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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2324: Fences

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 17, 2022 · Episode: 2324 Jumping fences and inventing things: kissin’ cousins. Today, let’s jump a fence.

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Posted on September 9, 2023 · Episode: 2866 How many wings on an aeroplane — How many strings on a violin? Thoughts on the maturation of technologies. Today, How many wings or strings on an aeroplane or a violin?

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Plowing through the Great Wall of China: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week

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Posted on September 8, 2023 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

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Teacher pay lawsuit (Sept. 1, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 1, 2023 · On Friday's show: The head of the Houston Federation of Teachers explains why her organization is suing over HISD’s plan to tie teacher pay, in part, to test scores. And we learn why a few hundred particle physicists are descending on Houston next week.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2689: Chester Carlson

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Posted on July 8, 2023 · Episode: 2689 Chester Carlson: The hard life that gave us photocopiers. Today, we copy a page.

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