Don't Panic Geocast
387 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsJohn Leeman and Shannon Dulin discuss geoscience and technology weekly for your enjoyment! Features include guests, fun paper Friday selections, product reviews, and banter about recent developments. Shannon is a field geologist who tolerates technology and John is a self-proclaimed nerd that tolerates geologists.
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Episode 384 - "Glaciers caused the great lakes, now we have them, the end" Alexis Dahl
April 05, 2024 16:00 - 57 minutes - 42 MBThis week we interview YouTube science creator, science writer, and communicator Alexis Dahl to learn about the rocks of Michigan's UP and how scientists can do a better job of sharing what they do. Alexis' YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/AlexisDahl) Alexis' Website (https://www.alexisdahl.com/) Fun Paper Friday What should you drink after fondue to prevent "chesse baby" feelings? Heinrich, Henriette, et al. "Effect on gastric function and symptoms of drinking wine, black tea, or s...
Episode 383 - "Logarithmically Fades Away"
March 29, 2024 20:00 - 46 minutes - 33 MBThis week we see how scientists break down the Earth into 7 or more spheres and why that is and isn't a good idea. We also explore a fun paper about graphene that is just full of crap. Fun Paper Friday Graphene is an amazing material, but are all of the papers about it full of crap? This one certainly is! Wang, Lu, Zdenek Sofer, and Martin Pumera. "Will any crap we put into graphene increase its electrocatalytic effect?." ACS nano 14.1 (2020): 21-25. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs...
Episode 382 - "A world without attenuation would be unbearably noisy"
March 16, 2024 01:00 - 46 minutes - 32.5 MBWhat can we get from mining the moon? Should we? Who can do it? Why should we do it? That and more in this week's show! Fun Paper Friday Do we live in 3D? Can you prove it? Morley, Tom. "A simple proof that the world is three-dimensional." SIAM review 27.1 (1985): 69-71. (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dejenie-Lakew/post/On-which-cross-section-temporal-or-spatial-can-sound-wave-exist-and-heard/attachment/59d625416cda7b8083a21383/AS%3A435027596058625%401480730069399/download/morley+%28Th...
Episode 381 - "Desk Sedimentology"
March 08, 2024 18:00 - 50 minutes - 37.2 MBThis week we talk about new national parks, sticky notes, and empirical evidence about fly fishing. Fun Paper Friday Britton, B. J., J. Grimley Evans, and J. M. Potter. "Does the fly matter? The CRACKPOT study in evidence based trout fishing." BMJ 317.7174 (1998): 1678-1680. (https://www.bmj.com/content/317/7174/1678.full.pdf+html) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) @dontpanicgeo (https://tw...
Episode 380 - "Flame out like a bolide"
March 01, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBThis week we talk about how rocks get magnetic field imparted to them and if scientists are really discovering anything new these days. Fun Paper Friday Park, Michael, Erin Leahey, and Russell J. Funk. "Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time." Nature 613.7942 (2023): 138-144. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05543-x) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) @dontpanic...
Episode 379 - "How would you like to buy Brunton?"
February 23, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBThis week we're rejoined by the Heerschaps to learn about how they came to own and run Brunton and what's next for the company that is a staple of the geological, recreational, and military navigation world. Go Get a Brunton! (https://www.brunton.com/) EPISODE 109 - "REALLY SAD MICHAEL BOLTON MUSIC" LAUREN AND DAVE HEERSCHAP (https://www.dontpanicgeocast.com/109) Fun Paper Friday This week's fun paper may make you think before saying "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" Finsterer, Josef. "Earl Grey tea into...
Episode 378 - "I love the font"
February 16, 2024 14:00 - 42 minutes - 31.1 MBWe generally don't think of sedimentary rocks when we think of volcanoes, but they are real! Find out why sedimentologists don't have to be bored in volcanic terranes. Fun Paper Friday Torres-Company, Victor. "One ring to multiplex them all." Nature 546.7657 (2017): 214-215. (https://www.nature.com/articles/546214a) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) @dontpanicgeo (https://twitter.com/dontpa...
Episode 377 - "Definitely Panic - Another Oklahoma Earthquake"
February 09, 2024 14:00 - 49 minutes - 37.9 MBOklahoma was rocked by another relatively large earthquake for a mid-continent region. We break it down, compare it to the 2011 earthquake and then talk about the hairy ball theorem. Fun Paper Friday McGrath, Peter. "An extremely short proof of the hairy ball theorem." The American Mathematical Monthly 123.5 (2016): 502-503. (https://www2.math.upenn.edu/~pjmcgrat/research/hairy-ball.pdf) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (h...
