Disappearing Spoon explores scientist John Calhoun’s mouse utopia and what it can tell us about the ways we impose lessons for society onto lab experiments.
This episode of The Disappearing Spoon explores how an antarctic scientific expedition turned deadly thanks to an unlikely source: dog liver.
