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Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
Or will the scientist’s 200th birthday be his last hurrah?
We all know how much the automobile changed the world for people. This episode of The Disappearing Spoon explores how drastically it changed—and harmed—wildlife.
The Disappearing Spoon tells the story of Thomas Schall, a U.S. Congressman who dedicated himself to one idea above all—reforming our messy, lopsided, archaic, and maddingly inconsistent monthly calendar.
Dow’s gamble on magnesium helped push the boundaries of human exploration and launched an ocean of consumer products.
The Disappearing Spoon explores the contradictions of Korea’s biggest natural wildlife refuge—the war-ravaged border between the North and South known as the DMZ.
Naked mole-rats are blind, yet they can still recognize—and kill—outsiders. The Disappearing Spoon explains how and what it has to do with the Old Testament.