This 2017 episode covers the extinction of one New Zealand bird species that's often attributed to a single cat. While feline predation played a significant role in the end of the Stephens Island wren, the story is more complex. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SYMHC Classics: Stephens Island Wren

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This 2012 episode from prior hosts Sarah and Deblina covers dentist Horace Wells. At an exhibition in 1844 he became certain that nitrous oxide could revolutionize medicine. He tried to demonstrate his findings, but things didn't go as planned. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SYMHC Classics: Horace Wells and the Gas War

Tracy and Holly discuss Sir Humphry Davy's less than spectacular poems, Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," and the end of Davy's career and life.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Behind the Scenes Minis: Bad Poetry

Davy's career after his work in nitrous oxide included the invention of a miner's lamp designed to make mining safer. This invention came with a bit of controversy.

Sir Humphry Davy and the Miner’s Lamp (Part 2)

Chemist Sir Humphry Davy is known for his work with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas. That early part of his career is the focus of part one of this two-parter.

Sir Humphry Davy and Nitrous Oxide (Part 1)

This 2014 episode covers the Sultana, which sank the day after John Wilkes Booth was captured and killed for the murder of Abraham Lincoln So the maritime tragedy didn't make headline news.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SYMHC Classics: Stephens Island Wren

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