Trackside Science

Jerry Merryman (killer of the slide rule) June 1932 – February 27, 2019 ( obituary ) Sidney Brenner (cell biology & genetics) January 1927 – April 5, 2019 ( obituary ) Owen Garriot (engineer, scientist, astronaut) November 1930 – April 15, 2019 ( obituary ) Gerald Berenson (cardiologist) September 1922 – November 22, 2018  ( obituary ) Lamia Al-Gailani Werr (archeologist) March 1938 – January 18,...

Coming out on the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, we talk about what we know about the mission, how it affected culture in the United States and how conflicted we would feel if Trump's desire for flashiness actually got us back to the moon. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sound cr...

Rob & Jeff interview Dan Mushalko, General Manager, host and alpha-Geek at WCBE in Columbus Ohio.  Listen to how his science education show The Amazing Science Emporium was born from Hurricane Gloria and about his efforts while at NASA to convince America that Skylab wasn't going to fall on their head. Drinks: Rex Goliath Cabernet Sauvignon Fernson Shy Giant IPA Ginger Tea Music: "Get Up and Give"...

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Music: Freaky Dance Virus 02.wav by Sepal (Freesound.org) Elevator Music 1 Hour (Archive.org) The Happy Monster by Chubby Jackson and his Orchestra (Archive.org)   References: Peach yellow spot disease, Tymovirus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30923968 Ly...

Founders Breakfast Stout Remedy Nonsense IPA   Margaret Bright (Public Health) Nov 19, 1918 - Dec 28, 2018 ( obituary ) Martin Gore (Cancer Research) Feb 1951 – 10 Jan 2019 ( obituary ) Arthur Art Rosenfeld (Physics) June 22, 1926 - Jan 27, 2017 ( obituary ) Seung-Yull Cho (Parasitology) Nov 16, 1943 - Jan 27, 2019  ( obituary )   Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagr...

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Music : La Cucaracha, The Castilian Troubadours. 1934. Archive.org References : Suto et al. 1979. Microbiology & Immunology. A new virus isolated from the cockroach, Periplaneta fuliginosa Mukha et al. 2006. Journal of General Virology. Characterization of a new...

Our favorite lab techniques.  Jeff, molecular, Rob, cellular? Rob HATES bio banks and Jeff just can't wrap his mind around them.  Special guest Devon makes her second appearance. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Favorites: Jeff: Expression screening phage libraries & 5' Rapid Amplification of c...

Promedmail: http://www.promedmail.org/   Front music - Freaky Dance Virus 02.wav by Sepal freesound.org End music – The Happy Monster by Chubby Jackson and his Orchestra. 1948   Sounds (all from Freesound.org): tappingMic.wav by susychristiansen Mic feedback fx short Mid 2.wav by chimerical Cocktail Sounds.wav by KenRT Cocktail Shaker.wav by KenRT shaken.not.stirred.wav by dobroide SheryT_mixdown....

The tale continues as the drinks are drained.  Rob turns down Guam and Jeff leaves Bristol Bay for good.  Devon just rolls her eyes.   Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Music Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag And Smile, Smile, Smile! Bob Crosby And His Orchestra; The Bob-Cats; Felix Po...

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sounds : Warble Alarm Mono.wav by tombenedict (freesound.org) Africa, bushes, close birds and wind by Martin. Sadoux (freesound.org) Gnou-Beuglement.aif by roubignolle (freesound.org) Elephant.mp3 by geronimo83 (freesound.org) cows_mooing_mono_4824.wav by Mystik...

Ghosts & genetic testing for infidelity? What IS the point of teaching?  Why are students forgetting most of what Jeff teaches? Rob describes what sounds like the best class ever taught.   Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Music: Night Train, Ernie Englund (1955), Archive.org Night Train, The...

email: tracksidescience@gmail.com References: https://viralzone.expasy.org/   Meyer's original paper: https://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Documents/2008/Mayer1886.pdf   Beijerinck's translated paper http://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Documents/1998/BeijerckSpotDiseaseTobaccoLeaves. PDF   1921 Federal Reserve Bulletin - https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/62/item/20527...

As you would expect from a 117 year old recording, the audio quality isn't the best, but here it is - their actual words. See for yourself ( link ) tracksidescience@gmail.com    https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sound credits (all from freesound.org) polite_applause_01.wav by joedeshon chair scrape.aif by mredig gavel-double.flac by zerolagtime Indoor adult murmur, small group.wav by Splice...

Are PhDs going to be of any use after the apocalypse?  Is Rob forever trapped as a human geneticist? Should everyone be trained to clean their kitchen using radioactive chicken juice? Jimmy the Student joins the podcast! tracksidescience@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

Rob backpacks through Europe for his first conference and Jeff makes a random left hand turn into the best taco shop ever. Conferences - you either love 'em, hate 'em or feel somewhere in between about 'em. Front bumper: "Lonesome Railroad Blues" 1953 Firehouse Five, plus Two Sound effect: Freesound.org -  Mr. Tea email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

Thracken and Turis are trying to figure out whats up with all the force choking in the Imperial Navy. And wondering about the limits of ethics on the Death Star. Apollo 11, Space Shuttle launch and Apollo 14 sounds from archive.org Music - Blue Rain (Lluvai Helancolica) by Terry Snyder Trio; Mercer; Van Hensen

A science pub bloomed in Sioux Falls and Edisto Beach was discovered.  Cubic wombat poop was solved and Voyager 2 finally escaped. Twitter: @ TracksideScien1 Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Sound effects from Freesound.org: kangaroovindaloo, BWSmithATL, Ornery, cognito perceptu, Jwill259, nicStage

Rob's trying to refute a published finding and Jeff is still hanging on to an authorship shuffle from over 15 years ago.  Arsenate can naturally build up to 3mM and some authors are publishing an unfair number of papers. Felisa Wolfe Simon's 2010 Science paper ( here ) 2018 Astrobiology paper that cites the Wolfe paper without qualification ( here ) 2018 Chemistry (European Journal) paper that cit...

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Rob thinks about serving up celebrities while Jeff contemplates cannibalism. Regulatory, ethical and gustatory roadblocks galore! Take our 2 question survey: https://goo.gl/forms/fc4T2xP3Nnf44bKx2 Its happening already... Memphis Meats I Like Cows by Johnny Socko, live in Atlanta 1996

In a random turn of events, we resurrect the 116 year-old voices from the International Congress of Genetics which was happening at the very same time that we recorded them.  Plus, bad accents. The 1902 Conference Proceedings The American Florist, Aug 1919 First person to email or tweet at us gets a Science Care Package! tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/TracksideScien1 Patreon: patr...

Who knew?  Golly, they sounded so dignified and smart back then huh? Sound credits (all from freesound.org) polite_applause_01.wav by joedeshon chair scrape.aif by mredig gavel-double.flac by zerolagtime Heavy Door Pounding.wav by mrh4hn Floor_trading2.wav by touchassembly Shhhh_ses2.wav by freesound door - open 01.wav by Anthousai

Intrigue at the post Board of Health Meeting discussion: a dangerous virus is a-foot and Dr Salmon wants to kill 'em all.  Rob channels Rich Little and Jeff just tries to keep up. 1903 Journal of the Mass. Board of Health from Google Books here Great history of the history of the outbreak I found after we recorded ( here ) Twitter: TracksideScien1 email us at tracksidescience@gmail.com https://www...

The Coming Plague catalyzes both of our decisions to go to graduate school.  We pull out our dissertations and compare sizes. Rob describes unstable sequences associated with colon cancers.  Jeff describes an adenovirus promoter. We were experts. #glorydays https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience