Distillations

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Revealing science’s role in a complicated and strange world. Produced by the Science History Institute. 

 

Series

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Distillations  
170 Pieces

Science + Culture + History

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Innate 
11 Pieces

Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race

Pieces

The Science of Pressure Cookers
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Pressure cookers explained.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:59
Secret Inks
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Secret and invisible inks, explained.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:45
Pop Rocks
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The sizzling science behind Pop Rocks

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:54
Black bile
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A sad, melancholy element

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
Pneuma
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The science of the soul.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
Platinum
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Platinum: beautiful, expensive, and scientifically important.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
Neon
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The story of neon, element 10.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
Krypton
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The real story of krypton

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
Fire
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Fire, from a chemical perspective

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:31
Chromium
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Chromium, the element named after color

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30

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