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America 250: The Breakthroughs That Built American Science — Part 2
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America 250: The Breakthroughs That Built American Science — Part 2

Part two of our America 250 special traces American science from Sputnik to the AI age, covering Apollo, ARPANET, CRISPR, LIGO, mRNA vaccines, JWST, transformers, and the future of science funding.

America 250: The Breakthroughs That Built American Science — Part 1
EP 46

America 250: The Breakthroughs That Built American Science — Part 1

Part one of our America 250 special traces the inventions, institutions, and scientific breakthroughs — from Franklin to Sputnik — that helped build the United States into a global scientific power.