Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3057: Ivan Pavlov
Posted on · Episode: 3057 Ivan Pavlov: Digestion and Conditioned Reflex. Today, a Pavlovian perspective.
Tag: Nobel prize
Houston Matters
Tuesday’s Show: Quarantine Fatigue, And City Finances Take A Hit (April 28, 2020)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Battling quarantine fatigue, City Controller Chris Brown, Texas farmers and COVID-19, and the life and work of Nobel Prize-winning Houston cancer researcher, Jim Allison.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3035: Light Emitting Diodes
Posted on · Episode: 3035 Light Emitting Diodes. Today, we get the LED out.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2934: Molecules of Life
Posted on · Episode: 2934 Reading the Molecules of Life. Today, we read the molecules of life.
Top Stories
Hundreds Of Houston Airport Workers Will Get A Raise, Update On Imelda Recovery, And UT Professor Wins Nobel Prize For Lithium Battery
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
Texas
UT Professor Who Helped Develop Lithium Ion Battery Wins Nobel Prize
Posted on · UT Austin Professor John Goodenough was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his part in the creation of the lithium-ion battery.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3194: The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
Posted on · Episode: 3194 Purple Men: The History of the Color Purple. Today, whatever happened to SETI?
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2821: Lobotomy
Posted on · Episode: 2821 Science gone wrong: the lobotomy. Today, science gone wrong.
News
Houston Scientist James Allison Wins Nobel Prize
Posted on · The Nobel Assembly calls Allison and researcher Tasuku Honjo's paralleled work, "a landmark in our fight against cancer."
Houston Matters
Full Show: Houston Scientist Wins Nobel Prize, And The Challenges of Polling (Oct. 1, 2018)
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: We hear from Dr. Jim Allison from MD Anderson, recipient of the Nobel Prize for his work in cancer treatment research. We examine how polls are conducted with Anthony Salvanto of CBS News. We look back at NASA's history as the agency marks 60 years. And Jeff Balke updates us on Houston sports.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3170: Rosalind Franklin
Posted on · Episode: 3170 The Historical Legacy of Rosalind Franklin. Today, Photo 51.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3169: Percy Bridgman and Meaningless Questions
Posted on · Episode: 3169 Percy Williams Bridgman, Operationalism, and Meaningless Questions. Today, meaningless questions.
Arts & Culture
Einstein’s Note On Happiness, Given To Bellboy In 1922, Fetches $1.6 Million
Posted on · The physicist had just won the 1921 Nobel Prize when he scribbled his theory of happy living on a piece of hotel stationery and handed it to the courier at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo
News
Nobel Goes To American Richard Thaler For Work In Behavioral Economics
Posted on · The Swedish Academy said it was awarding Thaler the prize in economics for his pioneering work in incorporating "psychologically realistic assumptions into analyses of economic decision-making"
News
Nobel Prize Winner ‘Like Google Earth For Molecules’
Posted on · Three researchers based in the U.S., U.K. and Switzerland have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developments in electron microscopy.