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January 26, 2024Episode 375 - "Squeeze it shut"
This week we keep talking about wells. It's all about casing, cementing, bottom hole assemblies, and wet underwear.
Fun Paper Friday
Bakkevig, Martha Kold, and Ruth Nielsen. "Impact of wet underwear on thermoregulatory responses and thermal comfort in the cold." Ergonomics 37.8 (1994): 1375-1389.
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January 20, 2024Episode 374 - "Until you Lick It"
How do you drill a hole in the ground? Turns out that drilling wells is more complicated than you might think!
Fun Paper Friday
“Eating Fossils,” Jan Zalasiewicz, The Paleontological Association Newsletter, no. 96, November 2017.
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1 hr 6 min
January 12, 2024Episode 373 - "Tastes like Animal Crackers"
This show got stuck in processing before sabbatical and did not automatically release, but here it is!
This week we range over several topics on our minds while testing out english biscuits per a fun paper a few weeks ago. Also - do cats understand you but just don't care?
Fun Paper Friday
Do cats understand you, but just not care?
Saito, Atsuko, et al. "Domestic cats (Felis catus) discriminate their names from other words." Scientific Reports 9.1 (2019): 5394.
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1 hr 3 min
January 05, 2024Episode 372 - "The Rumors of My Death" 2024 Resolutions
We're back for the 2024 season after our first ever sabbatical and we're ready to talk science, resolutions, and barbie.
Fun Paper Friday
Klamer, Katherine. "Analysis of Barbie medical and science career dolls: descriptive quantitative study." bmj 383 (2023).
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1 hr 14 min
September 15, 2023Episode 371 - "Have you tried licking it?"
This week we talk about mudrock - which sounds pretty self explanatory, but of course geologists have made a complex classification scheme around it. Also we delve into if you should "sleep on it" when making big decisions.
Fun Paper Friday
Should you sleep on it when making an important decision?
Dijksterhuis, Ap, et al. "On making the right choice: The deliberation-without-attention effect." Science 311.5763 (2006): 1005-1007.
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40 min
September 08, 2023Episode 370 - "Siliceous Ooze"
We said if you just pick up a rock, it is probably chert. How does this pervasive rock form? I mean we should have a good idea, right?
Fun Paper Friday
Time for tea and biscuits... and science.
Jones, Ceri, and John Francis. "Direct Uptake of Nutrition and Caffeine Study (DUNCS): biscuit based comparative study." bmj 379 (2022).
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49 min
August 25, 2023Episode 369 - "Collect data in the field, do science at home"
It takes a lot to plan field work, no matter if it is a day rock hounding or a week in the deep field. This week we talk about what you need to know!
Fun Paper Friday
You Can Just Put Up a Poster at IMCL and Nobody Will Stop You
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August 18, 2023Episode 368 - "It is Chert"
You walk outside and find a rock - what is it? Well, that's probably a difficult answer. Also, how round are electrons and how do you even measure that?
Fun Paper Friday
Science News Article
Roussy, Tanya S., et al. "An improved bound on the electron’s electric dipole moment." Science 381.6653 (2023): 46-50.
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August 05, 2023Episode 367 - "Summer Break"
Classes are about to start, so let's grab some gear and get to work!
Field Supplies
Field Kits
Geological Field Sketches and Illustrations: A Practical Guide
Fun Paper Friday
What do grapes and microwaves have to do with advanced physics? Find out in this week's Fun Paper!
Khattak, Hamza K., Pablo Bianucci, and Aaron D. Slepkov. "Linking plasma formation in grapes to microwave resonances of aqueous dimers." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116.10 (2019): 4000-4005.
Video of Grapes in Action
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June 23, 2023Episode 366 - "I Didn't Blow Away"
This summer while Shannon has been at field camp we took a short hiatus, but we're back! Find out what happened with camp and more as well as what happens when you drop a spinning bottle of water.
Fun Paper Friday
Ehrenstein, David. "Controlling the Bounce of a Bottle." Physics 16 (2023): 102.
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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.…