Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1714: “Infinite Reservoire” of Space
Posted on · Episode: 1714 The mischief, in space, of the “infinite reservoir” thought model. Today, let us fill infinity.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1615: Learning to Use Coal
Posted on · Episode: 1615 On learning to use coal. Today, we learn why we shouldn’t bring coals to Newcastle.
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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.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1514: The Resistance Movement
Posted on · Episode: 1514 The resistance movement: a look at ongoing evolution. Today, we watch creatures evolving around us.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1416: Technology On Hold
Posted on · Episode: 1416 Technology on Hold: ideas that return after a long time. Today, technology on hold.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1407: A Matter of Size
Posted on · Episode: 1407 A matter of size: scaling laws among living species. Today, a matter of size.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1403: Vanishing Sea Otters
Posted on · Episode: 1403 Vanishing sea otters: only one piece of a long food chain. Today, let’s take a quick trip through a long food chain.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1392: Fog In The Woods
Posted on · Episode: 1392 The nature of fog and of redwood trees. Today, fog in the forest.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1387: The Wooden Ships of Mallows Bay
Posted on · Episode: 1387 The ghost fleet of wooden ships in Mallows Bay. Today, a fleet of sunken ships.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1262: Eighteenth-Century Environmental Disaster
Posted on · Episode: 1262 An 18-century environmental disaster in Brittany, France. Today, an 18th-century environmental disaster.
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Economic Opportunity and Student Debate Advice: Wednesday’s Show (September 21, 2016)
Posted on · All this week, NPR and public radio stations nationwide are taking part in this week’s A Nation Engaged project which asks, “What can we do to create economic opportunity for more Americans?” On this edition of Houston Matters, we turn the question towards economic opportunity here in Greater Houston. First, Michael Hagerty talks with Bill Gilmer, Director of […]
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1180 Lardner and Energy
Posted on · Episode: 1180 Dionysius Lardner looks at early steam power technology Today, a contemporary look at power technology, 170 years ago.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1172: Conservation
Posted on · Episode: 1172 Trying to conserve mass, energy, momentum — and order Today, a thought about conservation and the environment.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1162: Systems
Posted on · Episode: 1162 Systems: Much more than the sum of their parts Today, let’s see how machines transcend themselves.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1128: Of Whales and Elephants
Posted on · Episode: 1128 Of whales and elephants: a remarkable convergence of attributes Today, we find that whales and elephants have more in common than just size.