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    Why Don't We Have a Male Birth Control Pill Yet?

    Why Don't We Have a Male Birth Control Pill Yet?

    FromThe Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

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    Why Don't We Have a Male Birth Control Pill Yet?

    FromThe Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

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    Length:
    18 minutes
    Released:
    Apr 20, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    How a bottle of prison hooch doomed the most promising candidate in history for a male birth-control pill, and why scientists still can't make one today...https://www.patreon.com/disappearingspoonAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
    Released:
    Apr 20, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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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.