Episode 376 - "Got to get those pizza ovens hot"
February 03, 2024 02:00 - 54 minutes - 39.2 MBThis week we tackle the controversial topic of fracking. Learn about how it works and what it does to help get oil and gas out of the ground and into your home. Fun Paper Friday Seo, Ki‐Weon, et al. "Drift of Earth's pole confirms groundwater depletion as a significant contributor to global sea level rise 1993–2010." Geophysical Research Letters 50.12 (2023): e2023GL103509. (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023GL103509) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https:/...
Episode 375 - "Squeeze it shut"
January 26, 2024 12:00 - 54 minutes - 39.3 MBThis week we keep talking about wells. It's all about casing, cementing, bottom hole assemblies, and wet underwear. Fun Paper Friday Bakkevig, Martha Kold, and Ruth Nielsen. "Impact of wet underwear on thermoregulatory responses and thermal comfort in the cold." Ergonomics 37.8 (1994): 1375-1389. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00140139408964916) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.co...
Episode 374 - "Until you Lick It"
January 20, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBHow do you drill a hole in the ground? Turns out that drilling wells is more complicated than you might think! Fun Paper Friday “Eating Fossils,” Jan Zalasiewicz, The Paleontological Association Newsletter, no. 96, November 2017. (https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) @dontpanicgeo (https://twitter.com/dontpanicgeo) show@dontpanicge...
Episode 373 - "Tastes like Animal Crackers"
January 12, 2024 12:30 - 1 hour - 47 MBThis show got stuck in processing before sabbatical and did not automatically release, but here it is! This week we range over several topics on our minds while testing out english biscuits per a fun paper a few weeks ago. Also - do cats understand you but just don't care? Fun Paper Friday Do cats understand you, but just not care? Saito, Atsuko, et al. "Domestic cats (Felis catus) discriminate their names from other words." Scientific Reports 9.1 (2019): 5394. (https://www.nature.com/article...
Episode 372 - "The Rumors of My Death" 2024 Resolutions
January 05, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBWe're back for the 2024 season after our first ever sabbatical and we're ready to talk science, resolutions, and barbie. Fun Paper Friday Klamer, Katherine. "Analysis of Barbie medical and science career dolls: descriptive quantitative study." bmj 383 (2023). (https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj-2023-077276.full) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) @dontpanicgeo (https://twitter.com/dontpanic...
Episode 371 - "Have you tried licking it?"
September 15, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 30.3 MBThis week we talk about mudrock - which sounds pretty self explanatory, but of course geologists have made a complex classification scheme around it. Also we delve into if you should "sleep on it" when making big decisions. Fun Paper Friday Should you sleep on it when making an important decision? Dijksterhuis, Ap, et al. "On making the right choice: The deliberation-without-attention effect." Science 311.5763 (2006): 1005-1007. (http://www1.psych.purdue.edu/~gfrancis/Classes/PSY392/Dijksterh...
Episode 370 - "Siliceous Ooze"
September 08, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes - 37.8 MBWe said if you just pick up a rock, it is probably chert. How does this pervasive rock form? I mean we should have a good idea, right? Fun Paper Friday Time for tea and biscuits... and science. Jones, Ceri, and John Francis. "Direct Uptake of Nutrition and Caffeine Study (DUNCS): biscuit based comparative study." bmj 379 (2022). (https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj-2022-072839) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www....
Episode 369 - "Collect data in the field, do science at home"
August 25, 2023 12:00 - 54 minutes - 38.3 MBIt takes a lot to plan field work, no matter if it is a day rock hounding or a week in the deep field. This week we talk about what you need to know! Fun Paper Friday You Can Just Put Up a Poster at IMCL and Nobody Will Stop You (http://betterposters.blogspot.com/2023/08/nobody-will-stop-you-viral-machine.html) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) SWUNG Slack (https://softwareunderground.org) ...
Episode 368 - "It is Chert"
August 18, 2023 12:00 - 52 minutes - 46.7 MBYou walk outside and find a rock - what is it? Well, that's probably a difficult answer. Also, how round are electrons and how do you even measure that? Fun Paper Friday Science News Article (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/electron-round-new-measurement-matter-physics?fbclid=IwAR3Fm-g8IjUfrJSRB5OefRdOOgR9umArWwNCvQWOppfBrBYfEA_mT2mjr6M) Roussy, Tanya S., et al. "An improved bound on the electron’s electric dipole moment." Science 381.6653 (2023): 46-50. (https://www.science.org/doi/10.11...
