Trackside Science

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

English & Canadian pop songs are getting more depressing and the Herp is (not) waking up in the Siberian permafrost.  Also, Carly Rae Jepson is fettered by her happy songs.  And for some reason, we didn't curse the entire time. Links: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Jeff's BBC article Rob's Royal Society of Open Science article and the Jezebel hit piece Toilet flush from Polytest at Frees...

Viral slushies, catching the Golden State Killer and ancient hepatitis viruses.

From passive aggressive urination to unintentional oral sampling one's fecal microbiota and moon rocks - this episode's a roller coaster of emotions.   Like what we're doing?  We'd like to do it better, but we need your support for that.  If you're so moved: Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

What is science communication?  Is it always a good thing?  Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

Rob's robots, where we get our information, finishing up with a bit of analysis of pornographic consumption patterns.  And beer. Our Patreon Page   Sites & blogs we mentioned: Small Things Considered Neurologica Sandwalk John Hawks History of the Earth The Junto Paul Sutter Science magazine Science Daily Livescience   Journals PLOS Medicine , Genetics & Biology AJHG   National Association of Scien...

Tolkien move aside, now we have a trilogy too.  We talk about our science heros and the influential people in our science lives. And: a short bonus discussion of the potty talk in  Ready Player One! Rob's Heros Carl Sagan Marty Crouch Marlin Perkins & Jim ( Wild Kingdom ) Stephen J Gould NASA Astronauts Museums docents (Museum docents training programs )   Jeff's Heros Marie Tharp Antoine van Leeu...

We each share science fields that, while we would look like boobs talking about in a roomful of people, fascinate us.  Plus - a commercial! http://tracksidescience.libsyn.com/ https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience  

Rob & Jeff talk about the paths they followed into science and to their Bachelor's degrees.  Scuba diving in the Florida Keys (he counted them) and commercial fishing in Alaska (I killed them).  Original Cosmos with Carl Sagan on Youtube Updated Cosmos with Neil Degrasee Tyson at National Geographic Yes Jeff, Joni Mitchell did sing it before CS said it ( here ) The NOAA diving program ( here )   N...