Distillations
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/podcast
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Revealing science’s role in a complicated and strange world. Produced by the Science History Institute.
Series
- From: Distillations
- Updated: Apr 23, 2018
- From: Distillations
- Updated: May 03, 2023
Pieces
We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: animal communication in the Sonoran Desert and the toll of a...
- Added: Aug 04, 2012
- Length: 13:33
This wraps up our three-part series Blood, Sweat, and Tears. First, how it feels to lose your ability to cry; then why onions bring on the waterworks.
- Added: Jul 11, 2012
- Length: 15:05
In this episode we continue the three-part series Blood, Sweat, and Tears. First the history of deodorants; then experiments on how perspiration ca...
- Added: Jul 05, 2012
- Length: 16:44
Park one of our three-part series Blood, Sweat, and Tears. First, how one man solved the mystery of blood circulation; then how researchers will bu...
- Added: Jun 08, 2012
- Length: 16:34
In this episode we cross the Atlantic to learn what makes a perfect cuppa. Then we learn about the surprising health benefits of Marmite, a spreada...
- Added: May 29, 2012
- Length: 15:27
Big eyes, soft skin, squeezable cheeks. No doubt, babies are adorable. But in this episode we take a break from our cooing to examine some more ser...
- Added: May 16, 2012
- Length: 13:43
Sneezing, itchy eyes, runny nose? We all know what that means: allergies. On this show we look at pet dander, a common cause. Then we talk to a res...
- Added: May 02, 2012
- Length: 14:22
Asbestos, once a miracle product, is now a plague on the aging infrastructure to which it's bound. In this episode we explore a Pennsylvania town w...
- Added: Apr 17, 2012
- Length: 14:03
In this episode we look at the diverse history of mass spectrometry, starting with a single question: exactly what is it? Then we dip into CHF's or...
- Added: Mar 31, 2012
- Length: 13:18
In this episode we travel back in time to the Victorian era, when innovative teachers used fairies to convey complicated ideas in chemistry. We ada...
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- Added: Mar 16, 2012
- Length: 09:56
- Purchases: 1
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