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Tag: sociology

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Researcher Looks Into ‘Why Science and Faith Need Each Other’

Brenda Valdivia

Posted on April 2, 2021 · A sociologist looks into the assumption that faith and science are in conflict and shares what she has discovered in her book, Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values That Move Us beyond Fear.

Tags Elaine Howard Ecklund faith religion rice university science sociology Why Science and Faith Need Each Other

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1212: Macroparasites

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 28, 2020 · Episode: 1212 Human history in terms of macroparasites and microparasites. Today, we wonder who feasts upon whom.

Tags biology commerce disease history sociology war

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1805: The Milk of Human Kindness

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 6, 2020 · Episode: 1805 The milk of human kindness in cities around the world. Today, the milk of human kindness.

Tags good samaritan helpfulness hispanic Kindness psychology Robert Levine sociology sympatico

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1731: To Kill a City

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 16, 2019 · Episode: 1731 Why bombs can’t kill a city. Today, we try to kill a city.

Tags 9 11 airplanes bombing production sociology Viet Nam war WW-II

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1704: Restorative Justice

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 17, 2019 · Episode: 1704 Restorative Justice: a rare inventive response to necessity. Today, invention and crime.

Tags criminology ethics juvenile offenders penology psychology restorative justice sociology South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1614: Advice for Living, 1836

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 17, 2018 · Episode: 1614 Advice on how to live our lives from 1836. Today, we learn how to live our lives — in 1836.

Tags beaumont bran brown bread diet food health psychology sociology Sylvester Graham Ticknor tobacco well-being

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1606: The Skycity

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 3, 2018 · Episode: 1606 The Skycity: a concept struggling against its own Gothic weight. Today, the skycity.  

Tags architecture construction Fritz Lang's Metropolis Gillette skypricker skyscraper socialism sociology urban planning Utopias Wannamaker's department store

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1602: The Tragedy of the Commons

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 23, 2018 · Episode: 1602 The tragedy of the commons revisited. Today, the tragedy of the commons.  

Tags agriculture birth control ecology economics population control sociology

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1495: The Chauffeur Problem

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 13, 2018 · Episode: 1495 The strange persistence of X-ray hair removal. Today, we learn to drive our own cars — and manage our own computers.  

Tags atom bomb dermatology health medicine Roentgen sociology Tricho WW-II

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1494: X-Ray Hair Removal

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 11, 2018 · Episode: 1494 The strange persistence of X-ray hair removal. Today, we kill ourselves to remove hair.  

Tags atom bomb dermatology health medicine Roentgen sociology Tricho WW-II

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1491: Orpheus

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 6, 2018 · Episode: 1491 In which business schools study a leaderless orchestra. Today, we have no leader.  

Tags management music Orpheus sociology Telemann

Houston Matters

How Houstonians Pronounce Different Words Depends A Lot On Their Age And Race

Abner Fletcher

Posted on March 20, 2018 · A project called the Houston Urban English Study (HUES) examines the way English is spoken in different parts of the city by different age groups and ethnicities.

Tags dialects english language linguistics Nancy Niedzielski rice university science sociology

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1275: An Old Company Town

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 16, 2016 · Episode: 1275 Merthyr Tydfil, a window into the squalid conditions after the Industrial Revolution. Today, let’s visit Merthyr Tydfil.

Tags Carlyle coal iron forge sociology Wales

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1218: In Galveston’s Alleys

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on September 7, 2016 · Episode: 1218 Galveston’s alleys and the democratization of low incomes Today, walk with me through Galveston’s alleys.

Tags archaeology architecture beasley city hurricane planning slavery sociology urban

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1212: Macroparasites

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on August 24, 2016 · Episode: 1212 Human history in terms of macroparasites and microparasites Today, we wonder who feasts upon whom.

Tags biology commerce disease history sociology war

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