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This week we tackle a listener requested show - the transportable array! Join us as Robert Bubsy joins us to talk about managing the project. Transportable Array Robert Busby Wyoming telescope Judah Levine Sea ice data Depoloyment Timeline Tracking Hurricane Matthew with seismic noise Ground motion visualization Fun Paper Friday Mortimer, Nick, et al. “Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent.” GSA Tod...

Lauren and Dave Heerschap Real Science Innovations LLC Rule of V’s Blocks Brunton Axis Video of Axis in Action Real Science Innovations YouTube Channel Fun Paper Friday Did mountains growing make our brains bigger? Explore this tongue in cheek paper on the geo-cranial relation. Get ready for a good chuckle! Molnar, Peter. “The rise of mountain ranges and the evolution of humans: a causal relation?...

John is defending his dissertation, so he prepares by describing it to you! Meseum of Osteology XKCD Thesis Defense Origin of the Thesis NZ Earthquake Lights Hydraulic Press Channel Biaxal deformation press Fun Paper Friday How can we understand the brain? Is a processor the same thing? This study examines the classic 6502. Economist Column Jonas, Eric, and Konrad Paul Kording. “Could a neuroscien...

How many students will ever make a professional geologic map? Not many most likely. Is it still essential to learn? You bet! This week we discuss why and how it’s done. Field Methods Episode 32 Pocket Transit Manual Strike and Dip (YouTube) Interactive Grand Canyon Map PDF Grand Canyon Map Little Baldy Fun Paper Friday Slime molds predict best transportation routes? Internet comments misinterpret...

This week we take some time to discuss YOUR feedback.- and there’s a lot! Also, how can disks of ice start rotating spontaneously? Listen this week to find out! Feedback Capt. Richard Phillips Joe’s Seismometer Earthquake recorded Unknown Event Lee Post’s Books Why The Array Index Should Start From 0 Ice Circles Ice Circles Feb. 1895 Scientific American North Dakota Ice Circle (YouTube) Russian Ic...

This week Jay Minton stops by to tell us about working at some of the largest boy scout camps around and all of the planning that goes into nature trails. Shannon brings us another fun paper from BMJ and John laments about painting. Jay Minton Philmont Scout Ranch (official site) Philmont Scout Ranch (Wikipedia) Waite Phillips Phillips Petroleum Company Boy Scouts of America Northern Tier (officia...

This week, John is moving and Shannon is getting started with the semester, but we take a break to talk about Devil’s Tower, why Shannon has to play with her food, and if we can swim faster in syrup! Devil’s Tower Devil’s Tower Close Encounters Movie Clip Antiquities Act Devil’s Tower Stories Laccolith Volcanic Plug/Neck Columnar Jointing History of Columnar Jointing Ideas Devils Postpile Giant’s...

Listener Graeme asked us why rocks are hard. We explore the simple and hard explanations and then tackle the science of the perfect Martini in this week’s show! Why are Rocks Hard Whinstone Mohs Scale A.A. Griffith Griffith’s Criterion de Havilland Comet No Highway (Nevil Shute) Rocks Rock Harder (YouTube) Fun Paper Friday Trevithick, C. C., et al. “Shaken, not stirred: bioanalytical study of the...

This week we talk about academia. How does it work? The career track is long and has many twists and turns. There are also a lot of jobs many people never think about. And what is this elusive colloquium we speak of? Fun Paper Friday Do parachutes really work? How do we know without double blind, randomized, placebo controlled, crossover trials? (Thanks for Nick H. for this fun paper!) Smith, Gord...

John and Shannon ring in the new year talking about native science and Enchanted Rock State Park. Why are the rocks enchanted and what can we learn from the native stories? Enchanted Rock State Park Enchanted Rock State Park Batholith Pluton Granite Dome Video of exfoliation in action Fun Paper Friday What can lake deposits tell us about historical storms? Were the gods protecting Japan from attac...

John made it back from San Francisco and Shannon is getting her new laptop setup. This week we took a break to talk about electron backscatter in scanning electron microscopes and think about what can modify the size of animals. EBSD Measurements Electron backscatter diffraction Kikuchi Bands Bragg’s Law LPO Paper Optical Interference Figures Fun Paper Friday What can change the size of an animal?...

It’s our 100th episode! Join us as we revisit some of our favorite Fun Paper Friday segments. Are you musically inclined? We are looking for new show music! Send us your audio, ideas, and suggestions for royalty free music! Fun Paper Revisits Episode 19 – “The whole office is batteries” Meyer-Rochow, V. B., & Gal, J. (2003). Pressures produced when penguins pooh?calculations on avian defaecati...

John and Shannon wrap up the semester by taking a break to talk about scanning electron microscopes and the health benefits of beer. Scanning Electron Microscopes Scanning Electron Microscope Electron gun Electromagnetic Lenses Auger Effect Secondary Electron Emission Backscattered Electron Emission Bremsstrahlung X-rays Scanning Electron Microscopy - Cathodoluminescence Transmission Electron Micr...