Episode 367 - "Summer Break"
August 05, 2023 01:00 - 54 minutes - 40.1 MBClasses are about to start, so let's grab some gear and get to work! Field Supplies (https://leemangeophysical.com/product-category/field-supplies/) Field Kits (https://leemangeophysical.com/product/field-camp-kit/) Geological Field Sketches and Illustrations: A Practical Guide (https://www.amazon.com/Geological-Field-Sketches-Illustrations-Practical/dp/0198835922/ref=asc_df_0198835922/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=416713164431&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2378661877260157780&hvpone=&hvptwo=&h...
Episode 366 - "I Didn't Blow Away"
June 23, 2023 17:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBThis summer while Shannon has been at field camp we took a short hiatus, but we're back! Find out what happened with camp and more as well as what happens when you drop a spinning bottle of water. Fun Paper Friday Ehrenstein, David. "Controlling the Bounce of a Bottle." Physics 16 (2023): 102. (https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/102) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) SWUNG Slack (https://...
Episode 365 - Salinity Crisis "Smoking Various Meats and WWII"
June 09, 2023 17:45 - 39 minutes - 28 MBThis week we talk about the Messinian Salinity Crisis and if your mom was right about cracking your knuckles. Fun Paper Friday Does cracking your knuckles destory your joints, improve joint health, or neither? Find out how one man has experiented on himself to find a potential answer. Unger, Donald L. "Does knuckle cracking lead to arthritis of the fingers?." Arthritis & Rheumatism: Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology 41.5 (1998): 949-950. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
Episode 364 - Geology of War "I'm glad I listen to this podcast"
May 13, 2023 01:00 - 55 minutes - 40.4 MBJoin us as we explore how the intricate interplay between geology and military strategy has shaped history. We unravel the secrets behind the terrain's influence on battles, from its impact on troop movements to the potential for fortifications and natural defenses. Additionally, we investigate an intriguing question: What type of rock is the deadliest? We are astonished by the unexpected ways in which geology has played a pivotal role in shaping the destiny of nations in times of war. Fun Pa...
Episode 363 - "National Natural Landmark"
May 05, 2023 19:00 - 52 minutes - 37.3 MBIn this episode of the Don't Panic Geocast podcast, we continue our exploration of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, immersing ourselves in its stunning landscapes and geological wonders. From glacial features to ancient river valleys, each step along the trail reveals new marvels waiting to be discovered. In the "Fun Paper Friday" segment, we dive into the intriguing world of gas marbles, unraveling their peculiar properties and potential applications. Fun Paper Friday Roux, Aymeric, Alexis...
Episode 362 - "A lot of gray area in geology"
April 28, 2023 18:00 - 46 minutes - 35.3 MBIn this episode of the Don't Panic Geocast, we dive into the fascinating world of dolomite, a mineral that is commonly found in sedimentary rocks. They discuss the unique characteristics of dolomite and the different ways in which it is formed. We also highlight a fun paper on equine dietary preferences, which explores the food choices of horses in different environments. The paper reveals interesting insights into the feeding habits of horses and how they adapt to different conditions Fun Pa...
Episode 361 - "No Ice Other than in Tea" Ice Age Trail Part 1
April 14, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBJohn and Shannon are embarrassed to learn about a "new" national park - the Ice Age National Scenic Trail! Ice Age Trail (https://www.nps.gov/iatr/index.htm) Fun Paper Friday How can invisible creatures make their eyes invisible? What about their blood? What's going on in the ocean? Feller, Kate, and Megan Porter. "Photonic tinkering in the open ocean." Science 379.6633 (2023): 643-644. (https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.adf2062) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://...
