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A topsy-turvy science-y history podcast, brought to you by the Science History Institute.

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean Sam Kean

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A topsy-turvy science-y history podcast, brought to you by the Science History Institute.

    The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 1)

    The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 1)

    Jack Parsons was a devil-worshiping FBI rat who led a sex cult and was bosom buddies with L. Ron Hubbard. He was also one of the most important rocket scientists in history. (Episode 1 of 2)


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    Don't Drink the Milk bonus episode - Milk: From mutations to mustaches

    Don't Drink the Milk bonus episode - Milk: From mutations to mustaches

    Who put the cheese in your stuffed-crust pizza? Or cows on a Caribbean island? And when more than half the world's population can't actually digest milk, is it really essential for a healthy diet? On a trip through time and taste—to dairy-obsessed Bulgaria, colonial Trinidad and Tobago and the ‘Got Milk?’ era—we explore humanity's millennia-long relationship with milk.

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    Was Darwin a Murderer?

    Was Darwin a Murderer?

    In 1878, two Paris dandies murdered an old woman—and blamed Charles Darwin for their crime. But the wild scandal that followed only solidified Darwin as the greatest scientist of his age...


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    Mass Psychosis in Food Science

    Mass Psychosis in Food Science

    Americans happily ate monosodium glutamate for decades. Then one (possibly fake) letter sparked mass hysteria over “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome”, and the bogus MSG scare was born...


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    Accounting for Taste

    Accounting for Taste

    Scientists have confirmed five basic human tastes—sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami. But is that all? Debate now rages about adding a sixth or seventh or even eighth(!) to the Big Five...


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    If Indiana Jones Were a Swindler

    If Indiana Jones Were a Swindler

    James Mellaart discovered one of the most important archaeological sites ever, Çatalhöyük in Turkey. But his lust for treasure—and a penchant for fraud—led him to throw it all away...


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