Episodes

  • DNA Replication: A Perfect Pair

    DNA Replication: A Perfect Pair
    Aug 22 2021

    The backstory behind DNA replication: A summer in coastal Massachusetts, some nitrogen isotopes, and two years of experimentation.

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    8 mins
  • Membranes: A Ball of Jelly

    Membranes: A Ball of Jelly
    Aug 21 2021

    The backstory behind cell membranes: A wine merchant and his gray ball of gelatin.
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    6 mins
  • Osmosis: Fifteen Million Gallons

    Osmosis: Fifteen Million Gallons
    Aug 21 2021

    The backstory behind osmosis: An eighteenth century man, his pig bladder, and John F. Kennedy's call for clean drinking water.
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    8 mins
  • Vitalism: Lustrous White Flakes

    Vitalism: Lustrous White Flakes
    Aug 21 2021

    The backstory behind the death of organic chemistry: Friedrich Wöhler and his accidental creation of urine.
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    6 mins