Don't Panic Geocast

By John Leeman and Shannon Dulin

John Leeman and Shannon Dulin discuss geoscience and technology weekly for your enjoyment! Features include guests, fun paper Friday selections, product reviews, and banter about recent developments. ... more

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December 24, 2021Episode 313 - "Starts with Dyson"
Dyson Sphere
Space Mirrors
Nuke Mars
Fun Paper Friday
Did you get your beauty sleep? If not, others can probably tell!
Axelsson, John, et al. "Beauty sleep: experimental study on the perceived health and attractiveness of sleep deprived people." Bmj 341 (2010).
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48min
December 10, 2021Episode 312 - "Atmospheric Deodorant"
This week John and Shannon talk about ways we could use engineering to save or destroy the planet.
Stratospheric Injection
Ocean Fertilization
Increased Weathering
Fun Paper Friday
When it comes to doing dumb things - are men more likley to participate than women?
Lendrem, Ben Alexander Daniel, et al. "The Darwin Awards: sex differences in idiotic behaviour." Bmj 349 (2014).
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49min
December 04, 2021Episode 311 - "You know the answer once you know the answer"
This week learn how to make strat columns based on the magnetic direction of rocks! It's time to learn about magnetostratigraphy.
Magnetostratigraphy
Fun Paper Friday
How did the human hand evolve? These authors make no bones about it.
Press Release
Williams-Hatala, Erin Marie, et al. "The manual pressures of stone tool behaviors and their implications for the evolution of the human hand." Journal of Human Evolution 119 (2018): 14-26.
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46min
November 27, 2021Episode 310 - "Paul Bunyan's Potty"
Canyonlands National Park is a beautiful and large display of sedimentary processes, impacts, and more. Learn about the features of this park and how they got there in this week's show!
ASU Virtual Field Trip
Paul Bunyan's Potty
Fun Paper Friday
What if your dog could call you? Would they? Once scientist dared to ask the question.
Hirskyj-Douglas, Ilyena, Roosa Piitulainen, and Andrés Lucero. "Forming the Dog Internet: Prototyping a Dog-to-Human Video Call Device." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5.ISS (2021): 1-20.
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52min
November 20, 2021Episode 309 - "Assume a Spherical Chicken"
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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51min
November 12, 2021Episode 308 - "Clay is kind of a trash can" Cements
This week John and Shannon discuss sedimentary rocks and what holds them together. Cements can be made of many different materials and don't change the name of the rock!
Fun Paper Friday
What can we learn from ducks drafting while swimming?
Yuan, Zhi-Ming, et al. "Wave-riding and wave-passing by ducklings in formation swimming." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 928 (2021).
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November 05, 2021Episode 307 - "Up, Up, and Away"
Weather balloons are one of the few ways to really get in-situ atmospheric measurements. John was over in Norman, OK working on a new balloon borne instrument. We talk about what all is involved in a launch!
Launch Video
Fun Papery Friday
What do shark intestines have to do with the inventor of the AC motor? Find out!
Leigh, Samantha C., et al. "Shark spiral intestines may operate as Tesla valves." Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288.1955 (2021): 20211359.
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October 22, 2021Episode 306 - "8 Degrees is a lot!" PETM
What happens when the Earth is drastically warmer than it is now? How can it get that way? Join us to learn about the PETM and what it could mean for our future.
Fun Paper Friday
Can the Drake equation be applied to love? One author thinks so!
Link is to a video of a talk on the paper - the original PDF seems to have disappeared from the university website.
Backus, P. (2009). Why I don’t have a girlfriend: An application of the Drake Equation to love in the UK.
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47min
October 15, 2021Episode 305 - "Trovant down by the river"
Trovants are a mysterious rock formation and we try to understand them this week!
Science Alert Article
When on Earth Article
Wikipedia Article
Geology In Article
Fun Paper Friday
Tired of zoom meetings? Let's read a paper about them!
Shockley, Kristen M., et al. "The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings: A within-person field experiment." Journal of Applied Psychology 106.8 (2021): 1137.
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October 08, 2021Episode 304 - "Bog Clothes" with Dr. Andy Elwood-Madden
Andy Elwood-Madden
X-Ray Diffraction
Reynolds Cup
Fun Paper Friday
How many legs does it take to freak you out?
Vetter, Richard S. "Arachnophobic entomologists: when two more legs makes a big difference." American Entomologist 59.3 (2013): 168-175.
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