Engines of Our Ingenuity

Episode: 2638 Artificial Gravity for Human Spaceflight; What is Gained, What is Lost.  Today, astronaut Michael Barratt discusses the pros and cons of artificial gravity.

Episode: 3012 Newton, God, and Gravity.  Today, we get pulled in.

Episode: 3222 Black, the colorless and highly desirable color.  Today, black is the "color."

Episode: 1811 Catacombs - as seen through nineteenth-century eyes.  Today, catacombs.

Episode: 1809 Fonthill Mansion/Castle: architecture or a passing dream?  Today, very personal architecture.

Episode: 3010 Efficient Auto Racing.  Today, pushing the limits.

Episode: 2806 Thor, the god of thunder, engineering behind comic book, college courses that deal with fracture.  Today, our guest Haleh Ardebili talks about Thor and Engineering.

Episode: 3221 The Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection and its contributions to medicine.  Today, a bone collection.

Episode: 1807 The last blast of the wild rocket boy.  Today, a parable about childhood's end.

Episode: 1808 First Time Up!: In which Ford celebrates his new Trimotor and we fly for the first time.  Today, our first airplane ride.

Episode: 3220 Self-organization as a replacement for leadership.  Today, we function without a leader.

Episode: 3009 Foley: Sound Thinking.  Today, sound thinking.

Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year.  Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.

Episode: 2566 Taking Champagne to the Masses.  Today, we pop the cork.

Episode: 1805 The milk of human kindness in cities around the world.  Today, the milk of human kindness.