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Tag: agriculture

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1744: Chinese Bombard

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 20, 2019 · Episode: 1744 The Chinese origin of the European bombard.  Today, a cannon that’s two hundred years too old.

Tags agriculture animal husbandry arms bombards bombs buddhism Buddhists firearms guns manure pistols saltpeter war weapons

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1699: Plaster in Çatalhöyük

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 10, 2019 · Episode: 1699 Çatalhöyük: An ancient city, held together by plaster.  Today, the surprising cement that held an ancient city together.

Tags agriculture anthropology archaeology Catalhoyuk clay cloth fabric house construction mirrors Neolithic Era plaster pottery the Goddess image Turkey

Mockingbird & Armadillo

WATCH: Bee Best | Mockingbird & Armadillo

Ernie Manouse

Posted on April 19, 2019 · Time to make the honey!

Tags agriculture bee Bee Hive bees ernie manouse Hive Bee Farm Hives honey Hope Farms

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1640: Learning Electricity

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 20, 2019 · Episode: 1640 Learning electricity and learning about technological revolutions.  Today, we become electrified.

Tags agriculture bell books computer operating systems edison electric trolleys electrification Gutenberg light rail monopolies monopoly Pearl Street Station telephone wires TVA

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1602: The Tragedy of the Commons

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 23, 2018 · Episode: 1602 The tragedy of the commons revisited.  Today, the tragedy of the commons.  

Tags agriculture birth control ecology economics population control sociology

News

Houston Non-Profit Races to Save Florida’s Bees after Hurricane Michael

Andrew Schneider

Posted on October 19, 2018 · 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.

Tags agriculture beekeeping Florida Hurricane Michael Rescue Bank

News

West Texas Vineyards Blasted by Herbicide Drift from Nearby Cotton Fields

Merrit Kennedy, NPR

Posted on August 21, 2018 · 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.

Tags agriculture herbicide texas wine

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1521: John P. Parker

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 6, 2018 · Episode: 1521 John P. Parker, slave, freedom-fighter, inventor, and businessman.  Today, we follow a slave out of slavery.  

Tags abolitionists agriculture black civil war Harriet Beecher Stowe iron Rankin slavery Uncle Tom's Cabin

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1501: Horizontal Diffusion

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 25, 2018 · Episode: 1501 The orientation of continents determines their development.  Today, the advantage of being horizontal.  

Tags agriculture anthropology cartography climate domesticated animals farming geography technology wheel writing

Energy & Environment

Texas Could Look Increasingly Like West Texas, Climate Study Says

Travis Bubenik

Posted on April 15, 2018 · Scientists say arid conditions are expanding into the nation's lusher, eastern regions

Tags agriculture climate climate change environment science texas west texas

News

Meet The Grass That’s Eating Southeast Texas

Michael Marks, Texas Standard

Posted on December 13, 2017 · Kleberg and King Ranch bluestems are conquering southeast Texas. In just a few years they can wipe out hundreds of acres of grassland

Tags agriculture Texas A&M

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1416: Technology On Hold

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 25, 2017 · Episode: 1416 Technology on Hold: ideas that return after a long time.  Today, technology on hold.   

Tags agriculture automobile ecology electric trolley environment farming feedback control fossil fuels hellenistic herbal medicine horse nuclear power power production public transportation water clock

Energy & Environment

Groundwater Districts Fear Loss of Local Control With Proposed Changes

Travis Bubenik

Posted on April 24, 2017 · A push for broader cooperation among local water managers could lead to an easier road for water exporters.

Tags agriculture environment Groundwater Districts Rural Issues Texas Legislature water Water Policy

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1318: Three-Field Rotation

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 10, 2017 · Episode: 1318 Three-field crop rotation and the origins of Western technology.  Today, putting horses to work proves harder than we might think.

Tags agriculture fallow horse horse collar horseshoe military plows soil war

Health & Science

Rise Of The Robot Bees: Tiny Drones Turned Into Artificial Pollinators

CRYSTAL PONTI

Posted on March 5, 2017 · Honeybees are a critical part of agriculture, pollinating many of our favorite crops. But bee deaths are on the rise. In Japan, scientists are testing whether insect-sized drones can help do the job.

Tags agriculture bees drones growing season

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