Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2410: The Vintage of Cave Art
Posted on · Episode: 2410 Was cave art too good to have been made 30,000 years ago? Today, a new look at old art.
Posted on · Episode: 2410 Was cave art too good to have been made 30,000 years ago? Today, a new look at old art.
Posted on · Episode: 2396 The Indus Valley: a third great ancient civilization coming to light. Today, the Indus Valley.
Posted on · Episode: 2346 Sitting down to supper, 10,000 years ago. Today, what did we eat, long ago?
Posted on · Episode: 2266 In which the Cairo’s ghost rises from the Yazoo mud. Today, ghosts in a river.
Posted on · Episode: 3078 Restoring the Parthenon: The Acropolis Restoration Service and 40+ Years of Hard Work. Today, how to rebuild a ruin.
Posted on · Episode: 2206 A 1944 progress report on the subject of human evolution. Today, an old progress report on evolution.
Posted on · Episode: 2201 Mount Toba: the worst volcano and the worst human catastrophe. Today, a very big volcano.
Posted on · Episode: 2199 Who were the Irish long ago? Today, when the Irish were Egyptians.
Posted on · Wreckage of the SS Selma can still be seen above the water.
Posted on · With the rise of ancestry DNA testing services, an expert helps us make sense of what listeners have found in their results.
Posted on · Researchers at UH's National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping were involved in the discovery of a large, previously unknown civilization in the jungles of Guatemala.
Posted on · On Sept. 30, 2016, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas was officially pulling out of the national program to resettle refugees, making good on an earlier threat to withdraw if the Obama administration didn't accept changes to the program the state demanded, citing security concerns. Gov. Abbott's statement said the state wanted refugees better vetted on […]
Posted on · The Texas Department of Transportation does more than build roads and paint yellow lines. TxDOT also preserves sensitive archaeological sites in the path of highways and bridges. The man in charge of that is Jason Barrett. He’s an environmental specialist in archaeological studies in TxDOT’s environmental affairs division. Lately, he’s been learning about one of […]
Posted on · On Tuesday (Sept. 20, 2016), the Kinder Institute for Urban Research held a panel discussion on the future of Houston's pension system. The discussion came just a few days after Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced an "historic” pension reform plan. On this edition of Houston Matters, we discuss the mayor’s plan and what hurdles remain […]
Posted on · Archaeologist Dr. Andrew McCarthy and his team discovered remnants of an historic feast on the island of Cyprus.