The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1604: Hydrogen

Episode: 1604 In which hydrogen balloons bind science to technology. Today, hydrogen — in 1783.
By Dr. John Lienhard at Houston Public Media (NPR/PBS) · · 1 min read

Episode: 1604 In which hydrogen balloons bind science to technology. Today, hydrogen — in 1783.
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Quan Flowers, 41, is said to be involved in the suspected murder and disappearance of then 24-year-old Kalie Goodwin.

Court documents state that Maitlin Page White, 28, was charged with two felony counts of online impersonation in Harris County.

Two people are dead from this week's devastating floods. Now, we're hearing from the family.

Texas law enforcement agencies are launching the annual "Operation Slowdown" campaign from July 18 through August 2, increasing patrols and speed enforcement to reduce the state's leading cause of traffic fatalities.

A man who admitted to killing two teenagers in northwest Harris County was arrested in Brooklyn after spending nearly three years on the run, following a judge's decision to let him remain free over a weekend before he was supposed to begin serving a 50-year prison sentence.

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Residents in the MacGregor area of southeast Houston say new houses are being built in their neighborhood that never should have been allowed in the first place.

A strong earthquake struck the southern Mexican Pacific coast on Friday, right on the border with Guatemala, and was felt from Mexico City to El Salvador.

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Law enforcement in far Northern California announced the arrests of a father and his adult son in the alleged kidnapping of two U.S. Forest Service workers, who are safe and free after being zip-tied and held at gunpoint for nearly 15 hours in a trailer in a remote area.

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Harris County officials identified the victim and suspect from the deadly shooting in northeast Harris County on Rolling Creek Drive.

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