Distillations: Extracts from the Past, Present, and Future of Chemistry Podcast
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Distillations is a weekly science podcast that brings you extracts from the past, present, and future of chemistry. Join us for a new episode every Friday with interviews, monologues, reviews, features, and more, to gain historical perspective on current scientific issues.
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Episode 82: Food Myths
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Nov 20, 2009
Food is the fuel that allows our bodies to function, so it’s important to choose what we ingest and how we ingest it wisely. Unfortunately the answers to those questions change all the time. In today’s episode of Distillations we clarify common misconceptions about food, such as how closely Splenda resembles real sugar, what the Master Cleanse does for your body, and [...]
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Episode 81: Light
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Nov 06, 2009
Let there be light! Whether it comes from the sky or a bulb, we’d be lost without it. In this episode of Distillations, we first examine new developments in solar power. Next, we explore how light can be used to treat those with Seasonal Affective Disorder. And finally, producer Jim Burress takes us through a guided [...]
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Episode 80: Autumn
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
Autumn is a time of beauty and bounty. Leaves turn rich browns, reds, and yellows; fruit ripens on the trees and grains on the stalk.  In this episode of Distillations, we take a look at the chemical processes behind leaf changes. Then we look at some time-honored practices in the growing of beans, squash, and corn, traditionally known [...]
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Episode 79: Changing Phases
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Oct 09, 2009
Everything falls into one of three phases of matter: solid, liquid, or gas. Or does it? Sometimes it’s a bit more ambiguous. In this episode of Distillations, first we take a look at dry ice, which skips a phase. Next, we examine the atomic structure of glass, which surprisingly looks more like a super-cooled liquid [...]
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Episode 78: Public Science
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Sep 25, 2009
We learn about ways scientists have attempted to educate the masses, via a 1960s radio show, 17th-century public demonstrations, and contemporary science cafes. Chemical Agent: Glenn Seaborg.
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Episode 77: Innovations and Inventions
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Sep 11, 2009
Every year the Chemical Heritage Foundation holds Innovation Day—an event for people to get together to discuss and learn about science’s exciting new technologies. On this week’s episode we take a look at innovations—the natural kind and the man-made kind. First we talk about thermoregulation—the body’s way of keeping itself at just the right temperature. Next we learn how GoreTex [...]
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Episode 76: Working Class Chemistry
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Aug 28, 2009
We find out more about the iconic golden brown fabric worn by astronauts and firemen in the 1960s, the dye workers whose high incidence of cancer helped establish the field of occupational health, and the chemistry of welding you can't learn from watching Flashdance. Chemical Agent: Polybenzimidazole.
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Episode 75: Best of Distillations #4
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Aug 14, 2009
Distillations is sharing more of our favorite episodes this week. First we look back at our Valentine’s Day show, as Daria Panichas explains free radicals in the Chemical Agent. Then we visit the Boston Fine Art Museum with producer Rebecca Sheir and find out how its Scientific Research Laboratory detects forgery. Finally Bob Kenworthy tells us about snoring in [...]
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Episode 74: Best of Distillations #3
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
It’s almost the end of the summer, so the Distillations crew is taking a look back at some of our favorite episodes this week. First we return to our show about space science, as Jen Dionisio explains panspermia in the Chemical Agent. Next we explore taste with the Mystery Solved! segment from our episode on eating and [...]
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Episode 73: Brave New Worlds
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Birth, once nature’s miracle, is increasingly manipulated by humans and regulated by society. In this week’s episode, we look at a range of reproductive technologies and the implications of their use. First we look at the herbal fertility treatments women used hundreds of years ago. Then, our host Meir Rinde speaks with University of Pennsylvania doctoral [...]
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Episode 72: Space and Place
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Jul 03, 2009
Location, location, location! In this week’s episode we talk about why and how certain spaces are chosen and used. First we go back in time to the late 1800s and find out why Herbert Dow chose Midland, Michigan, as the site of his company. Next, learn about brownfields and how they are being remediated to become habitable [...]
