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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1801: Windmills: Fancier and Fancier
Posted on · Episode: 1801 An update on windmills/wind-turbines and renewable energy. Today, a windmill report.
Tag: ecology
Mockingbird & Armadillo
WATCH: Golf Coast | Mockingbird and Armadillo
Posted on · Fore! he's a golly good gulf-er...
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1729: Looking Down From the Sky
Posted on · Episode: 1729 The wide angle lens: looking at earth from on high. Today, we look upon Earth from above.
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.
Engines Podcast
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.
Engines Podcast
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.
Engines Podcast
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.
Engines Podcast
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.
Engines Podcast
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.
Engines Podcast
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.
Engines Podcast
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.
Engines Podcast
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.
Engines Podcast
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.
Full Show
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 […]
Engines Podcast
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.