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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2224: Megalonyx

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 9, 2022 · Episode: 2224 Thomas Jefferson and megalonyx, the great-clawed ground sloth. Today, Jefferson meets Great Claw.

Tags animal size Buffon extinction fossils ground sloth Ice Age megalonyx megatherium moose paleontology species Thomas Jefferson zoology

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2952: Cataclysm

Posted on November 16, 2023 · Episode: 2952 Cataclysm: J Harlen Bretz and the Ice Age Floods. Today, a river runs through it.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2935: Whale Aerodynamics

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 2, 2023 · Episode: 2935 In which humpback whales revise airfoil theory with the tubercles on their flippers. Today whale aerodynamics.

Tags aerodynamics airplanes boundary layer separation humpback whales hydrodynamics stall angle surfboard fins tubercles on fins turbine blades Whalepower WhalePower Corporation zoology

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How a pioneering geologist helped transform the search for oil and gas — and the Texas economy

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 13, 2023 · We learn about the short life of Laura Lee Lane Weinzierl, what studying microscopic fossils undegorund can tell us about where to look for oil and gas, and how work like hers helped transform Houston and Texas.

Tags geologist history Laura Lee Weinzierl oil and gas oil and gas exploration paleontology Sam Houston State University shsu William Godwin

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2574: Herons and Egrets

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 21, 2023 · Episode: 2574 Houston’s herons — especially the lovely snowy egret. Today, herons and egrets.

Tags avifauna bayous cormorants great blue herons great white egrets gulls hawks herons houston Mary Oliver scaup ducks snowy egrets texas wading birds zoology

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