The Science History Institute is closed for Independence Day on Friday, July 4, and there will be no First Friday event.

The Disappearing Spoon podcast

Topsy-Turvy Tales from Our Scientific Past

When Science Is Used for Evil

Nazism was a society-wide catastrophe, so why did so many people in technical fields in Germany embrace it?

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The Disappearing Spoon is Distillations’ sister podcast, hosted by best-selling author Sam Kean. The show examines overlooked stories from our past, such as the dental superiority of hunter-gatherers, the sex lives of dinosaurs, and many more moments that never made the history books. When the footnote becomes the real story, small moments become surprisingly powerful.