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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2676: Soaring Birds

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 26, 2023 · Episode: 2676 In which soaring birds teach us about airplanes, and vice versa. Today, soaring birds.

Tags aerodynamics airfoil design bird flight condors drag feathers gliders gliding ground effect lift model airplanes hydrodynamics soaring thermal columns turkey vultures vortex wingtip vortices

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3068: Birch Trees

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 4, 2023 · Episode: 3068 Birch: The tree honored across the North, and the true substance of the Spruce Goose. Today, the Birch Goose.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2935: Whale Aerodynamics

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 2, 2023 · Episode: 2935 In which humpback whales revise airfoil theory with the tubercles on their flippers. Today whale aerodynamics.

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I SEE U

I SEE U, Episode 96: Beyoncé, Send Us a Revival with New York Times Business Reporter Jordyn Holman & Cultural Historian Harrison Guy

Posted on September 22, 2023 · With Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour in Houston, I SEE U pays tribute to the Third Ward native by examining her contributions of reawakening queer dance culture and delivering an Afrofuturism movement to a mass audience.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2874: The Ground Effect

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 15, 2023 · Episode: 2874 The ground effect in the service of birds and human vehicles. Today, the ground effect.

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