Scientific Breakthroughs Thus Far: Building the Modern World

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Ever wonder how we got to where we are today with our scientific breakthroughs? As we forge ahead into the year, let’s take some time to thank the intrepid researchers, volunteers, and even the occasional dog who came before us, made sure our food and drugs are free from poison, and built the devices that make our modern lives possible! Learn all about this journey with Michael Aranda in a new episode of SciShow! ---------- The Poison Squads: The Stupid, Risky First Food Safety Tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yniErnqqvuI How Pocket Calculators Changed Electronics Forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goB47Cgqxfs How Studying Bacteria Almost Kept Us From Discovering the Flu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci-dAcEo2uw The Real Story of John Snow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uwwhudc-CQ A Deadly Mistake That Led to Safer Medicine | Elixir Sulfanilamide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfFQPGVZPuk Thalidomide: The Chemistry Mistake That Killed Thousands of Babies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrTHfBCduRA When Sled Dogs Saved an Alaskan Town: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsl7Hkeg4S8 That Time the US Government Poisoned Alcohol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKKjWyOtyTg ---------- SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Carpentier, Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg , Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr.Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: