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August 23, 2024Episode 395 - "Pressure Finds a Way"
Learn about the explosion at Yellowstone's Biscuit Basin site and what it means for the park. We also talk about drunk fruit flies and what they are teaching us about alcoholism.
Fun Paper Friday
Heberlein, Ulrike. "Genetics of alcohol-induced behaviors in Drosophila." Alcohol Research & Health 24.3 (2000): 185.
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40 min
August 17, 2024Episode 394 - "Gates of Hell" Darvaza Gas Crater
This week we look at a geological oddity in Turkmenistan and see how getting a puppy can give you the blues.
Video of the Burning Crater
Fun Paper Friday
Ståhl, Aada, et al. "Development and validation of the puppy blues scale measuring temporary affective disturbance resembling baby blues." npj Mental Health Research 3.1 (2024): 27.
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44 min
July 26, 2024Episode 393 - "Fujiwhara Effect!" Twisters Movie Review
We went to watch Twisters and review it from the standpoint of two people who have chased storms professionally. Also what do philosophers have to say about the original movie and its mythological reconsiliations?
Fun Paper Friday
King, Geoff. "The scientist as pioneer hero: Hollywood's mythological reconciliations in twister and contact." Science as Culture 8.3 (1999): 371-379.
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1 hr 11 min
July 13, 2024Episode 392 - "Revisions"
This week we talk about when and how things get revised from classes to papers to theories. Also we read a paper about a curious cure for poisoning.
Fun Paper Friday
Sasanami, Misa, et al. "Oral ethanol treatment for ethylene glycol intoxication." Cureus 12.12 (2020).
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45 min
June 29, 2024Episode 391 - "The Things We Take For Granted"
This week we discuss JMARS and how you can explore the planets at home with just a few clicks of the mouse. Field camp is almost over and we'll be back to our regular shorts soon!
JMARS Site
Fun Paper Friday
What happens when scientists look for a fast cup of cold brew coffee? Ultrasonic experiments of course!
Chiu, Shih-Hao, et al. "Coffee brewing sonoreactor for reducing the time of cold brew from several hours to minutes while maintaining sensory attributes." Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 106 (2024): 106885.
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33 min
May 25, 2024Episode 390 - "Stretch Aquarium"
What is a flume and how do sedimentologists used them to understand depositional systems? This and how likely you are to be bitten by a rattlesnake if you step on it in this summer's first Don't Panic Summer Short!
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St. Anthony Falls Lab
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WPR News Article
Morris, M. Cale. "Rattlesnakes in the Classroom: A Research-based Model for
Educational Outreach Programs." Biology of Rattlesnakes II
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31 min
May 18, 2024Episode 389 - "FieldVolt"
Stop losing power and data in the field. John and Shannon discuss the new FieldVolt open power standard.
FieldVolt Standard
Fun Paper Friday
Dean, Isabelle, and Michael T. Siva-Jothy. "Human fine body hair enhances ectoparasite detection." Biology letters 8.3 (2012): 358-361.
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53 min
May 03, 2024Episode 388 - "Screaming Eagle"
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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1 hr 10 min
April 26, 2024Episode 387 - "Adorable Baby Drilling Rig"
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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47 min
April 20, 2024Episode 386 - "Rock Colloid"
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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56 min

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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.…