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The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

Released Tuesday, 12th November 2024
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The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

Tuesday, 12th November 2024
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In refusing to approve the drug thalidomide, FDA scientist Frances Oldham Kelsey spared thousands of babies from deadly birth defects and revolutionized drug research. But was her legacy all good?

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A topsy-turvy science-y history podcast by Sam Kean. I examine overlooked stories from our past: the dental superiority of hunter-gatherers, the crooked Nazis who saved thousands of American lives, the American immigrants who developed the most successful cancer screening tool in history, the sex lives of dinosaurs, and much, much more. These are charming little tales that never made the history books, but these small moments can be surprisingly powerful. These are the cases where history gets inverted, where the footnote becomes the real story.

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