About this podcast
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.
14 episodes · science
Inflection Point
About this podcast
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.
Latest episodeSorting out the controversial history of plastics recycling
Recent episodes
- Nuclear fusion stumped us for a century. Can it fuel the future?17 Jun · 39 min
- Can we carbon-capture our way out of climate change?3 Jun · 45 min
- Retinol: The magical molecule's bizarre history20 May · 33 min
- Inflection Point: A time-traveling science history podcast4 May · 2 min
- Bonus: Celebrating 1 year of Inflection Point!23 Mar · 31 min
- The electric innovations that brought lithium-ion batteries online17 Dec 2025 · 38 min
- The ancient, 'juicy' origins of antibiotic resistance3 Dec 2025 · 38 min
- The era-spanning epiphanies that enabled gene editing19 Nov 2025 · 33 min
- How under-appreciated critters inspired GLP-1 drugs5 Nov 2025 · 37 min
- The many materials that made microplastics possible6 May 2025 · 28 min
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