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Glued Up: The Sticky Story of Humanity

Materials scientist Mark Miodownik explores how glues hold our world together and charts the journey of human progress through the sticky substances that have shaped us.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Coming Unstuck
Modern glues are incredibly strong - but are they too good?
19 Apr 2024,14 mins
War and Wounds
The accidental invention of superglue has saved lives on battlefields and operating tables
18 Apr 2024,14 mins
How glues helped us fly
Some of the biggest revolutions in aircraft design have been down to adhesives.
17 Apr 2024,14 mins
How rubber changed the world
Latex, the sticky sap of the rubber tree, transformed everything in the 19th century.
16 Apr 2024,14 mins
The Birth of Civilisation
Glues hold our world together – and have done since the dawn of civilisation.
15 Apr 2024,14 mins