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The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Is washing our hands with soap really the best we can do to protect ourselves from coronavirus? Let's take a look at the history and chemistry of s...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Loh Down on Science host Sandra Tsing Loh intros the Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
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You want to prevent catastrophe, eh? Well, engineers, do FMEA. This is Episode 86 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fa...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: 04:48
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Engineers take a ton of tests. They're thinking: Can I pass it all? They do, and they build tons of things, and some are made of acetal. This is...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:25
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If you can't decide, and you're on the fence, get knocked right off, by some resonance. This is Episode 84 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an info...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2020
  • Length: 04:47
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This challenge will not tackle us; we'll tackle it, we'll win, this calculus. This is Episode 80 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 06:39
Caption: Perovskite crystal structure., Credit: Cadmium at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2527511
Engineers, unite! Harness the power of perovskite. This is Episode 78 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2019
  • Length: 04:50
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It's the real MVP of simplifying user interfaces in some programming languages these days. This is Episode 77 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an in...

  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 05:13
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Messing with this gas of a word isn't ideal. This is Episode 75 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:55
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Programming programs to program their own programs. This is Episode 74 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:50
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Engineers Sadhan and Pius continue an ongoing series of discussions on the fundamentals of mechanical engineering. Today they talk about what they ...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2018
  • Length: 41:26
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One is fun, and zero is a hero, in our engineering programming languages. This is Episode 73 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on fa...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:42
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Whip your brain into shape by studying trochoidal things. This is Episode 72 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinat...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:50
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Keep your data streams from going helter skelter with the help of a Kalman filter. This is Episode 70 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal s...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:01
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Forget to get your tare, and you might shed a tear. This is Episode 69 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:31
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I tried ceramic glazing / The result was quite amazing / When I saw it cool / I touched not a tool / The surface showed cracks and crazing. ***This...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2018
  • Length: 04:57
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Always think positive, unless you're doing negative testing. This is Episode 67 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fasci...

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
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She thought it was very fancy of her / to separate the two enantiomers / She looked in the mirror / It couldn't be clearer / The left one was bette...

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
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What is mechanical engineering? Engineer Sadhan Sathyaseelan joins the show again from The University of Texas to wonder out loud about all the imp...

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 42:04
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Engineers who study this know how to rub you the right way. This is Episode 60 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascin...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:18
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Picture this: a lightning bolt shoots out about 10 gigawatts of power. This is Episode 58 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favor...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:44
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Quarter for your thoughts about quaternions? This is Episode 57 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2018
  • Length: 05:01
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Let's take a poll. Who knows what this engineering word means? This is Episode 56 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 05:08