The Spoondrift

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses the idea of carbon dioxide removal and the climate surrounding its market.

Here are links to the articles that were referenced in the show:

"Climeworks develops, builds and operates direct air capture machines": https://climeworks.com/co2-removal

"As carbon removal gains traction, economists imagine a new market to save the planet": https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/01/11/1071282973/as-carbon-removal-gains-traction-economists-imagine-a-new-market-to-save-the-pla

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses what it takes to be a good conversationalist – to be good at talking with people.

Here are links to the articles that were referenced in the show:

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1vskiVDwl4

7 Tips To Be A Better Conversationalist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwzmcg3d29U

Hate Awkward Silences? 10 Essential Tips To Be a Great Conversationalist: https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/hate-awkward-silences-10-essential-tips-great-conversationalist.html

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses some of the most recent and intriguing space missions including NASA’s Parker Solar probe, the DART asteroid defense system, and the James Webb Space Telescope.

Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:

“A NASA spacecraft has flown into the sun’s atmosphere for the first time in history”: https://www.npr.org/2021/12/15/1064532565/nasa-spacecraft-sun-atmosphere-parker-solar-probe

“NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept”: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/24/1058786230/nasa-launches-spacecraft-to-test-asteroid-defense-concept

“With Its Single ‘Eye,’ NASA’s DART Returns First Images from Space”: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/with-its-single-eye-nasa-s-dart-returns-first-images-from-space

“NASA's Webb Telescope Launches to See First Galaxies, Distant Worlds”: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-webb-telescope-launches-to-see-first-galaxies-distant-worlds

“James Webb Space Telescope”: https://webb.nasa.gov/

“NASA launches $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope to explore earliest stars and galaxies”: https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-12-25-2021/

“About Webb Orbit”: https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses a useful (if maybe a slightly unsavory) way to detect the coronavirus using fecal matter.

Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:

“Coronavirus FAQ: Help me with omicron vocab. What's immune evasion? Epistasis?”: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/03/1061219646/coronavirus-faq-help-me-with-omicron-vocab-whats-immune-evasion-epistasis

“Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)”: https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Deoxyribonucleic-Acid

“Poop sleuths hunt for early signs of omicron in sewage”: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/09/1062493635/testing-omicron-in-sewage

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses coziness. He then talks a bit about various productivity strategies.

Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:

The Psychological Reason We Crave Cosiness: https://www.bustle.com/wellness/the-psychology-of-cosy

25 Productivity Hacks, According to Highly Productive People: https://www.bustle.com/life/best-productivity-hacks-experts

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses the recently announced Orbital Reef space station as well as the new Chinese space station, the Tiangong Space Station, that is being built and deployed into space.

Here are the articles referenced in the show:

“China has sent a female astronaut for a 6-month stay on its new space station”: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/15/1046307865/china-is-sending-a-female-astronaut-for-a-6-month-stay-on-its-new-space-station

“China's Tiangong space station”: https://www.space.com/tiangong-space-station

“Wang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to complete spacewalk”: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/07/china/china-first-female-spacewalk-wang-yaping-intl-hnk-scn/index.html

“Blue Origin says it will build an orbiting mixed-use business park in space”: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1049077333/blue-origin-space-station-business-park-space-orbital-reef-bezos

Orbital Reef Press Release: https://www.orbitalreef.com/

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses the search for extraterrestrial ilfe has been going and a recent proposal aims to prevent too many false alarms.

Here are the articles referenced in the show:

Scientists tracked a mysterious signal in space. Its source was closer to Australia: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/30/1050000708/signal-stars-proxima-centauri-mystery

NASA is looking for a framework to better help you understand its deep space finds: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/02/1051407020/nasa-extraterrestrial-life-research-understanding

Call for a framework for reporting evidence for life beyond Earth: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03804-9.epdf?sharing_token=aMvAzNSKTDpeQ_Lx50lBO9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0OiHZ7kRMaxJS4ikXfsEfuhWNXQC4W7SsC52JCjUDnSSqLC5BhXbWxxUcFJQ3KnlmY6LAuQF02dgmfPAEQqFuQhHT7iq8uOqnhGqUWJGAFWKU9xwVrg8ofZtBSQm0hNMoQ%3D

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund talks with Jacksonville sludge metal band Swamp about their music, their new EP, and what drives them as a band.

Instagram: @swamp_fl

Bandcamp: https://swampfl.bandcamp.com/album/swamp-ep-2

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses how a world record was recently set for calculating the most decimal places of pi. He also discusses a recent image that captured the Wigner crystal – a special configuration of electrons.

Here are the articles referenced in the show:

“Calculating Pi”: https://www.mathscareers.org.uk/calculating-pi/

“Scientists Capture Image of Bizarre ‘Electron Ice’ for the First Time”: https://www.livescience.com/electron-ice-snapshot-first-time

“Physicists Snap First Image of an ‘Electron Ice’”: https://physics.berkeley.edu/news-events/news/20211004/physicists-snap-first-image-of-an-electron-ice

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses meditation. He also discusses the Dhammapada, a book of the Buddhist school of thought.

Here are the articles and books referenced in the show:

How To Meditate: https://www.mindful.org/how-to-meditate/

The Dhammapada translated by Eknath Easwaran

The Dhammapada [Copyright Free]: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2017