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Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
This Disappearing Spoon episode explores how the legendary gardener’s reputation as the patron saint of the American wilderness ignores his boozy origins.
This episode of The Disappearing Spoon traces how such a sweet treat has caused so much harm—from slavery to the Nazi death machine.
This episode of The Disappearing Spoon follows blood thinner warfarin’s unlikely journey from moldy clover and cow killer to lifesaving drug.
Soviet geneticist Nikolai Vavilov led an ideologically perilous campaign to rid the world of famine.
The Disappearing Spoon has the story behind notorious surgeon Walter Freeman’s contempt for his father, failures with his sons, and obsession with lobotomies.
Can a White House conference muster the political will needed to address the nation’s food insecurity and obesity crises? A summit from 1969 offers clues.
