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Faint Young Sun LIGO Kilonova Greenhouse/Icehouse Earth Fun Paper Friday Stuck in traffic? At least now you know why! Hanna, Rema, Gabriel Kreindler, and Benjamin A. Olken. “Citywide effects of high-occupancy vehicle restrictions: Evidence from “three-in-one” in Jakarta.” Science 357.6346 (2017): 89–93. Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

John and Shannon chat about the Open Hardware Summit in Denver and what it could mean for science. PhD Movie “Do You Expect Me to Just Give Away My Data?” 2017 OHS in Denver Doti Open Robotics Field Ready NGO IUWASH Program Conservify Fun Paper Friday Microbes can modify precipitation? Microbes can be transported by hurricanes and destory crops? Is it time to head to the bunkers? We talk about that and drones on this week’s Fun Paper! High Flying Microbes Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

John and Shannon are back to doing science instead of troubleshooting and take a break to talk with Dr. Greg Wilson about Software Carpentry, how to teach effectively, and a smattering of related topics about the academic world. Greg Wilson Software Carpentry Data Carpentry Library Carpentry It Will Never Work in Theory The Architecture of Open Source Applications Request a Software Carpentry Workshop Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning (Lang) How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching (Ambrose et al.) Fun Paper Friday Stefik, Andreas, and Susanna Siebert. “An empirical investigation into programming language syntax.” ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE) 13.4 (2013): 19. Greg’s Review or Stefik and Siebert Whitten, Alma, and J. Doug Tygar. “Why Johnny Can’t Encrypt: A Usability Evaluation of PGP 5.0.” Usenix Security. Vol. 1999. 1999. Perez De Rosso, Santiago, and Daniel Jackson. “What’s wrong with git?: a conceptual design.” (2013). Contac

This week Gene Cooper from GigaMacro joins us to talk about gigapan imaging, robotics, and how to really capture your samples! GigaMacro GigaMacro GigaPan GigaMacro Twitter GigaMacro Gallery Fun Paper Friday Brown, J. B. “Thermodynamics of a rubber band.” American Journal of Physics 31.5 (1963): 397–397. Applied Science Video Feynman on Rubber Bands  

John and Shannon discuss this week’s Mw 7.1 Earthquake in Mexico and talk about the rheology of cats. Earthquake Mw 7.1 Event Mw 8.1 Event 1985 Mexico City Mw 8.0 Lake Texcoco Tuned Mass Damper in Action Fun Paper Friday On the Rheology of Cats," Marc-Antoine Fardin, Rheology Bulletin, vol. 83, 2, July 2014, pp. 16–17 and 30. Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

Lynn Soreghan Paleozoic Loess Greenhouse vs. Icehouse Snowball Earth Fun Paper Friday Is your fitness tracker lying to you? An undergraduate researcher investigated several sleep trackers and compared them to research grade quipment. Comparison article Data extraction guide Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week John and Shannon talk about hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the physics of heat engines, and determining authorship order! Hurricanes Harvey Irma Carnot engine Hurricane hunters Storm chasers (Toomey) Fun Paper Friday Thanks to Taryn for sending in this selection of fun paper author name ordering schemes! Fun ways of deciding authorship order Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

This week Dr. Eric Bruning (@deeplycloudy) joins us to talk about locating lightning, the lightning process, and space based lightning instruments. Don’t miss this week’s electrifying show! Dr. Bruning’s Website VORTEX Program West Texas LMA COLMA Sprite Chasing Lightning (Tim Samaras) NOAA Lightning Safety Website Fun Paper Friday Cipra, Barry. “A prime case of chaos.” What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences 4 (1999): 2–17. Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

Millions looked up to see this week’s solar eclipse. We talk about the eclipse and how it has played a role in human and scientific history. Algorithms to live by Solid angle 2017 Solar Eclipse (NASA) Shadow from GOES 16 1 hour temperature change Fun Paper Friday Thanks to listener Lukas for sending in this fun paper on martian snow! Spiga, A., Hinson, D. P., Madeleine, J.-B., Navarro, T., Millour, E., Forget, F., & Montmessin, F. (n.d.). Snow precipitation on Mars driven by cloud-induced night-time convection. Nature Geoscience, advance online publication SP - EP . http://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo3008 Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

This week Scott Dubowsky joins us to talk about plasma and ball lightning. We then dive into the economic theory of intersteller trad with another listener fun paper friday! Scott’s Webpage McCall Research Group Ball Lightning Physics of parallel plate capacitors Fun Paper Friday Thanks to listener Andrew for this week’s Fun Paper Friday! Krugman, Paul. “The theory of interstellar trade.” Economic Inquiry 48.4 (2010): 1119–1123. Golden Fleece Award Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

John and Shannon address a listener question from Mike and then talk about where to find intelligent life. MetPy Mondays #1 Carolina Bays Episode 18 - Titan Dunes Fun Paper Carolina Bays (Wikipedia) Radiocarbon dating Optically stimulated luminescence Palynology Younger Dryas Fun Paper Friday Thanks to listener Jonathan for this thought provoking fun paper on life in the universe and where to find it. Lingam, Manasvi, and Abraham Loeb. “Reduced Diversity of Life Around Proxima Centauri and TRAPPIST–1.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.07007 (2017). Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

