Apr 9, 2026 · 53 min · 26 segments
Misha Glenny and guests discuss one of the most remarkable scientific discoveries of the 20th century: the archaea microorganisms. In the 1970s the American microbiologist Carl Woese (1928-2012)…
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“Here’s the breakthrough that changed biology”
“A radical rethink of life’s leap”
“Then scientists finally saw them alive”
“A surprising twist about your meds”
“How tiny microbes sway the climate”
“What it took to study them”
“Why cooperation may beat conquest”
“A colorful detour about dinner”
