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Back to SearchThe Engines of Our Ingenuity 2638: Artificial Gravity
Episode 2638
Episode: 2638 Artificial Gravity for Human Spaceflight; What is Gained, What is Lost. Today, astronaut Michael Barratt discusses the pros and cons o…
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1560: Narrow Perception
Episode 1560
Episode: 1560 In which we 'look' at the world through a narrow slit. Today, we look at the world through a narrow slit.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1559: The Oldest Technology
Episode 1559
Episode: 1559 Music-making: the first technology. Today, we look for the oldest technology.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1558: We O’ercome by Art
Episode 1558
Episode: 1558 Mastered by nature, we o'ercome by art - then as now. Today, an old debate in a new arena.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1556: The Manual Arts
Episode 1556
Episode: 1556 In which we run out of manual arts teachers for our schools. Today, let's work with our hands.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2583: Children and Their Goals
Episode 2583
Episode: 2583 Children and their Goals. Today, president, pope, astronaut.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3253: Machine Learning
Episode 3253
Episode: 3253 Teaching Computers to Think. Today, Teaching a Computer.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3166: Spoonerisms
Episode 3166
Episode: 3166 Spoonerisms and Their Unwilling Namesake. Today, spooning in speakerisms.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1554: Scientific Instruments
Episode 1554
Episode: 1554 In which new science yields new instruments: 1500 to 1950. Today, a new class of machines and new viewpoint.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1553: In Vacuo
Episode 1553
Episode: 1553 Galileo, Torricelli, von Guericke, and the idea of a vacuum. Today, we invent vacuum.
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