Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2619: Space Medicine
Posted on · Episode: 2619 Practicing Medicine Off the Planet; A New Physiology. Today, Astronaut Michael Barratt talks about medicine in space.
Tag: medicine
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1730: Aging Brain
Posted on · Episode: 1730 Our aging brains, some surprising compensations. Today, our brains age.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1712: Nightingale’s Graph
Posted on · Episode: 1712 Florence Nightingale’s graph: Learning what really happened. Today, Florence Nightingale draws a graph.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1705: A 3000-Year-Old Toe
Posted on · Episode: 1705 A 3000-year-old woman with an artificial toe. Today, a big toe made of wood.
Houston Matters
Should Texas Have Stricter Blood Alcohol Laws?
Posted on · We discuss the pros and cons of imposing more stringent standards on impaired driving.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1644: Hufeland on Infants
Posted on · Episode: 1644 An 18th-century doctor helps great-grandmother raise grandpa. Today, we raise a nineteenth-century child.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1628: The First Red Cross Ambulance
Posted on · Episode: 1628 The first red cross ambulance. Today, we care for wounded soldiers.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1627: The Medical Genius
Posted on · Episode: 1627 A shocking look at medications in 1892 shows us how far we’ve come. Today, we measure how far we’ve come.
Houston Matters
What Frankenstein Can Teach Us About Medical Ethics Today
Posted on · An upcoming discussion examines parallels between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and issues in health care today.
In-Depth
Non-Toxic Time Travel: Why The Texas Renaissance Festival Is Safer Than The Real Thing
Posted on · Few would confuse the mock Renaissance village with a genuine slice of sixteenth century Europe. There’s running water, the food is safe, and there’s no danger of the plague.
Houston Matters
Biography Remembers Houston’s Beloved Cowboy Doctor, Red Duke
Posted on · Bryant Boutwell discusses his book, “I’m Dr. Red Duke.”
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1576: Christopher Wren, Physician
Posted on · Episode: 1576 Christopher Wren: a great architect first learns medicine. Today, an unexpected student of medicine.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1562: Guido da Vigevano
Posted on · Episode: 1562 Guido da Vigevano uses war as an excuse to invent. Today, a medieval inventor goes to war — almost.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3178: Samuel Kier
Posted on · Episode: 3178 Samuel Kier and Oil Refining. Today, distilling black gold.
Houston Matters
What Happens When Humans Start Reading — and Altering — Their Own User Manual?
Posted on · Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses his book, The Gene: An Intimate History.