Episode 360 - "Third and Fourth Order Nonsense" Lane's Balance
April 07, 2023 15:00 - 43 minutes - 33.2 MBThis week we dive into rivers and what makes them erode, deposit, move and more using an engineering concept called Lane's balance. River Dynamics Fact Sheet (https://floodready.vermont.gov/sites/floodready/files/documents/rv_river_dynamics_101.pdf) Fun Paper Friday Lasers, high speed cameras, lightning, radio observations, and electric fields. It doesn't get better than this! Houard, Aurélien, et al. "Laser-guided lightning." Nature Photonics (2023): 1-5. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Episode 359 - "Standing Around Staring"
March 18, 2023 01:00 - 37 minutes - 28.2 MBWe've been off air for a bit due to a giant move! Find out more! Fun Paper Friday Have we been leaving more that footprints on Mt. Everest? What about other planets? Humans are leaving behind a 'frozen signature' of microbes on Mount Everest (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230314155103.htm) Nicholas B. Dragone, L. Baker Perry, Adam J. Solon, Anton Seimon, Tracie A. Seimon, Steven K. Schmidt. Genetic analysis of the frozen microbiome at 7900 m a.s.l., on the South Col of Sagarma...
Episode 358 - "Put a pin in it" Surveillance Balloons
February 24, 2023 21:00 - 57 minutes - 44.4 MBThere's been a lot of buzz about the PRC surveillance balloon, so we unpack the history of using balloons for science and for military. Fun Paper Friday Thanks to listener Xavier for this disturbing fun paper on privacy and tech repair. Ceci, Jason, Jonah Stegman, and Hassan Khan. "No Privacy in the Electronics Repair Industry." arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.05824 (2022). (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2211.05824.pdf) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dont...
Episode 357 - "Looks like the iron throne"
February 10, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes - 30.1 MBGiant crystal in caves sounds more like a plot twist than a geological phenomena, but this week we learn how the Naica Mine crystals were formed! Fun Paper Friday Head, D., and T. Vanorio. "Effects of changes in rock microstructures on permeability: 3‐D printing investigation." Geophysical Research Letters 43.14 (2016): 7494-7502. (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016GL069334) Standford News Article (https://news.stanford.edu/2016/08/10/stanford-scientists-show-print-...
Episode 356 - "They'll find me laying in a graben"
February 03, 2023 23:45 - 38 minutes - 27 MBThis week we talk about basin and range topography, horsts, grabens, and more! Also how similar is your mouth bacteria to someone you kissed? John McPhee Book (https://www.amazon.com/Basin-Range-John-McPhee/dp/0374516901) USGS Basin and Range Report (https://www.usgs.gov/publications/basin-and-range-province-utah-nevada-and-california) Fun Paper Friday Kort, Remco, et al. "Shaping the oral microbiota through intimate kissing." Microbiome 2.1 (2014): 1-8. (https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentr...
Episode 355 - "Best First Week of Class Ever"
January 27, 2023 14:00 - 52 minutes - 37.3 MBThis week John and Shannon discuss some mysterious rocks whose extraterrestrial origin is still debated and if growing a beard is a good defense against a punch. Arstechnica article on Hypatia Stone (https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/mysterious-hypatia-stone-might-hold-earliest-evidence-of-type-ia-supernova/) Fun Paper Friday Beseris, E. A., S. E. Naleway, and D. R. Carrier. "Impact protection potential of mammalian hair: Testing the pugilism hypothesis for the evolution of human facial...
Episode 354 - "That's Gneiss"
January 21, 2023 02:00 - 33 minutes - 23.5 MBNew York City is a sprawling metropolis, but the design of the city is heavily influenced by the geology of this tortured patch of rock. This week we talk about it and what rocks you'll see as you stroll the city streets. Manhattan Schist (https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/j-hood-wright-park/highlights/12369#:~:text=Manhattan%20schist%20was%20formed%20about,a%20single%20supercontinent%2C%20called%20Pangea.) Inwood Marble (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckahoe_marble) Fordham Gneiss (https://...
Episode 353 - "We Didn't Do So Well"
January 13, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBShannon's Resolutions Streamline Digital Workflows Read a lot! (and use goodreads) Take a sabbatical John's Resolutions Read 24 Books Cut carbs and meal prep lunch Take quarterly vacations Systemize, delegate, react Fun Paper Friday Do you have a funny walk? It could be healthy! Gaesser, Glenn A., David C. Poole, and Siddhartha S. Angadi. "Quantifying the benefits of inefficient walking: Monty Python inspired laboratory based experimental study." bmj 379 (2022). (https://www.bmj.com/content/3...
Episode 352 - "Why are things so heavy in the future?"
December 23, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 40.1 MBShannon went to a workshop on determining the provenance of sediments using heavy elements, optical microscopes, and Raman spectra! Raman Spectroscopy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raman_spectroscopy) Fun Paper Friday Do dogs lie when they mark? McGuire, B., et al. "Urine marking in male domestic dogs: honest or dishonest?." Journal of Zoology 306.3 (2018): 163-170. (https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jzo.12603) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://w...
