8 Episodes

  1. The ancient, 'juicy' origins of antibiotic resistance

    Published: 12/3/2025

  2. The era-spanning epiphanies that enabled gene editing

    Published: 11/19/2025

  3. How under-appreciated critters inspired GLP-1 drugs

    Published: 11/5/2025

  4. Vote for Inflection Point in the Signal Awards!

    Published: 10/3/2025

  5. The many materials that made microplastics possible

    Published: 5/6/2025

  6. The mind-bending innovations that built quantum computing

    Published: 4/22/2025

  7. The serendipitous origins of 'forever chemicals'

    Published: 4/7/2025

  8. Inflection Point: The strange history of green hydrogen

    Published: 3/24/2025

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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.