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This week we stick to a dry subject - deserts! Learn about how rocks weather in a place where there isn't much. Peltier diagram on weathering Desert Varnish Rock Exfoliation Video Fun Paper Friday What if the Earth were replaced with blueberries? Sandberg, Anders. "Blueberry Earth." arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.10553 (2018). Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack...

Deserts - hot and dry right? Wrong! There's so much more to them! Fun Paper Friday Synthetic Uranus? Magnetic Fields? Learn more in this week's fun paper. Chau, Ricky, Sebastien Hamel, and William J. Nellis. "Chemical processes in the deep interior of Uranus." Nature communications 2 (2011): 203. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpa...

This week we talk about the dreaded stereonet and why it's useful and somewhat... odd. Great Stereonet Video Series On Teaching Stereonets Visible Geology Fun Paper Friday What's the best way to make a uniform crepe or pancake? Find out with just a bit of math! Boujo, E., and M. Sellier. "Pancake making and surface coating: optimal control of a gravity-driven liquid film." Physical Review Fluids 4...

This week we talk about how YOU can contribute to science with citizen science efforts and what it takes to make a successful citizen science project. SETI@Home Pl@ntNet BioBlitz OK BioBlitz urad Monitor Bud Burst Fun Paper Friday How to run a successful citizen science project Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John...

This week Matt Hall of Agile Scientific joins John to talk about teaching Python, the ways scientists get around learning programming, and how to help them learn these tools! Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we talk about fire weather and wildfires! It's a hot topic. We also visit a somewhat Halloween appropriate fun paper from the Journal of Experimental Biology. National Fire Danger Rating Index Mesonet Fire Weather Page Burning Index Ignition Component Spread Component Fuel Moisture Keetch-Byram Drought Index Fun Paper Friday It's Halloween Fun Paper Time! Hands, guitar tuners, and accele...

This week we talk to Dr. Jeffrey Wagman about experimental psychology, perception, and what it takes to write a "Fun Paper" worthy paper! Jeff's Website Fun Paper Friday This week we discuss knights in shining armor! Askew, Graham N., Federico Formenti, and Alberto E. Minetti. "Limitations imposed by wearing armour on Medieval soldiers' locomotor performance." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: B...

This week we wrap up our discussion of how plate tectonics can influence climate, then discuss zebra stripes on a fascinating fun paper Friday! Fun Paper Friday Kojima, Tomoki, et al. "Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack." PloS one 14.10 (2019): e0223447. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.c...

This week we chat about how tectonics can influence the climate and the many ways in which this happens. Fun Paper Friday Here's egg in your eye! Find out about the severity of ocular injuries from thrown eggs! Stewart, R. M. K., J. M. Durnian, and M. C. Briggs. "“Here’s egg in your eye”: a prospective study of blunt ocular trauma resulting from thrown eggs." Emergency medicine journal 23.10 (2006...

This week we talk about how rivers work. Rivers are all around - on the surface, underground, even under glaciers and upside-down! Esker Water Strahler Number Law of the Wall Dam Nation Fun Paper Friday Cooper, Katelyn M., et al. "To be funny or not to be funny: Gender differences in student perceptions of instructor humor in college science courses." PloS one 13.8 (2018): e0201258. Contact us: Sh...

Shannon is back from GSA, John is back from London and we talk about teaching revelations, new things happening in magnetics, and learning programming on this catch-up themed episode! Fun Paper Friday Dandelion seeds breaking new group in fluid dynamics! Middleton, Christine. "Dandelion seeds are optimized for wind-based travel." Physics Today 72.1 (2019): 17-19. Contact us: Show Support us on Pat...

This week we talk about the age of the Earth and how we think we know it! Wiki Summary Fun Paper Friday This week we revisit the perceived weight of things... it's heavy! Wagman, Jeffrey B., and Samantha J. Aspel. "When can an object feel heavier than itself? Perceived heaviness of a wielded object depends on grasp position." Perception 40.11 (2011): 1384-1386. Contact us: Show Support us on Patre...

This week we talk about the opposite of convection - microbursts! Learn how air accelerates downward to cause tornado like destruction and aircraft accidents on this week's show! Microburst Ted Fujita Fun Paper Friday Think birds are scary? Wait till you see this monster! Worthy, Trevor H., et al. "Evidence for a giant parrot from the Early Miocene of New Zealand." Biology letters 15.8 (2019): 201...

