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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 242 - "I'm a taxi driver for my students" Dr....

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2020/02/15

This week Dr.Alison Nugent joins us to talk about giant cloud condensation nuclei and life as an assistant professor of atmospheric science in Hawaii. Alison's Website Facebook: @Dr.AlisonNugent Instagram: cloudyday24 Fun Paper Friday Hinners, Paige, Madison Thomas, and Young Jin Lee. "Determining fingerprint age with mass spectrometry imaging via ozonolysis of triacylglycerols." Analytical Chemistry (2020). Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack

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Episode 241 - "This circle is full of paleomagnetists"

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2020/02/08

This week we talk about rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow in the follow up to the winter storm that hit the plains this week. Why do these occur? Find out! Fun Paper Friday Neuroskeptic. "The nine circles of scientific hell." Perspectives on Psychological Science 7.6 (2012): 643-644. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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Episode 240 - "Half a Unicorn"

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2020/02/01

This week it's all about aquifers and how they work! Water does not sit in lakes underground, but truth is stranger than fiction. Fun Paper Friday Upper, Dennis. "The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of “writer's block”." Journal of applied behavior analysis 7.3 (1974): 497. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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Episode 239 - "I went to Cheers" and other AMS stories

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2020/01/25

This week John recaps his trip to AMS and Shannon teases a show on her field work! Find AMS talks here TORUS project WX Symbols NCAR Dropsonde Tim's Cowbell Video Fun Paper Friday This week it's a meaty subject! Cole, James. "Assessing the calorific significance of episodes of human cannibalism in the Palaeolithic." Scientific reports 7 (2017): 44707. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman

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Episode 238 - "Big Long Honkies"

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2020/01/11

What's that in the sky? A bird? A plane? No, it's a scary looking cloud! Find out what it was this week! Flammagenitus (with great chart at the bottom) Australia Pyrocumulus Kelvin Helmholtz Instability Lenticular Cloud Wired Article on Morning Glories Nacreous Clouds Noctilucent Clouds Arcus Clouds Mammatus Clouds Fun Paper Friday Hart, Vlastimil, et al. "Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth’s magnetic field." Frontiers in zoology 10.1 (2013): 80. Contact us: Show Support us

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Episode 237 - "Just archive it" New Years!

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2020/01/04

This week we go over the last year and discuss our plans for 2020 before diving into a discussion on pupil shapes in various animals. Don't miss it! Fun Paper Friday Banks, Martin S., et al. "Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?." Science advances 1.7 (2015): e1500391. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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Episode 236 - "Crop circles of geology"

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2019/12/20

This week we finish up talking about deserts with some of our favorite features - dunes, ventifacts, and more! Sailing Stones Ventifact Dunes Fun Paper Friday How can math and physics "improve" hunting a lion? Pétard, H. "A contribution to the mathematical theory of big game hunting." Amer. Math. Monthly 45 (1938): 446-447. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon

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Episode 235 - "That's how the arches formed"

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2019/12/14

This week we stick to a dry subject - deserts! Learn about how rocks weather in a place where there isn't much. Peltier diagram on weathering Desert Varnish Rock Exfoliation Video Fun Paper Friday What if the Earth were replaced with blueberries? Sandberg, Anders. "Blueberry Earth." arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.10553 (2018). Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon

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Episode 234 - "That's what they're called"

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2019/12/07

Deserts - hot and dry right? Wrong! There's so much more to them! Fun Paper Friday Synthetic Uranus? Magnetic Fields? Learn more in this week's fun paper. Chau, Ricky, Sebastien Hamel, and William J. Nellis. "Chemical processes in the deep interior of Uranus." Nature communications 2 (2011): 203. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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Episode 233 - "I'm out - I took linear algebra"...

