Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1052: Of Wasps Making Paper
Episode: 1052 In which wasps teach us to make paper from wood. Today, wasps try to teach us to make paper.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2434: Physics of Metaphysics
Episode: 2434 Understanding the Relationship Between Physics and Metaphysics.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2696: Winged Words
Episode: 2696 Winged Words: The Homeric Epics as Oral Poetry. Today, classicist Casey Dué listens to the Homeric epics.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1051: A Conservation Lab
Episode: 1051 A Conservation Laboratory keeps vanishing arts alive. Today, we ask: Just what is a conservator conserving?
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1049: Hugh Miller
Episode: 1049 Hugh Miller: a fundamentalist radicalizes 19th century geology. Today, a 19th-century geologist struggles with the creation of the earth.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1048: The Medieval Twentieth Century
Episode: 1048 Medieval machines in a 20th century hydraulics text. Today, two 20th-century thinkers look at the end of an era. One sees it. One does not.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1047: Who Writes Our Story?
Episode: 1047 In which I question the dubious practice of ghost-writing. Today, we ask, "Who writes our story?"
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2432: Engineering, Football, and a Good Prank
Episode: 2432 Engineering, Football, and What Makes a Good Prank. Today, engineering, football, and a good prank.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2841: Imagine the Big Bangs
Episode: 2841 Multiple Big Bangs and Multiple Universes; The Fantastical Multi-Reality of Multiverse. Today, we imagine the Big Bangs.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3238: Whitewashing
Episode: 3238 Whitewash, as Metaphor and Practice. Today, whitewashing.