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This week Dr. Amanda Hendrix joins us to talk about Saturn, it’s moons, and exploring Titan. Saturn Cassini Mission Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets Fun Paper Friday Why do old men have big ears? Find out in this week’s fun paper! Heathcote, James A. “Why do old men have big ears?.” BMJ 311.7021 (1995): 1668. Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com -...

This week, it’s all about the most volcanically active place in the solar system - Io! Join Dr. Rosaly Lopes of JPL for a tour of this strange world. Io Galileo Mission Cassini Mission Fun Paper Friday Can you burn more calories by watching a scary movie? Find out on this weeks fun paper friday! Cooper, B. G., J. N. Matthews, and K. G. Alberti. “Resting energy expenditure, substrate use, and video...

This week Dr. Fran Bagenal joins us to talk about the Juno mission and Jupiter as we start our march through the outer planets. Jupiter Dr. Fran Bagenal Juno Mission JUNOCAM Fun Paper Friday If the Script for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Was Peer-Reviewed Contact us: Support us on Patreon! Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.joh...

This week, it's all about stereonets and magnets! Stereonets Leeds Workbook Visible Geology Rowan’s Blog Post Fun Paper Friday McCormick, S., et al. "Children and mini-magnets: an almost fatal attraction." Emergency medicine journal 19.1 (2002): 71-73. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.co...

This week it's all about the sandstone! Join us to find out how sandstone dykes form! Sandstone Dykes Dykes (general) CO Sandstone Dykes Fun Paper Friday Is chocolate milk the best workout drink? We're still wondering. Amiri, Mojgan, et al. "Chocolate milk for recovery from exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials." European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2018)...

This week we have a host of people gathered in a conference room at the scientific python conference to discuss what we've seen and what we're excited about. SciPy 2018 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 how quantum magnetometers work and popcorn driven robots! SQUIDS SQUID Josephson Junction Phase Locked Loop Fun Paper Friday Robots driven by popcorn? Find out how on this week's Fun Paper! Ceron, S., Kurumunda, A., Garg, E., Kim, M., Yeku, T., & Petersen, K. Popcorn-Driven Robotic Actuators. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @...

This week Dr. Devin Dennie joins us to talk about making geoscience education fun for everyone! Devin Dennie My Book of Rocks and Minerals Explorer Multimedia Fun Paper Friday This week we find out if two spaces are better than one! Johnson, Rebecca L., Becky Bui, and Lindsay L. Schmitt. "Are two spaces better than one? The effect of spacing following periods and commas during reading." Attention,...

This week Dr. Megan Elwood-Madden joins us to talk about the red planet and geochemistry! Mars Mars Jarosite Opportunity Megan’s Website Fun Paper Friday Listener Dustin sent in this great fun paper on avalanche triggering! Reuter, Benjamin, and Jürg Schweizer. “Avalanche triggering by sound: myth and truth.” Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop ISSW. 2009. Contact us Show - Supp...

This week our friend at The Orbital Mechanics podcast joins us to talk about observing the Earth from space… or something like that. Earth observing spacecraft GRACE Van Allen Probes GOES Network TRMM TERRA DSCOVR Gravity Probe B Earth Missions List Ben Etherington @orbitalpodcast @benetherington Fun Paper Friday We know music is mathematical, but Donald Knuth takes it to the next level on this we...

This week we talk to Dr. Jim Head about the planet Venus! Dr. Jim Head Venus Venus Missions Fun Paper Jargon - we're been here before, but we're going back for a second dose! NPR Article Anderson-Cook, Christine M. "Hidden jargon: Everyday words with meanings specific to statistics." Data and context in statistical education: Towards an evidence-based society. Proceedings of the Eighth Internation...

This week it's all about the dark and mysterious planet Mercury! Dr. Karen Stockstill-Cahill Mercury Messenger Fun Paper Friday John can't tell a Monet from a Picasso, but apparently pigeons can! Watanabe, Shigeru, Junko Sakamoto, and Masumi Wakita. "PIGEONS'DISCRIMINATION OF PAINTINGS BY MONET AND PICASSO." Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior 63.2 (1995): 165-174. Contact us: Support...

This week Prof. William Chaplin joins us to talk about the sun and helioseismology! Prof. Bill Chaplin Music of the Sun (Book) Fun Paper Friday Which is heavier, a pound of feathers of a pound of lead? Which feels heavier? Find out in this week’s Fun Paper! Wagman, Jeffrey B., Corinne Zimmerman, and Christopher Sorric. ““Which Feels Heavier—A Pound of Lead or a Pound of Feathers?” A Potential Perc...

