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Episode: 3391 In which Project Mohole looks inside Earth while Sputnik reaches outside. Today, Inner Space versus Outer Space.
Episode: 1608 Three scale models of structures, with vastly different weights. Today, we design for tension.
Episode: 1607 Continuous-aim firing: a diagnosis of an ill-received idea. Today, we aim a gun from a rocking platform.
Episode: 1606 The Skycity: a concept struggling against its own Gothic weight. Today, the skycity.
Episode: 2622 Watson: A computer system that plays Jeopardy!. Today, Jeopardy!.
Episode: 3390 Geraldine Watson & The Big Thicket National Preserve. Today, Geraldine Watson & The Big Thicket National Preserve.
Episode: 3389 In which Carlo Antonio Testore’s violins and other stringed instruments show him to be a different kind of Luthier. Today, a luthier teaches us a lesson.
Episode: 3388 Let us see how much Omar Khayyam accomplished, beyond his having inspired poet Edward FitzGerald. Today, Omar Khayyam.
Episode: 1605 The brief race to build very tall buildings: 1885 to 1931. Today, the brief day of the first skyscrapers.
Episode: 1604 In which hydrogen balloons bind science to technology. Today, hydrogen -- in 1783.
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