A recent publication tried to determine if strange folded glasses found in the Atacama Desert formed by an  extraterrestrial process. Turns out, mineraology and microscopy hold the key!


Schultz, Peter H., et al. "Widespread glasses generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, Chile." Geology (2021).


Fun Paper Friday


Can chicken de-feathering be used as a wind speed proxy? Some old experiments might shed some light on the subject.
Vonnegut, Bernard. "Chicken Plucking as Measure of Tornado Wind Speed." Weatherwise 28.5 (1975): 217-217.


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Episode 309 - "Assume a Spherical Chicken"

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This week John and Shannon talk about what some of the weird weather radar terms that get thrown around mean and how you can use them to keep up with storms impacting you. Then things get morbid with a mouse experiment that ended in an idiocrasy style extinction.

Fun Paper Friday


Calhoun, John B. "Death squared: the explosive growth and demise of a mouse population." (1973): 80-88.


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Episode 388 - "Screaming Eagle"

John went to the Geoprobe open house to look at drilling rigs and then we discuss the optimum way to plan a large number of Christmas parties.


Earth Day Google Doodle
Geoprobe


Fun Paper Friday


Grüneberg, Reuben. "Hospital Christmas parties." British Medical Journal 281.6256 (1980): 1667.


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Episode 387 - "Adorable Baby Drilling Rig"

What's tiny, rocky, and alive? Forams! Learn about forams and what diseases James Bond may get while traveling to study them.

Fun Paper Friday


Graumans, Wouter, William JR Stone, and Teun Bousema. "No time to die: An in-depth analysis of James Bond's exposure to infectious agents." Travel medicine and infectious disease 44 (2021): 102175.


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Episode 386 - "Rock Colloid"

John and Shannon both traveled to see the great eclipse of 2024 and share their experiences this week as well as talk about one of those rare times when ice is not a mineral.

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We always talk about ice being a mineral, but what about when it isn't?
Rosu-Finsen, Alexander, et al. "Medium-density amorphous ice." Science 379.6631 (2023): 474-478.


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Episode 385 - "Father Sky Goes Away"

This week we interview YouTube science creator, science writer, and communicator Alexis Dahl to learn about the rocks of Michigan's UP and how scientists can do a better job of sharing what they do.


 Alexis' YouTube Channel
 Alexis' Website


Fun Paper Friday


What should you drink after fondue to prevent "chesse baby" feelings?
Heinrich, Henriette, et al. "Effect on gastric function and symptoms of drinking wine, black tea, or schnapps with a Swiss cheese fondue: randomised controlled crossover trial." BMJ 341 (2010).


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