This week we kick off our solar system show by talking about what we want to know and the recipe for a solar system. The Solar System Nebula Protoplanetary Disk Drake Equation Fun Paper Friday How long have we had rubber processing skills? A good many years before Goodyear Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com...

Join us this week as we talk about ways to keep track of the many aspects of geology and personal projects! ThinkPad P51 Asana Trello OneNote Fun Paper Friday Do cabbies have enhanced areas of their brains to store spatial maps? Find out on this fun paper’s Friday. Maguire, Eleanor A., et al. “Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers.” Proceedings of the National Acad...

This week we’re excited to be talking to Paul Wessel and Leo Uieda about the past, present, and future of GMT. GMT GMT Website GMT/Python Leo’s Website @leouieda Paul’s Website Fun Paper Friday Can you imagine smelling bad for 5 years? Checkout this week’s stinky fun paper. Guardian Article Mills, Caroline M., et al. “A man who pricked his finger and smelled putrid for 5 years.” The Lancet 348.903...

This week join us for our own alphabet aerobics as we fly through the geologic alphabet! John’s Deines Lecture A - Anticline B - Breccia C - Coulomb Failure D - Dikes E - Earthquake F - Facies G - GPR H - Halimeda I - Induced Polarization J - Jadeite K - Knickpoint L - Leaverite M - Moho N - Nappe O - Ooids P - Paleomagnetism Q - Quicksand R - Rift S - Seismic T - Tektites U - Uniformitarianism V...

This week John and Shannon talk about what scientific reproducibility means. Scientific Reproducibility MagIC Database E.O. Wilson TED Talk NumFocus Jupyter Fun Paper Friday Would a chicken swipe left or right? Ghirlanda, Stefano, Liselotte Jansson, and Magnus Enquist. “Chickens prefer beautiful humans.” Human nature 13.3 (2002): 383–389. Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicge...

This week it’s all about the dinos and how so many ended up in the Morrison Formation. Join us to learn about the upper Jurassic mud-pit. The Morrison Formation The Morrison Nevadan Orogeny Arthur Lakes Othniel Charles Marsh Edward Drinker Cope Garden Park Fun Paper Friday Do volcanos slide down hill? Find out in this week’s fun paper! Murray, John B., et al. “Gravitational sliding of the Mt. Etna...

This week we talk about a big boom that has inspired a 110 year old mystery! John’s new product! Tunguska Event Wiki page on Tunguska Space shuttle and noctilucent clouds 1930 Curuca River Event Chelyabinsk meteor Meteors on radar Chelyabinsk Infrasound Chelyabinsk Seismic Fun Paper Friday YOLO Website Redmon, J., Farhadi, A., YOLOv3: An Incremental Improvement. Contact us: Show - Support us on Pa...

This week we explore the shows you listen to and share our favorites! The List (in random order) Embedded.fm Business of Machining Car Talk Free Agents Mac Power Users Spacepod The Orbital Mechanics Back to Work Undersampled Radio We Martians Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me 99% Invisible Podcast.__init__ Python Bytes The Productivity Show Radio Lab Reply All Spark Gap Still Untitled Weather Brains Crimeto...

This week we conclude our extinction summary and talk about how robots will take over the world. Amazing robot video from Steve Extinctions Part 2 Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Central Atlantic Magmatic Provine Conodont Alternation Index Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Chicxulub crater Episode 92 – “I fell into your trap” Ben Crosby “Earth Is Not in the Midst of a Sixth Mass Extinction” Fun Paper F...

Extinctions are pretty common in the rock record, but there are 5 times in Earth’s past where more than 50% of the life on Earth died, these are known as mass extinctions. This week we talk about causes of mass extinctions and some of the strange life that existed. Mass Extinctions Ordovician Silurian Extinction Devonian Extinction Permian Triassic Extinction The Dunkleosteus Fun Paper Friday How...

iPads in the field. We’ve talked about it before, but it’s been awhile. This week Corey Scheip joins us to talk about his experiences with tech and large teams. Corey Scheip Notability App Dropbox Business Collector App Dioptra App Theodolite App Corey on LinkedIn Fun Paper Friday Running on the water - this is a contender for the most absurd experimental setup we’ve seen this year. Minetti, Alber...

What’s the difference between a weather advisory, statement, watch, and warning? Join us this week to find out! Watches, Warnings, and more Current watches, warnings, etc NWS Definitions Norman Spotter Resources Definitions CPC Outlooks AMS Glossary Fun Paper Friday Most of us love chocolate, but could it be deadly? Ainsworth, Claire. “Death by chocolate–is it possible?.” New Scientist 196.2635–26...