Distillations | Science History Institute

353 Episodes

1. Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole?

   Published: 4/17/2018
2. The Man, the Myth, the Laser

   Published: 3/13/2018
3. The Yoga Pant Problem

   Published: 2/13/2018
4. The Almost Forgotten Story of Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh

   Published: 1/9/2018
5. Sci-Fi Radio Drama: A Cautionary Tale of Technology Run Riot

   Published: 12/12/2017
6. Butter vs. Margarine: one of America's most bizarre food battles

   Published: 11/14/2017
7. Grandmothers Matter: Some surprisingly controversial theories of human longevity

   Published: 10/17/2017
8. Refugee Doctors: Escape is only the first challenge

   Published: 9/12/2017
9. High-Tech and Amish: Using 21st-century medicine to maintain a 300-year-old way of life.

   Published: 8/15/2017
10. Political Science: Out of the Lab and into the Streets

    Published: 6/13/2017
11. Rethinking Ink: Lasers, Tattoo Removal, and Second Chances

    Published: 5/2/2017
12. Making Senses: How Biohackers Are Using Artificial Perceptions to Enhance Reality

    Published: 4/4/2017
13. The Smell of Shame: How Deodorant Became Omnipresent in America

    Published: 3/15/2017
14. Fizzy Water: The Unnatural History of a Carbonated Drink

    Published: 2/16/2017
15. Second Skin: The Unexpected Origin of the Sports Bra

    Published: 11/8/2016
16. (Natural) Childbirth

    Published: 10/4/2016
17. Best of 2016: Insiders vs. Outsiders in Medicine

    Published: 9/6/2016
18. Human-Centered Therapy . . . with Robots

    Published: 8/9/2016
19. This Is Not Your Great-Grandfather’s Taxidermy

    Published: 7/5/2016
20. Babes of Science, a Guest Episode

    Published: 6/7/2016