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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2244: The Gentleman Traveler

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 11, 2022 · Episode: 2244 The Gentleman traveler: Victorian polymath, Francis Galton. Today, we travel the wilds with the highborn.

Tags breeding Charles Darwin eugenics exploration fingerprints genetics nature vs. nurture Royal Geographical Society safaris Sir Francis Galton statistical regression statistics travel Victorian England

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Actor Graham McTavish travels the world… and a little bit of Texas

Posted on November 21, 2023 · The actor and author stopped by Houston to tout his latest book, "Clanlands in New Zealand."

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2637: Neanderthal Genes

Posted on November 8, 2023 · Episode: 2637 Neanderthal genes in the human genome, and Darwin’s theory of Sexual Selection. Today, Neanderthal genes.

Tags darwin evolution genetics Homo sapiens Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Neanderthal sexual selection

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How Ruth Robertson’s expedition to the world’s tallest waterfall succeeded when many men failed

Michael Hagerty

Posted on October 12, 2023 · The story of the photographer, who spent her later years in the Houston area, and her historic 1949 expedition is told in "Angel Falls," a new historical fiction novel from writer Kathryn Casey.

Tags Angel Falls Brazoria County exploration history Kathryn Casey Michael Hagerty photographer Ruth Robertson Venezuela Venezuela’s Angel Falls

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2761: Far Away Places

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 18, 2023 · Episode: 2761 Dr. G. Hartwig’s far away places: Other worlds in another time. Today, a world opens up.

Tags 19th-century travel literature Charles Darwin Dinah Shore Dr. George Hartwig Far Away Places Robert Fitzroy The Polar and Tropical Worlds

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