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The Power of an Empty Metal Box

May 26, 202339:30Science & Medicine

We’ve been shipping stuff across oceans for centuries. But until 1956, we loaded our ships in the dumbest way possible: one at a time. Then Malcolm McClean came along. He envisioned lifting the big metal box part off a t...

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The Power of an Empty Metal Box is an episode from Unsung Science by CBS News. We’ve been shipping stuff across oceans for centuries. But until 1956, we loaded our ships in the dumbest way possible: one at a time. Then Malcolm McClean came...

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Published May 26, 2023, 39:30 long, audio available.

The Power of an Empty Metal Box

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