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Episode: 2230 James Banning, pioneering Black pilot.  Today, James Herman Banning.

Episode: 2229 Hurdles that children must leap to learn science.  Today, children and science.

Episode: 2785 VisiCalc: early killer-app.  Today, column D, row 3.

Episode: 3107 Why it matters that we expect boys to be brilliant and girls to work hard.  Today, let’s talk about who we expect to be brilliant.

Episode: 2897 A (Very) Short History of Privacy and Technology.  Today, privacy and technology.

Episode: 3269 Blueprint: Once a thing, now only a metaphor.  Today, a thing lingers as a metaphor.

Episode: 2227 A Late Night Movie: Beatrice Lillie and a glimpse of another time.  Today, let us go to a very old movie.

Episode: 2232 The real story behind Amelia Earhart, and other tales to good to be true.  Today, I'm in trouble.

Episode: 2226 Aesop's Fables and scientific illustration.  Today, Aesop's fables illustrate a new science.

Episode: 2784 Environmentally Sustainable Golf Courses.  Today, where the grass is always greener.

Episode: 3072 The brewer, chemist and statistician William Sealy Gosset.  Today, a master brewer and a statistician.

Episode: 2225 Jean-Charles Borda: More than just a name on an orifice meter.  Today, let's meet Jean-Charles Borda.

Episode: 2223 Charlie Taylor, builder of the Wright brothers' engines.  Today, the Wright brother's engine.

Episode: 2762 Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes.  Today, Uncle Sam's better half.

Episode: 3078 Restoring the Parthenon: The Acropolis Restoration Service and 40+ Years of Hard Work.  Today, how to rebuild a ruin.

Episode: 2222 Jeremiah Horrocks, the 23-year-old "Father of English Astronomy."  Today, a planetary prodigy.

Episode: 2221 Who owns the streets: the invention of jaywalking.  Today, who owns the streets.

Episode: 2224 Thomas Jefferson and megalonyx, the great-clawed ground sloth.  Today, Jefferson meets Great Claw.

Episode: 2217 Escalator: the Not-All-Purpose Magical Stairway.  Today, magic stairways.

Episode: 2778 Qualia and Mary's Black and White Room.  Today, there's something about Mary.