This week Chris Taylor joins us to talk about making scientifically accurate gifts. We also learn how ants can modify the world around us. Rachio Chris Taylor Taylor Custom Chris’ Comic Book Ant Colony Casting Fun Paper Friday Thank you listener Martin! Dorn, Ronald I. “Ants as a powerful biotic agent of olivine and plagioclase dissolution.” Geology 42.9 (2014): 771–774. Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

John is on the mobile device spirit quest again, Shannon graduated a student, and we both took a break to talk about transform faults. We also learned that they are very complicated! Transform Boundaires John Tuzo-Wilson Reid’s elastic rebound theory Transform Faults (Good Wikipedia Illustrations) Fault Breccia Mylonite Pseudotachylite Fun Paper Friday Thanks to listener Mark, we’ll never sit at a wobbly lunch table again! Martin, Andre. “On the stability of four-legged tables.” Physics Letters A 360.4 (2007): 495–500. Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

John just got back from SciPy and updates us on the state of scientific Python. SciPy 2017 Ryan and John’s talk on units John’s poster Katy Huff’s Keynote Sean Gulick’s Keynote nbgrader - Jess Hamrick Dask Scikit Learn Numba Katy Huff Interview (Episode 65) Fun Paper Friday What’s the chance that you bump noses on your next kiss? Can stats help reduce that? Find out on this week’s Fun Paper Friday! Karim, AKM Rezaul, et al. “The right way to kiss: directionality bias in head-turning during kissing.” Scientific reports 7.1 (2017): 5398. Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

SciPy Abstracts Convergent Plate Boundaries Metamorphic Rocks Episode 55 (Plate Tectonics) Episode 116 - Metamorphic Rocks Critical Taper Theory Fun Paper Friday Are Sea Pickles just Sea Cucumbers that are really old? Find out on this week’s Fun Paper Friday! NOAA Press Release Livescience (better pictures) Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

Boaty McBoatface Article Divergent Boundary Rocks Basin and Range formation (YouTube) Divergent plate boundary Pillow basalt Gabbro Aulacogen East African Rift Fun Paper Friday Thanks to listener Mark for the paper suggestion and to Steve for the new cowbell! Ronen, Eyal, et al. “IoT Goes Nuclear: Creating a ZigBee Chain Reaction.” IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive 2016 (2016): 1047. Embedded.fm #175 Embedded.fm #192 Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

This week it’s hot… so hot that some airplanes cannot takeoff. We talk about atmospheric density and density altitude, as well as look into some histograms of what’s in your bellybutton! Tropical Storm Cindy Just One Damned Thing After Another: The Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book One Density Altitude International Standard Atmosphere Height - Velocity Curves Density Altitude Crash Video Fun Paper Friday How much fluff collects in your belly button and why? This author scratched his own itch. Literally. Steinhauser, Georg. “The nature of navel fluff.” Medical hypotheses 72.6 (2009): 623–625. Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

Shannon is back and we take some time to go over your feedback. Our email inbox was clogged all week, but should be running now, so get your sticker requests in! Embedded.fm 200th Episode FPF List John’s Timelapse Episode 12 - Tides Twain Harte Rock Exfoliating Fun Paper Friday Does jargon make you seem more or less professional? Found out in this week’s fun paper! Berman, Jessica R., et al. “Fellow use of medical jargon correlates inversely with patient and observer perceptions of professionalism: results of a rheumatology OSCE (ROSCE) using challenging patient scenarios.” Clinical rheumatology 35.8 (2016): 2093–2099. Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week, we mix things up a bit. This joint show between Embedded.fm and the geocast explores what happens when electrical engineering meets geoscience in cold places. We’re joined by guest Dr. Sridhar Anandakrishnan of Penn State to talk about geopebbles, ice, climate, and more! Asimov Robot Series Anthropornis (giant penguins) Ice crystal structure Ice streams GeoPebble Propeller Programming (Book) Fun Paper Friday The Boring Company Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

This week Shannon pops a surprise interview on John, asking all about open source. We talk about what it is, why people do it, and what it means for your cat videos. We round out the show talking about a physics problem that has stumped some of the greatest minds. EP 114 - “Chasrismatic Megafauna” (Flyover App) EP 177 - “Everything is a few weeks away” Open Drone Map Using Open Source Tools to Refactor Geoscience Education | SciPy 2016 | Lindsey Heagy John’s Geotech Class Open Source Hardware Association Embedded.fm 193: AXIOMATICALLY DID NOT HAPPEN Railroader’s Memorial Museum Arduino vs. Arduino Kirchhoff Equations Fun Paper Friday What problem could possibly stump the likes of Feynman? Turns out, it’s spaghetti! Audoly, Basile, and Sébastien Neukirch. “Fragmentation of rods by cascading cracks: why spaghetti does not break in half.” Physical review letters 95.9 (2005): 095505. Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrle