Engines of Our Ingenuity
Science

Engines of Our Ingenuity

by Houston Public Media

The story of technological progress is one of drama and intrigue, sudden insight and plain hard work. Let’s explore technology’s spectacular failures and many magnificent success stories.
This content is in service of Houston Public Media’s education mission and is sponsored by the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.

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1
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1543: Ceredi’s Pump
3:44 Mar 27, 2026
2
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2575: Prime Numbers
3:49 Mar 26, 2026
3
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3228: Computer Safety
3:49 Mar 25, 2026
4
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3365: 1906 Shop Notes
3:44 Mar 24, 2026
5
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1542: Francis Bacon
3:45 Mar 22, 2026
6
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1541: History and Horseshoe Nails
3:37 Mar 21, 2026
7
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1540: The Ironclad Turtle
3:37 Mar 20, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2572: Melville and Anna Bissell
3:48 Mar 19, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3363: Reinforcement Learning
3:54 Mar 18, 2026
10
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3362: The Engineering Magazine
3:44 Mar 17, 2026
11
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3361: Ravens in Thin Air
3:53 Mar 16, 2026
12
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1539: Boundary Layers
3:40 Mar 15, 2026
13
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1538: The Face of a Century
3:40 Mar 14, 2026
14
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1537: Life on the Moon
3:44 Mar 13, 2026
15
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2570: Celebrating Human Ingenuity
3:48 Mar 12, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3360: Fender Rhodes
4:01 Mar 11, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3359: Darwin-Wedgwood
3:48 Mar 10, 2026
18
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3358: Onesiphore Pecqueur
3:46 Mar 9, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1535: Inventing the Clock
3:40 Mar 7, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1534: Acceleration
3:41 Mar 6, 2026
21
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2563: Isaac Asimov
3:49 Mar 5, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3357: Backpropagation
3:49 Mar 4, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3356: Calligraphic Art
3:53 Mar 3, 2026
24
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3355: Tin Cans
3:45 Mar 2, 2026
25
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1533: The Triple Nickel
3:41 Mar 1, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1532: Typewriters
3:39 Feb 28, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1531: Only a Theory
3:42 Feb 27, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2562: Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics
3:49 Feb 26, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3354: Wharton Esherick
3:42 Feb 25, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3266: New Year Fireworks
3:50 Feb 24, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3353: Sandrin
4:24 Feb 23, 2026
32
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1530: The Medieval Mason
3:42 Feb 22, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1529: Osborne Reynolds
3:41 Feb 21, 2026
34
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1527: Polio and Clean Water
3:43 Feb 20, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2559: Going, Going, Gone!
3:49 Feb 19, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2035: The Gunpowder Plot
3:49 Feb 18, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2739: Hall
3:48 Feb 17, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1526: Learning to Talk
3:42 Feb 16, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1525: Liberty Ships
3:44 Feb 15, 2026
40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1524: The Great Peshtigo Fire
3:40 Feb 14, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1523: Lighthouses and Cabooses
3:41 Feb 13, 2026
42
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2556: Hilbert and Euclid’s Elements
3:49 Feb 12, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3352: A Taste of Orange
3:51 Feb 11, 2026
44
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3350: Pickering’s Harem
3:48 Feb 10, 2026
45
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3351: Crossbow
3:48 Feb 9, 2026
46
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1522: Fifty Years in the Future
3:44 Feb 8, 2026
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1521: John P. Parker
3:43 Feb 7, 2026
48
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1520: Automobile Drag Coefficients
3:38 Feb 6, 2026
49
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2555: Google Books
3:48 Feb 5, 2026
50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2862: Randomness
3:51 Feb 4, 2026
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