We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: attempts to contact aliens in space and the secret behind the sweet sound of Stradivari violins.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:01 The Interstellar Rosetta Stone

08:02 Strad Secrets?

14:58 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Andrew Stelzer and Anne Fredrickson for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.