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Don"t Panic Geocast

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. Shannon is a field geologist who tolerates technology and John is a self-proclaimed nerd that tolerates geologists.

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Episode 302 - "Geophysics is Batteries"

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2021/09/17

Getting power to things in the field is difficult and more complex than you'd think. This week we discuss a few of the many problems you are likely to face and ways we have fought them. Fun Paper Friday Reinventing the wheel happens a lot - but how often does it get published? This week we examine an example by looking at a paper that rediscovered the integral. Tai, Mary M. "A mathematical model for the determination of total area under glucose tolerance and other metabolic curves." Diabetes care

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Episode 301 - "Lodestone"

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2021/09/11

Magnetism is a mysterious topic and it took a long time for us humans to understand just the basics. This week we look at the history of magnetism! Fun Paper Friday Can whale calls be useful for seismologists? Find out in this week's Fun Paper! Kuna, Václav M., and John L. Nábělek. "Seismic crustal imaging using fin whale songs." Science 371.6530 (2021): 731-735. (https://www.gwern.net/docs/technology/2021-kuna.pdf) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon

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Episode 300 - "Rock can also act as a fluid"

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2021/09/04

EPISODE 231 - "PRISON TOOLS" DR. MATT HALL (https://www.dontpanicgeocast.com/231) EPISODE 243 - "I WANT FOUR AWESOME SEASONS" (https://www.dontpanicgeocast.com/243) EPISODE 270 - "WHY GOD MADE THE EVENING SHIFT" STEVE PILTZ (https://www.dontpanicgeocast.com/270) EPISODE 287 - "CARTOONIST IN WORD FORM" GARY MCMANUS (https://www.dontpanicgeocast.com/287) EPISODE 271 - "GUESS AGAIN DUMMY" RYAN MAY (https://www.dontpanicgeocast.com/271) EPISODE 280 - "RED SKY IN THE MORNING" WEATHER PROVERBS

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Episode 299 - "Counterfeit Consciousness"

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2021/08/21

The GEARS workshop is over and we discuss what lessons were learned and how it went. Then we find out how some clever computer scientists found plagiarization in the literature. Fun Paper Friday Cabanac, Guillaume, Cyril Labbé, and Alexander Magazinov. "Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in science. Evidence of critical issues affecting established journals." arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.06751 (2021). (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2107.06751.pdf) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon

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58:56

Episode 298 - "Little Nerd Arms"

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2021/08/13

It's hot! Learn about wet bulb temperature and what it means for your heat-stress this summer! It involves a lot of swinging of wet socks! Fun Paper Friday Tamm, Sidney L. "Defecation by the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi occurs with an ultradian rhythm through a single transient anal pore." Invertebrate Biology 138.1 (2019): 3-16. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ivb.12236) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com

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Episode 297 - "Acid Gel" Shell Formation

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2021/07/23

How Seashells are Made (https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/reactions/videos/2018/how-seashells-are-made.html) Johnson, Adam B., Nina S. Fogel, and J. David Lambert. "Growth and morphogenesis of the gastropod shell." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116.14 (2019): 6878-6883. (https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/116/14/6878.full.pdf) Addadi, Lia, et al. "Mollusk shell formation: a source of new concepts for understanding biomineralization processes." Chemistry–A European Journal

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Episode 296 - "Explosive Erosion"

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2021/07/09

Does the earth change rapidly or slowly? We discuss the competing philosophies and the evolution of.... well, the end of the road for your food! Fun Paper Friday Hejnol, Andreas, and José M. Martín-Durán. "Getting to the bottom of anal evolution." Zoologischer Anzeiger-a Journal of Comparative Zoology 256 (2015): 61-74. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004452311500011X) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com

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Episode 295 - "Touch the rocks"

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2021/07/03

Shannon is back from field camp (and another trip) and wants to talk about digital skills. Is field camp even necessary? Fun Paper Friday Fukada, Eiichi. "Piezoelectricity of wood." Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 10.2 (1955): 149-154. (https://sci-hub.st/10.1143/JPSJ.10.149) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) SWUNG Slack (https://softwareunderground.org) @dontpanicgeo

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Episode 294 - "enormous catastrophe"

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2021/06/19

Earthquake shaking is often described on a "felt like" scale known as the Mercalli intensity scale. This episode we delve into the confusing history of the scale and what it really means. Fun Paper Friday Can your pasta be packed more efficiently? It can if it turns into its final shape during cooking! Tao, Ye, et al. "Morphing pasta and beyond." Science Advances 7.19 (2021): eabf4098. (https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/19/eabf4098.full) ## Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon

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Episode 293 - "Hot Hot Field Camp" Spontaneous Potential

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2021/06/12

What is spontaneous potential? It's an inexpensive technique to learn even more about the porosity, composition, and permeability of rock and soil. Fun Paper Friday Does your cat sit in boxes? Turns out, there's proof of why and that a cat's visual perception is quite sophisticated. Smith, Gabriella E., Philippe A. Chouinard, and Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere. "If I fits I sits: A citizen science investigation into illusory contour susceptibility in domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus)." Applied Animal

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Episode 292 - "Magic Math Stick"

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2021/05/29

This was supposed to be a show on Spontaneous Potential, but we'll get to that next week! We have a potpourri of things to cover and hope you'll enjoy our derailed train! Fun Paper Friday Telescopes for seals? It's true! Mauck, Björn, et al. "How a harbor seal sees the night sky." Marine mammal science 21.4 (2005): 646-656.

