One of the things I love about Distillations/CHF is that they celebrate as well as criticize the chemistry that makes our modern world possible. In this show we take a critical look at plastics, with segments on corn-based plastics that aren’t as eco-friendly as they seem, the dangerous chemicals that can seep into our food…

A show inspired by this quote from Diane Ackerman’s Natural History of the Senses: Smells spur memories, but they also rouse our dozy sense, pamper and indulge us, help define our self-image, stir the cauldron of our seductiveness… Segments on the physiology of the schnoz,  a new technology that attempts to mimic a canine’s incredible…