Episode 57 - "You go to a cave and do math problems"
This week we’re going underground…to caves that is. We review the basics of how caves form, some unique features, and a lot of fun vocabulary. We also talk about the latest and greatest scientific...
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Show Notes
This week we’re going underground…to caves that is. We review the basics of how caves form, some unique features, and a lot of fun vocabulary. We also talk about the latest and greatest scientific discovery!
- How caves form
- Carbonic Acid
- Hydrogen Sulfide
- Video of Limestone vs. Acid
- Carlsbad Caverns Formation
- White-Nose Syndrome
- Karst
- Speleothems
- Stalactites vs. Stalagmites
- Cave Bacon (Flowstone)
- Cave Popcorn
- Troglobites
- Wind Cave
- Boxwork Calcite
- Lehman Cave
- Cave shields
- Alabaster Caverns
Fun Paper Friday
This week we learn about one of the most exciting physics discoveries in modern physics - the measurement of gravitational waves.
- Gravitational waves for dummies
- Text Messages from LIGO
- Abbott, B. P., et al. “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger.” Physical Review Letters 116.6 (2016): 061102.
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