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Episode 291 - "Haven't you seen Dante's Peak?"

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2021/05/22

Mt. St. Helens was a huge event in 1980. This week, 41 years later, we discuss the events leading up to the eruption and what happened! Fun Paper Friday *Turpin, Martin Harry, et al. "Bullsh!? Ability as an Honest Signal of Intelligence." Evolutionary Psychology 19.2 (2021): 14747049211000317. (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14747049211000317) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com

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Episode 290 - "COAL!"

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2021/05/15

This week it's all about coal - what is it, where did it form, and how do we use it! Fun Paper Friday Can seismometers be used to spy on industrial processes? Guenaga, David L., et al. "Seismically Detecting Nuclear Reactor Operations Using a Power Spectral Density (PSD) Misfit Detector." Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2021). (https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/doi/10.1785/0120200267/597792/Seismically-Detecting-Nuclear-Reactor-Operations) Contact us: Show Support

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Episode 289 - "Soil Teapot"

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2021/05/01

How do geysers work? Learn more this week! Old Faithful (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful) Fun Paper Friday The title says it all in this week's Fun Paper! Wang, Lu, Zdenek Sofer, and Martin Pumera. "Will any crap we put into graphene increase its electrocatalytic effect?." ACS nano 14.1 (2020): 21-25. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.9b00184) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com

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Episode 288 - "95% Chance of Chert" Mineral...

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2021/04/16

How do you identify a mineral? We talk about our favorite ways to identify minerals! Fun Paper Friday How does heavy water taste? Will it kill you? Find out by reading this week's Fun Paper Friday! Abu, Natalie Ben, et al. "Sweet taste of heavy water." Communications Biology 4.1 (2021): 1-10. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-01964-y) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) SWUNG Slack

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Episode 287 - "Cartoonist in Word Form" Gary McManus

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2021/04/10

Gary McManus joins us to talk about state climatology and extremes in Oklahoma! Gary (https://cig.mesonet.org/staff/gary_mcmanus.html) Mesonet (http://mesonet.org/) Fun Paper Friday Hurricanes in space? It's raining electrons in this week's fun paper Friday! Zhang, Qing-He, et al. "A space hurricane over the Earth’s polar ionosphere." Nature communications 12.1 (2021): 1-10. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21459-y.pdf) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon

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Episode 286 - "Big Sandbox for Adults" Maciej Obryk,...

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2021/04/03

Thanks to Dr. Maciej Obryk, Dr. Kate Allstadt, and Dr. Thomas Rapstine for joining us to talk about the USGS experimental flume! * Flume Experiment Videos (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1315/) * Dr. Maciej Obryk (https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/maciej-k-obryk?qt-staff_profile_science_products=3#qt-staff_profile_science_products) * Dr. Kate Allstadt (https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/kate-e-allstadt?qt-staff_profile_science_products=0#qt-staff_profile_science_products) * Dr. Thomas Rapstine

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Episode 285 - "We're not going to tell you how to...

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2021/03/26

Field Kit Sokkia Notebook Holster/Backpack Handlens Hammer Belt Pocket Transit Gilson Grain Size Card Acid Bottle Pocket Knife Pencils/Lead Protractor Ruler Combo Streak Plate Mohs Picks Fun Paper Friday What can we learn about the Earth's magnetic field from tree rings? Cooper, Alan, et al. "A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago." Science 371.6531 (2021): 811-818. (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6531/811) Science Mag Article

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Episode 284 - "Dijon or Yellow" Geomajik Box

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2021/03/20

What's in the box? Geophones Load Cell Resistivity Setup Color Magnetometer Accelerometer Turbidity Sensor Water Velocity Sensor Fun Paper Friday What happens when no AI research can be reproduced? Any angry site to shame those authors! * One researcher’s mission to encourage reproducibility in machine learning (https://bdtechtalks.com/2021/03/01/papers-without-code-machine-learning-reproducibility/) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon

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Episode 283 - "There are spectrograms"

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2021/03/07

This week we talk about flow regimes in streams, more bedforms, and then wrap it up with a discussion of what crocodiles sound like after breathing helium! Fun Paper Friday Thanks to listener Teresa for this week's fun paper! Reber, Stephan A., et al. "A Chinese alligator in heliox: formant frequencies in a crocodilian." Journal of Experimental Biology 218.15 (2015): 2442-2447. (https://jeb.biologists.org/content/218/15/2442.full) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon

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