This week Elecia White from Embedded.fm joins us to talk about embedded electronics, beach sand pirates, and bear bells. Also John has microphone issues, sorry about that! Embedded.fm Logical Elegance Elecia on Twitter (@logicalelegance) Embedded.fm on Twitter (@embeddedfm) Arduino mbed Sparkfun Electronics ESP8266 Thing Shot Spotter Introduction to California’s Beaches and Coast Longshore Drift D...

Shannon has been learning how to play engineer. This week we talk about getting your hands dirty and how we learn new skills. Learning New Skills Debugging (Book) YouTube Lynda.com Libraries Podcasts Embedded.fm Fun Paper Friday Tuk, Mirjam A., Debra Trampe, and Luk Warlop. “Inhibitory spillover increased urination urgency facilitates impulse control in unrelated domains.” Psychological Science 22...

John and Shannon are back to doing science instead of troubleshooting and take a break to talk with Dr. Greg Wilson about Software Carpentry, how to teach effectively, and a smattering of related topics about the academic world. Greg Wilson Software Carpentry Data Carpentry Library Carpentry It Will Never Work in Theory The Architecture of Open Source Applications Request a Software Carpentry Work...

Shannon has been in the field sampling the great unconformity and John has been traveling to prepare for an exciting change. Join us this week to learn about discontinuities of all kinds! Unconformities Sedimentary Rocks Siccar Point Unconformity Geologic Time Lab Activity Grand Canyon Geology The Great Unconformity Fun Paper Friday Peters, Shanan E., and Robert R. Gaines. “Formation of the Great...

This week we address a listener question about air pressure. What is it? Is the Earth’s atmosphere different thicknesses at different places? Find out, along with the answer to the age old question: “Where are all the teaspoons?” Air Pressure International Standard Atmosphere Barometric Pressure Pascal (unit) Scale Height Hydrostatic Equation Upper Air Maps Make a barometer Density Altitude Fun Pa...

John and Shannon are still fighting lab equipment, but take a break to talk to a guest suggested by listener Angie about how climate change is forming our landscape. Ben Crosby Dr. Crosby’s Website Permafrost Thermokarst Gooseff, Michael N., et al. “Effects of hillslope thermokarst in northern Alaska.” Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 90.4 (2009): 29–30. Jorgenson, M. Torre, Yuri L. Sh...

John and Shannon are fighting lab equipment, but they take a break to continue their discussion of hurricanes. This week we talk about how we measure hurricanes - from airplanes to buoys. Hurricane Hunters Reporter Flys with the Hunters (YouTube) 403rd Wing Homepage NOAA Hurricane Hunters Homepage AT–6 Texan WC–130 WP–3D Gulfstream IV Storm Chasers Book (David Toomey) Instruments Dropsonde Driftso...

We’ve had a fairly active hurricane season, so we thought that maybe now would be a good time to discuss what exactly a hurricane is, especially for those of us non-coastal dwellers who maybe don’t think about them as much as say…tornadoes! National Hurricane Center Hurricane Structure Storm Surge Hurricane FAQ Typhoon Tip Hurricane Patricia NHC Hurricane Patricia Report Hurricane Wilma 1900 Galve...

John visits Maker Faire and Shannon found another paper about video games to answer questions we raised last week. Maker Faire Glank Ono Smartphone 3D printer Glowforge Referral Link! Beagle Bone OSHPark See Me CNC Aleph Objects   Chipsetter Shaper Origin Wazer Tormach Fun Paper Friday Greitemeyer, Tobias, and Dirk O. Mügge. “Video games do affect social outcomes a meta-analytic review of the...

Shannon has been at the Geological Society of America meeting in Denver and John is about to head off to Maker Faire. Join us to hear about the latest in geology and a fun paper we almost chickened out on. GSA Meeting 2016 Charon Helene Bingham Material Fun Paper Friday Who knew there was so much work on human-chicken relationships? Apparently listener Steve did! Fothergill, B.T. and Flick, C. 201...

Feedback Babylon 5 Effects John was on Embedded.fm this week! Big year for NPS Lots of press about NPS turning 100 this year Every Kid in a Park NPS Timeline Yellowstone Antiquities Act Organic Act Shannon’s top picks Crater Lake National Park Glacier National Park John’s top picks Arches National Park Canyon Lands National Park Fun Paper Friday All of your selfies can help the national parks unde...

This week we take it slow. Laura Wallace joins us to talk plate tectonics and slow slip in New Zealand. Also a project that gets the best acronym of the year award. Laura Wallace Laura’s UTIG Page phys.org article on HOBBITS EOS (from AGU) Article HOBITSS Science Paper “Slow Earthquakes are a Thing (Smithsonian Magazine) Fun Paper Friday The David is one of the most famous sculptures in the world,...