Inflection Point traces emerging ideas in science to their surprising roots. With help from C&EN's vast, 100-year archive, we find the origins of modern breakthroughs, and tease out three different pieces of the puzzle that lead to our current moment.
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Inflection Point traces emerging ideas in science to their surprising roots. With help from C&EN's vast, 100-year archive, we find the origins of modern breakthroughs, and tease out three different pieces of the puzzle that lead to our current moment.
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Recent Episodes
June 17, 2026
Nuclear fusion stumped us for a century. Can it fuel the future?
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">In this episode, hosts David Anderson and Gina Vitale take the time machine as far back as it will go to understand the primordial origins of nuclear fusion. They also bring in C&EN reporter Prachi Patel to untangle the current state of fusion technology and predict whether fusion will power our future.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">C&EN's award-winning podcast Inflection Point leans on our 100-year archive to trace headline topics in science today back to their disparate and surprising roots. In each episode, we explore three lesser-known moments in science history that ultimately led us to current-day breakthroughs. With help from expert C&EN reporters, this show examines how discoveries from our past have shaped our present and will change our future. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Subscribe to Inflection Point now on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inflection-point/id1804147797" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/1dajV3XMJNL3i61U4LhNeh?si=E9U193_WRn-1UhwJNfaGBQ&nd=1&dlsi=6a2d33f46e82422a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spotify</a>, or wherever you get your podcasts. </p>
June 3, 2026
Can we carbon-capture our way out of climate change?
<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 115%;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> In this episode, hosts David Anderson and Gina Vitale travel back in time to understand how we are capturing carbon at the source and removing existing CO<sub>2</sub> from our atmosphere. They also bring in C&EN reporters Alex Scott and Fionna Samuels to explain how CO<sub>2</sub>-scrubbing technology from a 19th-century submarine is still basically used today and how making the ocean more basic might help us mitigate our emissions.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 115%;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> C&EN's award-winning podcast Inflection Point leans on our 100-year archive to trace headline topics in science today back to their disparate and surprising roots. In each episode, we explore three lesser-known moments in science history that ultimately led us to current-day breakthroughs. With help from expert C&EN reporters, this show examines how discoveries from our past have shaped our present and will change our future.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 115%;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><span style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Subscribe to Inflection Point now on</span> <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inflection-point/id1804147797"> Apple Podcasts</a><span style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">,</span> <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/1dajV3XMJNL3i61U4LhNeh?si=E9U193_WRn-1UhwJNfaGBQ&nd=1&dlsi=6a2d33f46e82422a"> Spotify</a><span style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">, or wherever you get your podcasts.</span></span></p>
May 20, 2026
Retinol: The magical molecule's bizarre history
<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> In this episode, hosts David Anderson and Gina Vitale travel as far back as ancient Egypt to unearth the wide-ranging uses of retinol. They also bring in C&EN reporter Craig Bettenhausen to discuss why retinol is such a powerhouse molecule for skin care, and they hear from a contraceptives researcher about how an early candidate for a birth control pill for men affected the retinol pathway.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> C&EN's award-winning podcast Inflection Point leans on our 100-year archive to trace headline topics in science today back to their disparate and surprising roots. In each episode, we explore three lesser-known moments in science history that ultimately led us to current-day breakthroughs. With help from expert C&EN reporters, this show examines how discoveries from our past have shaped our present and will change our future.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">Subscribe to Inflection Point now on</span> <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inflection-point/id1804147797"> <span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">Apple Podcasts</span></a><span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">,</span> <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/1dajV3XMJNL3i61U4LhNeh?si=E9U193_WRn-1UhwJNfaGBQ&nd=1&dlsi=6a2d33f46e82422a"> <span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">Spotify</span></a><span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">, or wherever you get your podcasts.</span></p>
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