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A clumsy lab worker leads to the invention of superglue; the accidents behind neuroscience, beer, and chemical hair relaxant.
A clumsy lab worker leads to the invention of superglue; the accidents behind neuroscience, beer, and chemical hair relaxant.
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S1, EP7 "Hair Raising Science"A failed blood pressure medicine and an unexpectedly hairy woman lead to a cure for baldness; how messing around with a scientific toy gave us the x-ray.
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S1, EP8 "Discovering Drink"A clumsy lab worker leads to the invention of superglue; the accidents behind neuroscience, beer, and chemical hair relaxant.
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S1, EP9 "Bigger Bang"A misguided attempt to make plastic wallpaper results in bubble wrap; the precursor to a blood clotting drug becomes rave favorite, MDMA and a mopped-up kitchen spill creates smokeless explosive guncotton.
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S1, EP15 "Lenin to Lady Gaga"How a failed poison gas detector results in the invention of the smoke detector; a Russian genius tries to measure gas density, but ends up with musical instrument; the Theremin.
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S1, EP14 "Teas & Tipple"The unexpected stories behind the inventions of the teabag, the gin & tonic, Disulfiram, and American female politicians.
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S1, EP13 "Sleeping On the Job"How a party drug from the 19th Century, and a banged knee, led to the invention of anesthetics; electrotherapy and the true story behind the invention of the telephone.
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S1, EP12 "How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day"The search for an artificial form of quinine accidentally creates the first artificial dye, Mauveine; a failed dry-cleaning fluid results in Saran Wrap.
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