The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean· Staffel 12· Folge 2

The Canaries in the Submarine

Dienstag, 14. April 2026 · 17 min

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There’s only one thing Dr. John Haldane loved more than running dangerous experiments on himself—running them on his son Jack. But the duo would revolutionize our understanding of the human body.

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