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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July 26, 2020Episode 260 - "Highly elliptic" Comet NEOWISE
Comet NEOWISE is in the sky - learn all about it and comets in general!
Fun Paper Friday

The Earth hums with normal modes - learn how scientists are picking them up with seismometers on the bottom of the ocean.

Deen, M., et al. "First observation of the Earth's permanent free oscillations on ocean bottom seismometers." Geophysical Research Letters 44.21 (2017): 10-988.

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July 18, 2020Episode 259 - "Discoveries from the massive funding of the department of defense"
This week we learn how searching for a downed aircraft may have helped us better understand how plate tectonics work... we think... maybe. It's not an exact science.
Fun Paper Friday

Fans - hot or not? Find out by sticking undergrads in a thermal chamber!

Ravanelli, Nicholas M., et al. "Heart rate and body temperature responses to extreme heat and humidity with and without electric fans." Jama 313.7 (2015): 724-725.

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July 10, 2020Episode 258 - "You need a trained geologist"
This week we talk about why we don't believe that a rock ID app is a possibility now or potentially ever.
Fun Paper Friday

How do you convert human years to dog years? Turns out it is a bit more complicated than we thought.

Wang, Tina, et al. "Quantitative Translation of Dog-to-Human Aging by Conserved Remodeling of the DNA Methylome." Cell Systems (2020).

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July 04, 2020Episode 257 - "And, you know"
This week it's all about rainbows, light, reflection, refraction, and how it's just like an earthquake!
Fun Paper Friday

Have you seen products marketed as "chemical free"? This weeks paper looks at those claims with an analytical eye.

Goldberg, Alexander FG, and C. J. Chemjobber. "A comprehensive overview of chemical-free consumer products."

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June 28, 2020 Episode 256 - "We Don't Know What We're Doing" Episode 0 MST3000
This week we Mystery Science Theater 3000 our own Episode 0 to celebrate the 8-bit rollover of our show!
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53min
June 13, 2020Episode 255 - "Reddish Orange" with Stacey Evans
This week we learn what life is like as a state geologist with Stacey Evans and how fish fart.
Fun Paper Friday

How do fish fart? Why?

Wilson, Ben, Robert S. Batty, and Lawrence M. Dill. "Pacific and Atlantic herring produce burst pulse sounds." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences 271.suppl_3 (2004): S95-S97.

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June 07, 2020Episode 254 - "Continental Condensation Nuclei" Yosemite
This week we explore the geology of Yosemite and how continents are built!
Fun Paper Friday

Think dad jokes are bad? Try professor jokes! But do they work?

Wandersee, James H. "Humor as a teaching strategy." The American Biology Teacher 44.4 (1982): 212-218.

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May 30, 2020Episode 253 - "Googling Under the Table"
This week we have guest John Leeman? That's right! Shannon wants to know why John took the path he did and how her students can find their own. We're also buzzing about this great un-beeelievable fun paper.
Fun Paper Friday

Pashalidou, Foteini G., et al. "Bumble bees damage plant leaves and accelerate flower production when pollen is scarce." Science 368.6493 (2020): 881-884.

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May 23, 2020Episode 252 - "People like craters" Upheaval Dome
You'd think we'd know what caused a big hole in the ground, but we don't. Learn why upheaval dome remains a mystery in this week's show!

Upheaval Dome

ASU Virtual Field Trip

Fun Paper Friday

Are there environmentally conscious aliens out there? Find out in this week's fun paper!

Montet, Benjamin, and Ryan Loomis. "SET-E: The Search for Extraterrestrial Environmentalism." arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.09428 (2016).

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May 16, 2020Episode 251 - "Teaching Field Geology on a Computer"
This week Shannon walks us through how she's planning to teach students field geology online and talks about the pains of learning to delegate in the field.

Thinglink

Solocator

Fun Paper Friday

Thanks to Darryl for bringing us this harrowing flight related fun paper!

AAIB Bulliten S1-2020

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