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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2934: Molecules of Life

Richard Willson

Posted on September 14, 2022 · Episode: 2934 Reading the Molecules of Life. Today, we read the molecules of life.

Tags ABI Applied Biosystems chain-terminating deoxyribonucleic acid dideoxy dna DNA sequencing double helix Fred Sanger gene sequencing genetics genomics inheritance Leroy Hood Maxam-Gilbert medicine mutation Nobel prize oncology personalized medicine pharmacogenomics proteins RNA

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2392: A Weather Report

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Posted on November 5, 2022 · Episode: 2392 A weather report, and more, from the South Pole. Today, a weather report.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2821: Lobotomy

Posted on August 5, 2022 · Episode: 2821 Science gone wrong: the lobotomy. Today, science gone wrong.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2244: The Gentleman Traveler

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

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2212: Joseph and John LeConte

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 17, 2022 · Episode: 2212 In which Joseph and John LeConte accept evolution as they themselves evolve. Today, a tale of two slaveholders.

Tags Antebellum America darwin evolution john Joseph LeConte Louis Agassiz medicine naturalists racism religion slavery suffrage University of California at Berkeley

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