This week the crew discusses thunderstorms - where they come from and how they are actually really similar to some geological processes. Squall Line/QLCS Outflow Boundary Fun Paper Friday What makes a good pizza? Physics to the rescue! Varlamov, Andrey, Andreas Glatz, and Sergio Grasso. "The physics of baking good pizza." Physics Education 53.6 (2018): 065011. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreo...

This week we talk about plotting and how we think (or don't) in graphs and charts. Fun Paper Friday It's the weekend - do you know what your doctor is doing? Caverly, Tanner J., Rodney A. Hayward, and James F. Burke. "Much to do with nothing: microsimulation study on time management in primary care." bmj 363 (2018): k4983. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slac...

Eric Brunning ( @deeplycloudy ) returns to talk about doing science in the field in this crossover episode with the Embedded Podcast !  Eric on Embedded:  268: Cakepan Interferometry Eric on our show:  134: Launching Balloons out of a UHaul . Fun Paper Friday The paper was Reconstructing David Huffman’s Legacy in Curved-Crease Folding by Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine and Duks K...

This week we talk about the summer monsoon, humidity, and magnetic potbelly sculptures. Monsoon Fun Paper Friday Ancient Artists Created Giant Magnetic Heads From Rock Struck By Lightning Fu, Roger R., et al. "Knowledge of magnetism in ancient Mesoamerica: Precision measurements of the potbelly sculptures from Monte Alto, Guatemala." Journal of Archaeological Science 106 (2019): 29-36. Contact us:...

This week we're terrified... of giant ancient birds! Phorusrhacidae PBS Video New skull remains of Phorusrhacos longissimus Embedded 291: GENERAL DRIP AND TINKLE Fun Paper Friday Hemlock poisoning in modern day? Korkmaz, İlhan, et al. "Quail consumption can be harmful." The Journal of emergency medicine 41.5 (2011): 499-502. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Sl...

This week we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing! Smarter Everyday Moon Sample Video Fun Paper Friday Scientific software is important, but what about snakes on a spaceship? Python in Heliophysics! Burrell, A. G., et al. "Snakes on a spaceship—An overview of Python in heliophysics." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 123.12 (2018): 10-384. Contact us: Show Supp...

This week John discusses his recent experience teaching a large group at SciPy and why software testing is important. John's Tutorial Tutorial Page Fun Paper Friday Beer bubbles - turns out there is more than you'd think to explain their physics! Shafer, Neil E., and Richard N. Zare. "Through a beer glass darkly." Physics Today 44.10 (1991): 48-52. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontp...

This week we dive into Dunham classification and golf habits! Dunham Classification Fun Paper Friday Do doctors play more golf than the rest of us? Are they better at it? Koplewitz, Gal, et al. "Golf habits among physicians and surgeons: observational cohort study." bmj 363 (2018): k4859.  

This week we talk about classification again, but this time how Folk looked at carbonate rocks and why the naming scheme has to be so much different than with sedimentary systems! Folk Carbonate Classification Fun Paper Friday Winter is coming, but why? Orbital mechanics to the rescue! Paradise, Adiv, et al. "The Long Night: Modeling the Climate of Westeros." arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.12195 (2019)...

This week we take on geoengineering and mimicking behaviors! How Cloud Seeding Works Iron Dumping Experiment Nature on Geoengineering Vonnegut Article Undiscovered Podcast on Vonnegut Fun Paper Friday Persson, Tomas, Gabriela-Alina Sauciuc, and Elainie Alenkær Madsen. "Spontaneous cross-species imitation in interactions between chimpanzees and zoo visitors." Primates 59.1 (2018): 19-29. Contact us...

This week - what is a sandstone by any other name? Its Folk name that is! Folk Classification Remembering Bob Folk Fun Paper Friday Live Science Article Blaj, Gabriel, et al. "Generation of high-intensity ultrasound through shock propagation in liquid jets." Physical Review Fluids 4.4 (2019): 043401. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@do...

Is it a nodule, is it a concretion, it is rock lightning? Find out on this week's summer short! Concretion Nodule Fun Paper Friday Is there carbon from outside this world? Extraterrestrial Organic Matter Found in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Volcanic Rock Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @ge...