Science Stories
Surprising stories from the history of science told by Naomi Alderman and Philip Ball.Podcasts
Alexis Carrel and the immortal chicken heart
Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 51 seconds
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Ibn al-Haytham and How We See
Published: Jan. 9, 2019, 9 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 47 seconds
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Lady Mary Montagu's Smallpox Experiment
Published: Jan. 2, 2019, 9:02 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds
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Kepler's Snowflakes
Published: Dec. 26, 2018, 9 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 52 seconds
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Lucretius, Sheep and Atoms
Published: Dec. 19, 2018, 9 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 46 seconds
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Eddington's Eclipse and Einstein's Celebrity
Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 9 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds
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Mary Anning and Fossil Hunting
Published: July 11, 2018, 8:02 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 33 seconds
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Hypatia: The Murdered Mathematician
Published: July 4, 2018, 8:02 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 40 seconds
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Descartes' Daughter
Published: June 27, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 36 seconds
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Urea and the Wohler Myth
Published: June 20, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 48 seconds
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17th-Century Space Flight: The Real Cyrano de Bergerac
Published: June 13, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds
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Einstein's Fridge
Published: April 1, 2016, 11:04 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 30 seconds
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The duchess who gatecrashed science
Published: Jan. 27, 2016, 9 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds
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The meteorite and the hidden hoax
Published: Jan. 20, 2016, 9 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds
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How an eel sparked our interest in electricity
Published: Jan. 13, 2016, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 34 seconds
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Submarine for a Stuart King
Published: Jan. 6, 2016, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds
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