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The Seeds of Starvation

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

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The VIR Scientists Succeeded

The VIR scientists barricaded themselves into the freezing basement. Their only company there was a plague of rats. The scientists had to beat the rats off with metal rods while they listened to Nazi artillery explode overhead. They still did not eat a single crumb. So why didn't the scientists succumb? Because they were thinking about bigger things.

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