Episode 351 - "Our Favorite Things"
December 16, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB2022 flew past, so this week John and Shannon review their favorite things, experiences, classes, and more of 2022. Everything from bee keeping to kitchen appliances to multimeters to books! John's Favorite Things 2022 Hantek 2D72 (https://amzn.to/3hAVsSB) GEARS Workshop (https://leemangeophysical.com/gears-2022-workshop/) Collapsing Wagon (https://amzn.to/3YyBUyJ) Milwaukee Packouts (https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Storage-Solutions/PACKOUT) and Ratchet Wrenches (https://www.homedepot...
Episode 350 - "Borehole to Hell"
December 02, 2022 19:00 - 47 minutes - 36.1 MBHow deep have we actually drilled into the Earth? Turns out, not very far, just 12,262 metres (40,230 ft) or about 0.3% of the way to the center of the Earth. We talk about the challenges of this feat and about potty training cows. Kola Superdeep Borehole (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole) Fun Paper Friday Cows are a source of many environmental concerns, but what if we could potty train them? Science News Article (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cow-cattle-pee-potty-...
Episode 349 - "That Sounds Heavy" Tech Replacement
November 18, 2022 15:00 - 56 minutes - 43.9 MBIt's hard to decide when it is finally time to let go. When do you recycle that old tech and replace it? It may still work, but is it the thing holding you back, or do you just want something new and don't really need it? This week Shannon and John grappled with this exact question and talked each other into and out of some potential technology purchases Fun Paper Friday Everyone knows that physics can solve any problem if you simplify it enough, but biologists are fed up! This week John Doyl...
Episode 348 - "Hot Juicy Magma"
November 06, 2022 15:00 - 42 minutes - 31.5 MBForms in fractures of rocks already in place, so it an INTRUSIVE feature Form at right angles to the direction of extension in the area - nature’s frac jobs Can be super thin or super thick, but generally are self-consistent Can have multiple periods of injection or even multiple compositions of injection over time Can get en echelon patterns, rings, and cones (last two common with caldera volcanism) Magmatic are the most well known and form when magma flows into a crack and cools into a shee...
Episode 347 - "Tiny Crusty Rocks"
November 05, 2022 02:00 - 40 minutes - 31.7 MBIt's all about meteorites, space rocks made from proto planets, metals, and more! Fun Paper Friday Ness, E., & Bihm, E. (2018). Short-Term Cognitive Therapy for Authors of Rejected Manuscripts. Journal of Polymorphous Perversity (http://www.psychhumor.com/2018/12/08/286/) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) SWUNG Slack (https://softwareunderground.org) @dontpanicgeo (https://twitter.com/dontp...
Episode 346 - "They Haven't Broke"
October 22, 2022 02:00 - 49 minutes - 38.4 MBThis week we recap Shannon's travel to GSA and John's travel to Europe before diving into what shaped knobs are best for different applications in an award winning Fun Paper Friday! Fun Paper Friday “How to Use Fingers during Rotary Control of Columnar Knobs,” Gen Matsuzaki, Kazuo Ohuchi, Masaru Uehara, Yoshiyuki Ueno, and Goro Imura, Bulletin of Japanese Society for the Science of Design, vol. 45, no. 5, 1999, pp. 69-76. (https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14720414) Contact us: Show Support ...
Episode 345 - "3rd Hoodoo on the Left"
October 08, 2022 02:00 - 34 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week its all about the badlands and how they got to be so bad! Fun Paper Friday DECEPTIVELY CHONKY LIZARD BREAKS AN UNFORTUNATE, STRANGE RECORD (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/super-constipated-florida-lizard-breaks-records-gargantuan-poop-180974813/) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) SWUNG Slack (https://softwareunderground.org) @dontpanicgeo (https://twitter.com/dontpanicg...
Episode 345 - 3rd Hoodoo on the Left
October 08, 2022 02:00 - 34 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week its all about the badlands and how they got to be so bad! Fun Paper Friday DECEPTIVELY CHONKY LIZARD BREAKS AN UNFORTUNATE, STRANGE RECORD (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/super-constipated-florida-lizard-breaks-records-gargantuan-poop-180974813/) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) SWUNG Slack (https://softwareunderground.org) @dontpanicgeo (https://twitter.com/dontpanicg...
