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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2806: Thor and Engineering

Haleh Ardebili

Posted on November 15, 2022 · Episode: 2806 Thor, the god of thunder, engineering behind comic books, college courses that deal with fracture. Today, our guest Haleh Ardebili talks about Thor and Engineering.

Tags Avengers brittle deformation ductile elastic fatigue fracture god of thunder impact Marvel materials mechanics plastic shear statics stress Thor

Energy & Environment

How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled

LAURA SULLIVAN, NPR

Posted on September 13, 2020 · An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.

Tags big oil enviornment plastic pollution recycling

Houston Matters

Full Show: Pollution From Plastics Plants, Moving Because Of Climate Change, And Latin Dance (Sept. 6, 2019)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 6, 2019 · On Friday's Houston Matters: Pollution from plastics plants, climate change's effect on our population, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news, and Latin dance.

Tags climate change Latin dance migration moving to Houston plastic Plastics pollution The Good The Bad and The Ugly

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Which Items In Our Kitchens Contain BPA?

NATALIE JACEWICZ

Posted on October 7, 2017 · Manufacturers are not required to disclose whether products contain BPA, which makes it hard to know which kitchen plastics include the additive — or other functionally identical compounds.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2724: Let’s Be Pedants

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 14, 2023 · Episode: 2724 Let’s be pedants — well, insofar as language allows. Today, let’s be pedants.

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Coping With the Holiday Blues

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on December 15, 2022 · Dr. Jeff Temple discusses how to deal with seasonal stress and depression.

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Houston is more stressed than other cities, according to survey

Ariel Worthy

Posted on July 29, 2022 · Houstonians had the largest percentage in reporting higher stress in areas like the mental health of their family members or loved ones, accessibility, convenience and affordability of health services, household finances, and physical health. 

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Houston Matters

Plans to raise part of I-10, and Houston’s stress level (July 29, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 29, 2022 · On Friday's show: We learn why some residents are concerned about plans to raise a portion of I-10. Then, we discuss why Houston might be more stressed than other cities, according to a new survey. And we reflect on the film A League of Their Own on its 30th anniversary with the actress who played Marla Hooch.

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