Scientific Breakthroughs Thus Far: Building the Modern World
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Published 2020-01-01
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The Poison Squads: The Stupid, Risky First Food Safety Tests: • The First Food Safety Tests Were Horr...
How Pocket Calculators Changed Electronics Forever: • How Pocket Calculators Changed Electr...
How Studying Bacteria Almost Kept Us From Discovering the Flu: • How Studying Bacteria Almost Kept Us ...
The Real Story of John Snow: • The Real Story of John Snow
A Deadly Mistake That Led to Safer Medicine | Elixir Sulfanilamide: • A Deadly Mistake That Led to Safer Me...
Thalidomide: The Chemistry Mistake That Killed Thousands of Babies: • Thalidomide: The Chemistry Mistake Th...
When Sled Dogs Saved an Alaskan Town: • When Sled Dogs Saved an Alaskan Town
That Time the US Government Poisoned Alcohol: • That Time the US Government Poisoned ...
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All Comments (21)
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Ah, the early twenties, everyone was so full of optimism and energy, dreaming about the wonders this new decade would bring.
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"The year 2020 will no doubt be a big year." yeah...
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His joke about eating 10,000 cans of baked beans is a good example of how alot of people that complain about a chemical in food or drugs being harmful, tend to ignore the amount of that chemical that needs to be ingested for it to produce harmful effects.
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The dog sled story makes me tear up every time its mentioned. I grew up with balto as one of my favorite movies, and the fact that it was a true story and the incredible journey the relay teams made and saved so many lives just hits me in the feels every time.
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We need a new compilation titled "The Science That Got Us THROUGH 2020"
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Formaldehyde's silver lining: even if it kills you, at least it also preserves your body.
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“one of the worst pandemics in recent history” Cries in 2020
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I was taught about Dr John Snow at school, but we were also taught about a brewery in Soho, none of their workers died in the cholera outbreak Dr Snow looked at. They were drinking beer, ie boiled water with hops grains and alcohol, which killed the bacteria. It too pointed to a contaminated water supply causing the disease.
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36:00 RIP to all the good boys, including the ones that didn't come back.
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"If you're coughing, sneezing and starting to feel under the weather..." CORONA VIRUS
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"The year 2020 will no doubt be a big year." COVID-19: Yes. Yes it will. evil laugh
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I like that they added the fact ferrets can get the flu. When you're a ferret owner and you have the flu you have to stay away from them or they can get sick ☹
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I'm listening to this while I work, and I just realized how much Michael Aranda's 'teaching voice' reminds me of LeVar Burton's 'teaching voice' on Reading Rainbow. It turns out to be extremely nostalgic. Thank you.
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I feel it's worth pointing out that the original Great Race of Mercy to this day holds the record for covering the distance. The one time it really counted, they set a record that hasn't been beaten nearly 100 years after it was set and with more than 45 years of Iditarod racing.
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Thanks for an interesting and informative video. I’m a medical officer at FDA, and especially enjoyed the stories that involved the evolution of our Agency.
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I always love hearing about John Snow because it reminds me of a day in my middle school science class where we got to basically do what he did. We all got to make a map like his using clues given to us by our teacher. It felt like we were solving a murder mystery. I don't remember if we actually learned about John Snow (we definitely learned about cholera that day), but I remember being so proud when we figured out which water pump was infected.
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Hank is by far the most enjoyable dude to listen to on the planet. Kudos to all the sci show peeps tho you guys are all awesome!!!
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Who had a Maths teacher who told them they wouldn't always have a calculator in their pocket?
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My 1st calculator was sold at Sears. It was a scientific calculator, with an LCD display. I got it for my 15th birthday and sold for around $100. All I know was that I promptly tried to forget everything I had learned about using a slide rule. I loved that calculator, it actually got me through the 1st 4 years of college.
