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Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
When horses gallop, do all four hooves ever leave the ground at once? This episode of The Disappearing Spoon recounts the saga that led to the answer.
Alternative currencies flourish in desperate times and situations.
This episode of The Disappearing Spoon explores how the daring heist of an anatomical wonder forever sullied the reputation of a great scientist.
An entomologist from Texas supposedly came up with ‘the single most original idea’ to eradicate screwworms. The Disappearing Spoon has the story.
Find out what a strange little sparrow can teach us about love, sex, and human biology in this episode of The Disappearing Spoon.
Nuclear waste remains dangerous for millennia, so how do we keep people in the distant future away from it?
