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Houston Matters

Beasts Beneath The Bayou: Alligator Snapping Turtles Thrive In The Heart Of Houston

Michael Hagerty

Posted on January 2, 2019 · Houston Matters visits Buffalo Bayou, where a population of prehistoric-looking beasts are making a home in the middle of the city.

Tags alligator snapping turtles biology buffalo bayou Eric Munscher Michael Hagerty nature Turtle Survival Alliance turtles

News

Houston Forensic Science Center To Align With Standards Approved By National Lead Agency

HPM Digital Team

Posted on December 14, 2018 · There will be adjustments in the work of the forensic biology/DNA and seized drugs sections.

Tags biology dna forensic Houston Forensic Science Center OSAC

Houston Matters

How Do We Get People To Trust Science Again?

Abner Fletcher

Posted on December 7, 2018 · Houston researchers discuss how to improve scientific literacy in an age of skepticism.

Tags Amy Sater autism biology Carolyn Nichol climate change earth flat earth science scientific literacy scientists stem vaccines

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1601: Dirt

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 21, 2018 · Episode: 1601 Mother dirt.  Today, let’s play in the dirt.

Tags agronomy bacteriology biology burial cemeteries dust storms earth formaldehyde humus John Adams manure soil waste disposal Yosemite

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1586: Topsell’s Beasts

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 17, 2018 · Episode: 1586 Topsell’s history of four-footed beasts and serpents.  Today, a zoology book.

Tags animals bestiaries bestiary biology early printing galileo King James Bible Macbeth scientific method Shakespeare woodcut illustrations zoology

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1514: The Resistance Movement

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 21, 2018 · Episode: 1514 The resistance movement: a look at ongoing evolution.  Today, we watch creatures evolving around us.  

Tags aids bacteriology biology dna ebola ecology Elephants fishing microbiology pneumonia virology zoology

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1511: Lotus and High-Tech

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 14, 2018 · Episode: 1511 In which the lotus blossom gives a lesson in engineering design.  Today, lotus petals and high-tech.  

Tags biology botany cleaning contemplation medicine polio surface tension

News

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1499: Domesticating Animals

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 23, 2018 · Episode: 1499 Domestic animals: A tricky marriage between human and beast.  Today, we try to domesticate a wild animal.  

Tags animal husbandry biology breeding domestication farming food supply taming

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1498: Thoughts On Jumping

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 20, 2018 · Episode: 1498 How the In which we try to jump as high as a flea.  Today, can you jump as high as a flea?  

Tags anatomy animals biology dimensional analysis exercise physiology similarity laws

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1466: Vegetable Physiology

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 9, 2018 · Episode: 1466 An old botany book for young girls changes scientific thinking.  Today, a young student forms a scientific theory.   

Tags biology botany electricity Marcet philosophy sap vegetable physiology women

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1431: Dogs

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 24, 2017 · Episode: 1431 In which dogs humanize us.  Today, some sidelights on the history of dogs.   

Tags anthropology archaeology biology Neanderthal psychology wolves zoology

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1408: The Tortoise and The Hare

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 9, 2017 · Episode: 1408 Fast game, slow game, and Stone Age population dynamics.  Today, a Paleolithic story of the tortoise and the hare.  

Tags anthropology biology diet hare paleolithic technology Tortoise

News

Biological Clock Discoveries By 3 Americans Earn Nobel Prize

Associated Press

Posted on October 2, 2017 · Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their discoveries about the body's biological clock.

Tags biology body clock genetics Nobel prize sleep hygiene

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1404: Prerequisites

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 2, 2017 · Episode 1404: Prerequisites seen as a reflection of the structure of science.  Today, let’s talk about the prerequisite course. 

Tags biology chemistry curricula education pedagogy physics schools teaching

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1371: Soapy Sam and Huxley

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 10, 2017 · Episode: 1371 The great evolution war at Oxford in 1860.  Today, we join the first major battle in a long war.

Tags biology Bryan Chambers Darrow darwin evolution Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection Owen religion Samuel Wilberforce Scopes Trial

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