Inflection Point
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Inflection Point is a science podcast hosted by C&EN. It has 10 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
Inflection Point traces emerging ideas in science to their surprising roots. With help from C&EN's vast, 100-year archive, we find the origins of modern breakthroughs, and tease out three different pieces of the puzzle that lead to our current moment.
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The electric innovations that brought lithium-ion batteries online
The ancient, 'juicy' origins of antibiotic resistance
The era-spanning epiphanies that enabled gene editing
How under-appreciated critters inspired GLP-1 drugs
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The many materials that made microplastics possible
The mind-bending innovations that built quantum computing
The serendipitous origins of 'forever chemicals'
Inflection Point: The strange history of green hydrogen
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