The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

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The Battery Dope

The Battery Dope19 may19 min

In the 1950s, scientists hated politics. Then one Allen Astin got fired. After that, scientists knew they had to play politics—or face professional annihilation.

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