Can you survive an atom bomb blast? What if you could read your own obituary? How did manure change the course of the civil war? Why are the bananas we eat all clones - and for that matter what is a Banana Republic? How much salt are you worth? This podcast will cover those and a host of other seemingly serendipitous occurrences that we call "history" along with the scientific endeavors and experiences that made them possible.
When Science Makes History
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Can you survive an atom bomb blast? What if you could read your own obituary? How did manure change the course of the civil war? Why are the bananas we eat all clones - and for that matter what is a Banana Republic? How much salt are you worth? This podcast will cover those and a host of other seemingly serendipitous occurrences that we call "history" along with the scientific endeavors and experiences that made them possible.
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December 12, 2023
The Most Important C of the Seas
<p>During the Age of Sail, nearly 2 million sailors died due to a Vitamin C deficiency. Scurvy took down more sailors than shipwrecks, storms, and skirmishes combined. What is scurvy and how do parsley, camu camu, kiwifruit, and paprika prevent this disease? Does taking Vitamin C actually aid your immune system? Find out the answer to these questions and more on this episode of <em>When Science Makes History</em>. </p>
November 1, 2023
A Little "Taste" of Chemistry
<p>What does blue raspberry flavoring have in common with synthetic meat and for that matter - what <em>is</em> synthetic meat? How are artificial urine, vanilla extract, and essential oils related? Find out the answers to these questions and more on this episode. </p> <p>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@foodbymars?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Alison Marras</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/purple-and-white-ice-pop-lying-on-wet-ground-with-ice-LI368L2RZno?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a></p>
September 27, 2023
Priestly Prophylaxis against Plasmodium
<p>What do Protestants, Catholics, Priests, and Peruvians have in common? What does tree bark have to do with malaria and why did synthesizing an antimalarial take almost two hundred years? What is a prophylaxis and what is Plasmodium? Learn the answers to these questions and a whole lot more on this episode of When Science Makes History.</p>
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