This podcast investigates the curious history of invention and innovation. Did Thomas Edison take credit for things he didn’t actually invent? What... more
On 17 December 1903 the Wright Brothers successful completed the first manned, controlled and sustained flight in human history.They made... more
Invented in the mid-1800s, bicycles have had enduring popularity. Across cultures, they have been embraced, promising freedom and mobility at... more
How — and why — did Prozac become the best-selling antidepressant of all time? As it is Mental Health Awareness Week,... more
How did LSD go from accidental discovery to the counter cultures go to drug?On April 19th 1943 Albert Hoffman had... more
Staples, paper clips, and washers - small inventions that improve our everyday lives and have even saved lives. In this... more
Many of us became familiar with robots through science fiction — R2D2, C3PO, Rosie from the Jetsons, Marvin the Paranoid... more
We put man on the moon before we invented the wheeled suitcase. Why did it take so long? Find out in todays... more
Tanks defined 20th century conflict — they conjure to mind images of Tiananmen Square or the Soviet Army rolling into... more
Nada, naught, nil, zip, zilch, zero. Whatever you call it, it's hard to imagine the world without it. Zero is... more
In 1890, the man who shot the first ever motion picture boarded a train in Paris — and was never... more