La solide histoire de la conserve - Nota Bene

L’Ukraine, la Birmanie, le Soudan, la Syrie, Gaza… Chaque année, les conflits semblent se multiplier aux quatre coins du globe. Aujourd’hui, je vous propose de revenir ensemble sur les moyens mis en œuvre pour protéger le patrimoine en situation de guerre, en utilisant un exemple ...  Show more

L’éclairage public, de nos jours, il y en a à beaucoup d’endroits, et ce n’est pas rare qu’il soit éteint aux heures creuses de la nuit pour lutter contre la pollution lumineuse. Mais à ses débuts, c’était une toute autre histoire, parce qu’il a été très mal reçu par les habitant ...  Show more

The invention of food packaging is one of humanity’s greatest achievements. It may seem hard to imagine today, but the first clay pots made the great civilizations of the ancient world possible, while paper’s first use, long before it became a surface for writing, was to wrap foo ...  Show more

When we think of the modern Mediterranean, delicious and vibrant food is one of the first things that come to mind. But how much has the regional food changed over the last two millennia? In this episode, Tristan is joined by the host of 'The Delicious Legacy'&nb ...

In this episode of Invention, Robert and Joe kick off a month of food content with the history of canning! Yes, from Napoleonic bottles of soups to our modern bounty of canned sustenance, you’ll explore where it came from, who invented the process and how it changed the world. Le ...  Show more

For thousands of years, food storage was one of humanity’s biggest problems. Even if you could grow or hunt sufficient calories when food was abundant, it was very difficult to store those calories for when food was scarce. One man made a huge advancement in our ability to store ...  Show more