The Invention of Surgical Gloves

The Invention of Surgical Gloves

In this invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the origin of surgical gloves, the differing concepts for their composition and the struggle to get surgeons to wear them.

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Escape from Universe 25

Escape from Universe 25

Explore Universe 25, a 101-square-inch tank designed as a utopia for mice and a mirror of human behavior. Every detail of the structure was crafted with comfort in mind: a never-ending supply of food;...

23 Juni 201534min

Detective Story

Detective Story

Everyone loves a good whodunit, but why does the figure of the fictional detective tower so staggeringly over the modern world? He or she is a seeker of truth, a resolver of conflict, a subcultural li...

18 Juni 20151h 2min

Supernormal Stimuli

Supernormal Stimuli

No longer limited by the constrains of their environment or biology, humans have remade their world. Why walk when you can soar? Why shout when you can whisper in the ear of a listener halfway round t...

16 Juni 201533min

Techno-Religion for the Masses: Part 2

Techno-Religion for the Masses: Part 2

We often think of technology and religion as distinct and separate worlds, but what happens when they converge? Join Robert and Joe in this two-part episode as they examine religious world views shape...

11 Juni 201553min

Techno-Religion for the Masses: Part 1

Techno-Religion for the Masses: Part 1

We often think of technology and religion as distinct and separate worlds, but what happens when they converge? Join Robert and Joe in this two-part episode as they examine religious world views shape...

9 Juni 201543min

Mass Extinction: Earth's Cycle of Annihilation

Mass Extinction: Earth's Cycle of Annihilation

Five mass extinction events have ravaged the species of Earth, and we just might be living in the sixth. How can humanity survive the threat of cosmic calamity and its own tireless work to unbalance t...

4 Juni 201558min

Heartbeat in the Brain, Hole in the Skull

Heartbeat in the Brain, Hole in the Skull

Trepanation is an ancient surgical procedure and we've found the millennia-aged skulls to prove it - each punctured and gouged to relieve inner-pressure and inner-madness. But is such cranial perforat...

2 Juni 201532min

Silk of the Spider, Thread of the Future

Silk of the Spider, Thread of the Future

Spider silk is nothing short of an engineering marvel. Weight for weight, it's stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar. But spiders are disagreeable creatures. Unlike the silkworms, they've proven...

28 Maj 201534min

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