Episode 344 - "Pre-Cognated"
October 01, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBLearning new things is hard - and we're talking about how we are trying to do it! Fun Paper Friday How is sleep tied to creativity? Weinberger, Eva, et al. "Having a creative day: Understanding entrepreneurs' daily idea generation through a recovery lens." Journal of Business Venturing 33.1 (2018): 1-19. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883902616301641) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontp...
Episode 343 - "Div, Grad, and Curl"
September 23, 2022 18:00 - 53 minutes - 40.5 MBVector calculus is everywhere, but sadly good explanations are not. This week we talk about the div, grad, and curl operations. Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus (https://amzn.to/3fky5Lq) Fun Paper Friday Yanai, Itai, and Martin Lercher. "The two languages of science." Genome Biology 21.1 (2020): 1-9. (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?output=instlink&q=info:igPWCvk25sgJ:scholar.google.com/&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&scillfp=7481915880690560990&oi=lle) Contact us: Show...
Episode 342 - "Kiss Me"
September 10, 2022 02:00 - 51 minutes - 37.3 MBHow do we remember all of the sequences, facts, and processes in our fields? Mnemonic devices! This week we chat about a few of our favorites. Fun Paper Friday Is having a hypothesis a bad thing? Yanai, Itai, and Martin Lercher. "A hypothesis is a liability." Genome Biology 21.1 (2020): 1-5. (https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-020-02133-w) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicg...
Episode 341 - "Scrambler Outside the Physics Department"
September 03, 2022 01:00 - 40 minutes - 31.6 MBThis week we discuss more about the three apparent forces we feel on a rotating ball: * Coriolis Force (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_force) * Centrifugal Force (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_force) * Euler Force (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_force) Fun Paper Friday How can you get rid of a bad case of the hiccups? Odeh, M., H. Bassan, and A. Oliven. "Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage." Journal of internal medicine 227.2 (1990): 145-146...
Episode 340 - "Coriolis Thing"
August 27, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBThe Coriolis force is a ficticious force that makes winds flow parallel to isobars in the atmosphere - this week we talk about it and how it fights the pressure gradient force to make the geostrophic balance work! Fun Paper Friday Can counting crows count to zero? Kirschhock, Maximilian E., Helen M. Ditz, and Andreas Nieder. "Behavioral and neuronal representation of numerosity zero in the crow." Journal of Neuroscience 41.22 (2021): 4889-4896. (https://www.jneurosci.org/content/jneuro/41/22/...
Episode 339 - "Museum with a crater out back"
August 20, 2022 01:00 - 44 minutes - 34.5 MBThis week we talk about meteor crater. Meteor Crater (https://meteorcrater.com/) Kring, David A. "Air blast produced by the Meteor Crater impact event and a reconstruction of the affected environment." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 32.4 (1997): 517-530. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01297.x) Fun Paper Friday Can the pill color change the outcome? De Craen, Anton JM, et al. "Effect of colour of drugs: systematic review of perceived effect of drugs ...
Episode 338 - "GEARS 2022"
August 12, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBJohn's company ran the second iteration of the GEARS workshop (read about 2021 here (https://leemangeophysical.com/gears-2021-workshop/)). After learning some hard lessons last year, this year's workshop was much different and hopefully even better! Fun Paper Friday Thanks to listener Darryl for this fun... poster Friday? We'll wrap up the episode talking about wraps! Tastee Tape Poster (https://designday.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Tasty-Tape-Poster-File-V4.pdf) Contact us: Show ...
Episode 337 - "Air Guitar"
July 23, 2022 02:00 - 28 minutes - 20.7 MBLightning produces many phenomena, but one is pops, clicks, and whistles in the radio frequencies. Learn why, how, and what the upper atmosphere has to do with it! Listen to a Whistler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeuI8AJMIxU) Listen to Sferics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgxOqEkFawA) Radio Jove (https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/) Fun Paper Friday Should there be speed bumps that say "rate your pain" at the entrance to the emergency room? These authors say it could be useful! Ashdown,...
Episode 336 - "Chopstick Breaking Sound"
July 15, 2022 20:00 - 41 minutes - 29.1 MBThis week we talk about sounds from the Aurora and strange atmospheric conditions that create it. * Sound producing mechanism in the temperature inversion layer and its sensitivity to geomagnetic activity (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359861885_Sound_producing_mechanism_in_the_temperature_inversion_layer_and_its_sensitivity_to_geomagnetic_activity) Fun Paper Friday What can we do to fight a fierce predator? The cat! Cecchetti, Martina, et al. "Provision of high meat content food a...