Engines of Our Ingenuity

Episode: 1500 1500th episode and 2000 AD: A poor time to summarize. Today, we reach a landmark.

Episode: 1499 Domestic animals: A tricky marriage between human and beast. Today, we try to domesticate a wild animal.

Episode: 1563 Looking back at the impact of toys. Sorting through a box the other day, I found old toys -- a lead soldier, a stuffed dog, a set of blocks.

Episode: 1760 The Christmas Lectures: Michael Faraday's Gift to children. Today, the Christmas Lectures.

Episode: 3348 The unspoken binding tissue of Christmas – and of Hanukkah. Today, a Merry Christmas to all.

Episode: 3037 Carol of the Bells. Today, a Christmas carol.

Episode: 3347 My metaphor for the academic life: The Circus. Today, we welcome new faculty.

Episode: 1498 How the In which we try to jump as high as a flea. Today, can you jump as high as a flea?

Episode: 1497 The rise of Paul Bunyan's radical double-bitted axe. Today, we learn to use a new axe.

Episode: 1496 Mrs. Greenhow, the first great Confederate spy. Today, we meet a Confederate spy.

Episode: 2548 INFORMS and the mathematics of problem solving. Today, strange bedfellows.

Episode: 2817 Where do creative ideas come from? Today, let's talk about creativity.