The Screwiest—and Perhaps Most Original—Idea of the 20th Century
Environment

An entomologist from Texas supposedly came up with ‘the single most original idea’ to eradicate screwworms. The Disappearing Spoon has the story.
The Bird with Four Sexes
Environment

Find out what a strange little sparrow can teach us about love, sex, and human biology in this episode of The Disappearing Spoon. 
Speaking to the Future
Environment

Nuclear waste remains dangerous for millennia, so how do we keep people in the distant future away from it?
When the Brain Deceives Itself
Health

Learn what two famous neurological traumas—one involving a U.S. president, the other a Supreme Court justice—can teach us about how our own brains perceive reality in this episode of The Disappearing Spoon.
The Simple Usefulness of the Secchi Disk
Water

A centuries-old sailor’s hack enters the ecologist’s toolkit.
Stephen Hawking and the Mistake That Made His Career
People

This episode of The Disappearing Spoon is the third in a three-part series on legendary physicists and their dumbest mistakes.