Distillations

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

 

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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

“Don’t be afraid to aspire to big things.”
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Caption: Lesley Yellowlees
Lesley Yellowlees, the first woman president of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom, shares her secret to maintaining ambitious, h...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:51
“I felt like I had to follow my passions.”
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Caption: Melanie Szulczewski
Melanie Szulczewski, assistant professor of environmental science at the University of Mary Washington, shares her decision to take the scenic rout...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
“I realized I didn’t want my career in chemistry to take the traditional path.”
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Caption: Carmen Drahl
Carmen Drahl, senior editor of Chemical and Engineering News, used her Ph.D. in chemistry as a springboard into the career she envisioned for herse...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:39
“There are so many firsts in my career, it’s not funny.”
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Caption: June Wispelwey
June Wispelwey, executive director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), shares what she's learned from a challenging career.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:47
"Never take no for an answer"
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Caption: Madeleine Jacobs
Madeleine Jacobs, executive director and CEO of the American Chemical Society, tells the story of how she got her first job at Chemical & Engineeri...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:18
Distillations Episode 167: Cold War Chemistry
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Series: Distillations
Caption: A relic of the infamous space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. , Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
During decades of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union over the course of the Cold War, both sides wielded science as a weapon. F...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 15:04
Distillations Episode 166: Alchemy After Dark
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Series: Distillations
Caption: An engraving from Michael Maier's Symbola Aureae Mensae (1617) depicting an alchemical androgyne. , Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Also available in CHF's collections.
Just in time for Valentine's Day we explore the sexier side of alchemy. Historian Joel Klein explains how alchemists used passionate prose to disgu...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 13:59
  • Purchases: 1
Distillations Episode 165: In Good Taste
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Series: Distillations
Caption: 1950s ad from the Givaudan Flavorist. , Credit: the Society of Flavor Chemists Library at Monell Chemical Senses Center.
Today your taste buds take center stage. First, how super-tasters' genetic gift might afford them better health. Then the art of imitation flavors.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 1
Distillations Episode 164: Bones
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Series: Distillations
Caption: The skeleton of Harry Eastlack, whose disease-ravaged bones are on display at Philadelphia's Mütter Museum., Credit: Evi Numen, 2011, for the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
In this episode we peel back our skin. First, an innovative technology that could provide early detection of osteoporosis. Then, a look at stone ma...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 16:24
  • Purchases: 1
Distillations Episode 163: A Day in the Life - Night
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Caption: The midnight sun., Credit: Louisa Jonas
We wrap up the three-part series A Day in the Life, spotlighting the common chemistry of morning, noon, and night. Today, how popular insomnia trea...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 15:42

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