Houston Matters
Electric Customers Go To Court Over Last Week’s Power Outage (Feb. 25, 2021)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: We take a closer look at the expensive and litigious fallout from last week's freezing weather and statewide power outages.
Tag: agriculture
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3074: John and Charles Deere
Posted on · Episode: 3074 John and Charles Deere. Today, we see green.
Houston Matters
Farmers Expect To See Limited Supplies of Certain Food Staples As Pandemic Continues
Posted on · An agriculture expert from Texas Tech offers insight into how the food supply could be affected as farmers deal with a new way of doing business.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1824: Texas Cognac
Posted on · Episode: 1824 Cognac grapes growing from Texas rootstocks. Today, we grow grapes.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1744: Chinese Bombard
Posted on · Episode: 1744 The Chinese origin of the European bombard. Today, a cannon that’s two hundred years too old.
News
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1699: Plaster in Çatalhöyük
Posted on · Episode: 1699 Çatalhöyük: An ancient city, held together by plaster. Today, the surprising cement that held an ancient city together.
Mockingbird & Armadillo
WATCH: Bee Best | Mockingbird & Armadillo
Posted on · Time to make the honey!
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1640: Learning Electricity
Posted on · Episode: 1640 Learning electricity and learning about technological revolutions. Today, we become electrified.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1602: The Tragedy of the Commons
Posted on · Episode: 1602 The tragedy of the commons revisited. Today, the tragedy of the commons.
News
Houston Non-Profit Races to Save Florida’s Bees after Hurricane Michael
Posted on · Rescue Bank is sending tanker trucks full of high fructose corn syrup to the Florida Panhandle to replace natural forage destroyed by the storm. The state’s bees play a major role in American agriculture.
News
West Texas Vineyards Blasted by Herbicide Drift from Nearby Cotton Fields
Posted on · Texas is one of the largest producers of wine in the U.S. But the grapevines in the High Plains are facing a threat that's causing them to twist and wither. And it's coming from the cotton fields.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1521: John P. Parker
Posted on · Episode: 1521 John P. Parker, slave, freedom-fighter, inventor, and businessman. Today, we follow a slave out of slavery.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1501: Horizontal Diffusion
Posted on · Episode: 1501 The orientation of continents determines their development. Today, the advantage of being horizontal.
Energy & Environment
Texas Could Look Increasingly Like West Texas, Climate Study Says
Posted on · Scientists say arid conditions are expanding into the nation's lusher, eastern regions
News
Meet The Grass That’s Eating Southeast Texas
Posted on · Kleberg and King Ranch bluestems are conquering southeast Texas. In just a few years they can wipe out hundreds of acres of grassland