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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! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) SWUNG Slack (https://softwareunderground.org) @dontpanicgeo (https://twitter.com/dontpanicgeo) show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com (http://www.johnrleeman.com) - @geo_leeman (https://twitter.com/geo_leeman) Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin (https://twitter.com/ShannonDulin)