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2019/12/01

This week we talk about the dreaded stereonet and why it's useful and somewhat... odd. Great Stereonet Video Series On Teaching Stereonets Visible Geology Fun Paper Friday What's the best way to make a uniform crepe or pancake? Find out with just a bit of math! Boujo, E., and M. Sellier. "Pancake making and surface coating: optimal control of a gravity-driven liquid film." Physical Review Fluids 4.6 (2019): 064802. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack

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Episode 232 - "Mostly we went camping"

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2019/11/23

This week we talk about how YOU can contribute to science with citizen science efforts and what it takes to make a successful citizen science project. SETI@Home Pl@ntNet BioBlitz OK BioBlitz urad Monitor Bud Burst Fun Paper Friday How to run a successful citizen science project Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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Episode 231 - "Prison Tools" Dr. Matt Hall

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2019/11/17

This week Matt Hall of Agile Scientific joins John to talk about teaching Python, the ways scientists get around learning programming, and how to help them learn these tools! Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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Episode 230 - "Fire Triforce" Wildfires

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2019/11/02

This week we talk about fire weather and wildfires! It's a hot topic. We also visit a somewhat Halloween appropriate fun paper from the Journal of Experimental Biology. National Fire Danger Rating Index Mesonet Fire Weather Page Burning Index Ignition Component Spread Component Fuel Moisture Keetch-Byram Drought Index Fun Paper Friday It's Halloween Fun Paper Time! Hands, guitar tuners, and accelerometers. Horns, Joshua, Rebekah Jung, and David R. Carrier. "In vitro strain in human metacarpal

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Episode 229 - "Wooden Dowel Budget" Dr. Jeffrey Wagman

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2019/10/25

This week we talk to Dr. Jeffrey Wagman about experimental psychology, perception, and what it takes to write a "Fun Paper" worthy paper! Jeff's Website Fun Paper Friday This week we discuss knights in shining armor! Askew, Graham N., Federico Formenti, and Alberto E. Minetti. "Limitations imposed by wearing armour on Medieval soldiers' locomotor performance." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279.1729 (2011): 640-644. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon

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Episode 228 - "The other answer to everything"

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2019/10/18

This week we wrap up our discussion of how plate tectonics can influence climate, then discuss zebra stripes on a fascinating fun paper Friday! Fun Paper Friday Kojima, Tomoki, et al. "Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack." PloS one 14.10 (2019): e0223447. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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Episode 227 - "I'm going to need to see those carbon...

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2019/10/13

This week we chat about how tectonics can influence the climate and the many ways in which this happens. Fun Paper Friday Here's egg in your eye! Find out about the severity of ocular injuries from thrown eggs! Stewart, R. M. K., J. M. Durnian, and M. C. Briggs. "“Here’s egg in your eye”: a prospective study of blunt ocular trauma resulting from thrown eggs." Emergency medicine journal 23.10 (2006): 756-758. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack

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Episode 226 - "Crick is the Correct Pronunciation"

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2019/10/04

This week we talk about how rivers work. Rivers are all around - on the surface, underground, even under glaciers and upside-down! Esker Water Strahler Number Law of the Wall Dam Nation Fun Paper Friday Cooper, Katelyn M., et al. "To be funny or not to be funny: Gender differences in student perceptions of instructor humor in college science courses." PloS one 13.8 (2018): e0201258. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo

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Episode 225 - "chickens.F90"

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2019/09/30

Shannon is back from GSA, John is back from London and we talk about teaching revelations, new things happening in magnetics, and learning programming on this catch-up themed episode! Fun Paper Friday Dandelion seeds breaking new group in fluid dynamics! Middleton, Christine. "Dandelion seeds are optimized for wind-based travel." Physics Today 72.1 (2019): 17-19. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman

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Episode 224 - "Reading the stick to 16 decimal places"

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2019/09/20

This week we talk about the age of the Earth and how we think we know it! Wiki Summary Fun Paper Friday This week we revisit the perceived weight of things... it's heavy! Wagman, Jeffrey B., and Samantha J. Aspel. "When can an object feel heavier than itself? Perceived heaviness of a wielded object depends on grasp position." Perception 40.11 (2011): 1384-1386. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman

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Episode 223 - "Elf Shoe of Rain"

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2019/09/07

This week we talk about the opposite of convection - microbursts! Learn how air accelerates downward to cause tornado like destruction and aircraft accidents on this week's show! Microburst Ted Fujita Fun Paper Friday Think birds are scary? Wait till you see this monster! Worthy, Trevor H., et al. "Evidence for a giant parrot from the Early Miocene of New Zealand." Biology letters 15.8 (2019): 20190467. Washington Post Article Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com

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