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Tag: gravity

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3099: A Case for Three Dimensions

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on December 10, 2020 · Episode: 3099 Gravity and the Importance of Three Physical Dimensions. Today, a case for three.

Tags Ehrenfest gravity higher dimensions inverse square law physics planets

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3059: Vera Rubin and Dark Matter

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on August 13, 2020 · Episode: 3059 Vera Rubin and Dark Matter. Today, that which can't be seen.

Tags astronomy astrophysics cosmology dark energy dark matter einstein gravity Kent Ford newton women

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1898: Pierre Gassendi

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 26, 2020 · Episode: 1898 What happened after Galileo? Pierre Gassendi happened! Today, what happened after Galileo?

Tags air pressure analytical mechanics Aristotelianism aristotle atomism Cyrano de Bergerac Empedocles galileo gravity newton physics Pierre Gassendi speed of sound

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3017: Mechanical Philosophy

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on February 4, 2020 · Episode: 3017 Mechanical Philosophy. Today, things that go bump.

Tags Adam Sandler aether classical elements descartes ether gravity Greek elements Happy Gilmore Kevin Nealon newton

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3015: Hooke and Newton

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on January 30, 2020 · Episode: 3015 Hooke and Newton Collide. Today, the pudding's in the proof.

Tags gravity halley hooke kepler newton

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2638: Artificial Gravity

Michael Barratt

Posted on January 22, 2020 · Episode: 2638 Artificial Gravity for Human Spaceflight; What is Gained, What is Lost. Today, astronaut Michael Barratt discusses the pros and cons of artificial gravity.

Tags 2001 acceleration gravity Michael Barratt Noordung space Space Odyssey spacecraft Stanley Kubrick station weightlessness

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3012: Newton, God, and Gravity

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on January 21, 2020 · Episode: 3012 Newton, God, and Gravity. Today, we get pulled in.

Tags bentley God gravity newton planets solar system sun

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3219: Gravitational Transport

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on January 2, 2020 · Episode: 3219 Gravity-Powered Intracity Transport. Today, a wild ride.

Tags gravity mathematics public transportation subways trains transportation

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2987: Gravity

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on November 7, 2019 · Episode: 2987 Gravity is Magic. Today, we let go.

Tags gravity huygens Liebniz magic newton

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1765: The Speed of Gravity

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 25, 2019 · Episode: 1765 In which it takes time for gravity to reach us. Today, the speed of gravity.

Tags astronomy einstein gravity Io Isaac Newton jupiter Ole Roemer principia universal law of gravitation

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1537: Life On the Moon

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 11, 2018 · Episode: 1537 John Wilkins talks about life on the Moon, in 1638. Today, life on the moon.

Tags astronomy Burnett Cyrano de Bergerac extraterestrial life gravity huygens Newtonian mechanics orbital mechanics physics SETI

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1534: Acceleration

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 4, 2018 · Episode: 1534 Making sense of the slippery concept of acceleration. Today, let’s think about falling.

Tags falling gravitational acceleration gravity kinematics mechanics newton physics

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1407: A Matter of Size

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 6, 2017 · Episode: 1407 A matter of size: scaling laws among living species. Today, a matter of size.

Tags ecology gravity metabolism species whales zoology

Health & Science

Scientists Pinpoint How A Flamingo Balances On One Leg

Merrit Kennedy, NPR

Posted on May 28, 2017 · What appears to be a feat actually requires almost no muscle effort from the bird. The researchers found even a dead flamingo's body will fall into a stable one-leg balance if positioned vertically.

Tags animal's stability flamingo gravity One Leg

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2229: Children and Science

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 24, 2017 · Episode: 2229 Hurdles that children must leap to learn science. Today, children and science.

Tags aristotle biology children learning consciousness creationism Deena Skolnick Weisberg early development epistemology evolution gravity Newton's laws of motion Paul Bloom psychology religion round Earth science education

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