Posted on January 13, 2025Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1313: Rotation Episode: 1313 Rotation: of coins, racquetballs, ballet dancers, and more. Today, let's think about rotation.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20250113.mp3
Posted on January 12, 2025Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1312: McDouall Stuart Expedition Episode: 1312 Crossing Australia -- from nine months to six minutes. Today, we cross Australia.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20250112.mp3
Posted on January 11, 2025Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1311: The Cistercians Episode: 1311 The Cistercian order, power technology, and innovation. Today, let's talk about monks and waterwheels.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20250111.mp3
Posted on January 10, 2025Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1310: Math and Abstraction Episode: 1310 Redeeming math and abstraction in our schools. Today, we ask why American math and science scores are slipping.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20250110.mp3
Posted on January 9, 2025Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2406: The Pigeonhole Principle Episode: 2406 The Pigeonhole Principle. Today, pigeons and pigeonholes.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20250109.mp3
Posted on January 8, 2025Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2364: The Longest Year in History 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.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20250108.mp3
Posted on January 7, 2025Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2566: Champagne Episode: 2566 Taking Champagne to the Masses. Today, we pop the cork.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20250107.mp3
Posted on January 6, 2025Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2014: Bubbles in Soda Episode: 2014 Boiling bubbles and fizzing bubbles: So alike, so different! Today, bubbles in soda and bubbles in teakettles.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20250106.mp3
Posted on January 5, 2025Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1309: The deHavilland DH-4 Episode: 1309 The DH-4: a forgotten and terribly influential WW-I warplane. Today, America tries to get off the ground in WW-I.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20250105.mp3
Posted on January 4, 2025Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1308: Charles Dellshau Episode: 1308 In which Charles Dellschau draws secret airships.Today, a Texas immigrant dreams and draws flight.Attached audio [audio/mpeg]: KUHF_20250104.mp3