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Episode 71: Breakfast
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Jun 19, 2009
You’ve likely heard a million times that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Luckily, it’s also arguably the most delicious! On today’s show, we take a look at the ingredient responsible for perfectly spreadable fruit preserves. Next we debate the merits of baking with butter vs. oil. And finally, producer Rebecca Sheir [...]
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Episode 70: The Chemistry of Dentistry
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Jun 05, 2009
Americans take dental hygiene very seriously. From dentist visits twice a year to orthodontics, we tend to obsess over the straightness and whiteness of our teeth. First we take a look at baking soda and how it keeps teeth clean. Next we find out about some do-it-yourself dentistry, like giving yourself a temporary filling. And finally, producer Ari [...]
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Episode 69: Lab Safety
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, May 22, 2009
Laboratory science can be a risky business, as many of the chemicals used by researchers can be hazardous to their health. While some of these substances’ dangers are easily mitigated by following proper safety procedures, others have risks that increase with extended exposure—a lesson unfortunately learned by many chemists in previous centuries, which we explore [...]
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Episode 68: Integrated Circuits
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, May 08, 2009
This year is the 50th anniversary of the integrated circuit! The IC is an important part of many electronic technologies we use today, from your iPod to your cell phone and even to your GPS. Learn about the light-sensitive chemically amplified photoresist, which allowed production of smaller and smaller pieces. Next we discover how the incredibly thin [...]
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Episode 67: Baseball
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Apr 24, 2009
After several long, cold, months baseball season has finally begun! From Philadelphia, the home of 2008 World Series Champions, we bring you a show straight from the ballpark. We’ll take a look at the preservatives that make a classic hot dog last and last, and we’ll explore the chemistry behind performance-enhancing drugs. Producer Ari Daniel Shapiro wraps up the [...]
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Episode 66: Cleaning Green
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Apr 10, 2009
It is officially spring — time to open the windows, let the fresh air in, and sweep those winter blues away! In this episode we learn about acetic acid and its cleaning power — a natural and fairly cheap option to clean your house. Then find out how hard water can make cleaning more difficult, [...]
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Episode 65: Going to the Dogs
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Mar 27, 2009
A 2007 survey conducted by the American Veterinary Medical Association found that nearly 60% of American households have at least one pet, and nearly two-thirds of pet owners had more than one. That’s a lot of dogs, cats, turtles, birds, hamsters and iguanas. On today’s episode we turn our scientific lens to the relationship between humans and [...]
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Episode 64: sLowlife
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Mar 13, 2009
Plants are not the silent, stationary creatures we imagine them to be. They drift, stretch, and dance in search of nutrients, water, and sunlight. Inspired by sLowlife, a dynamic multimedia exhibit now on display in the Clifford C. Hach Gallery at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, today’s show looks at the chemistry behind plant growth and movement. We’ll [...]
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Episode 63: Biofuel
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Feb 27, 2009
Fossil fuel has gotten us into all sorts of trouble lately. Gas production and consumption has caused international conflict, wrecked havoc on our planet, and lightened our wallets at the gas pump. Why not turn to plants? They get their energy from the sun; and with a little smart science, they can pass on their [...]
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Episode 62: Chemical Romance
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Feb 13, 2009
It’s Valentine’s Day this weekend, and love is in the air. We won’t even bother trying to understand the laws of human attraction. Instead let’s learn how atoms find each other with an examination of chemical bonds. We chat with Alan Rocke, Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University. Rocke enlightens us [...]
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Episode 61: Space Science
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Feb 06, 2009
Space, the Final Frontier! Mention the chemistry of space and you’re likely to hear bad jokes about Tang or the behavior of liquids in zero gravity. But it turns out that there’s an entire field—astrochemistry—dedicated to understanding the chemistry of the universe. Astrochemists investigate the matter that makes up the stars, the planets, and the [...]
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Episode 60: Professional Networks
Author: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Fri, Jan 30, 2009
Today Distillations is finding out more about professional networks—particularly in the field of chemistry. First we learn about chemistry sets, like the one shown on the left, and the types of chemicals that were once included in these sets. Many chemists today claim that their interest in science was piqued by the chemistry set they played with as a child. Next [...]
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