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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 @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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 [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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 [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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 [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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 SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week the crew discusses thunderstorms - where they come from and how they are actually really similar to some geological processes. Squall Line/QLCS Outflow Boundary Fun Paper Friday What makes a good pizza? Physics to the rescue! Varlamov, Andrey, Andreas Glatz, and Sergio Grasso. "The physics of baking good pizza." Physics Education 53.6 (2018): 065011. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we talk about plotting and how we think (or don't) in graphs and charts. Fun Paper Friday It's the weekend - do you know what your doctor is doing? Caverly, Tanner J., Rodney A. Hayward, and James F. Burke. "Much to do with nothing: microsimulation study on time management in primary care." bmj 363 (2018): k4983. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

Eric Brunning (@deeplycloudy) returns to talk about doing science in the field in this crossover episode with the Embedded Podcast! Eric on Embedded: 268: Cakepan Interferometry Eric on our show: 134: Launching Balloons out of a UHaul. Fun Paper Friday The paper was Reconstructing David Huffman’s Legacy in Curved-Crease Folding by Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine and Duks Koschitz. Elecia is working her way through Erik Demaine’s Phd thesis on the same topic as well as Jun Mitani’s excellent book Curved-Folding Origami Design. Geology also has folds. For 3D printed origami, Eric mentioned Henny Seggerman’s twitter @henryseg. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we talk about the summer monsoon, humidity, and magnetic potbelly sculptures. Monsoon Fun Paper Friday Ancient Artists Created Giant Magnetic Heads From Rock Struck By Lightning Fu, Roger R., et al. "Knowledge of magnetism in ancient Mesoamerica: Precision measurements of the potbelly sculptures from Monte Alto, Guatemala." Journal of Archaeological Science 106 (2019): 29-36. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we're terrified... of giant ancient birds! Phorusrhacidae PBS Video New skull remains of Phorusrhacos longissimus Embedded 291: GENERAL DRIP AND TINKLE Fun Paper Friday Hemlock poisoning in modern day? Korkmaz, İlhan, et al. "Quail consumption can be harmful." The Journal of emergency medicine 41.5 (2011): 499-502. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing! Smarter Everyday Moon Sample Video Fun Paper Friday Scientific software is important, but what about snakes on a spaceship? Python in Heliophysics! Burrell, A. G., et al. "Snakes on a spaceship—An overview of Python in heliophysics." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 123.12 (2018): 10-384. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week John discusses his recent experience teaching a large group at SciPy and why software testing is important. John's Tutorial Tutorial Page Fun Paper Friday Beer bubbles - turns out there is more than you'd think to explain their physics! Shafer, Neil E., and Richard N. Zare. "Through a beer glass darkly." Physics Today 44.10 (1991): 48-52. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we dive into Dunham classification and golf habits! Dunham Classification Fun Paper Friday Do doctors play more golf than the rest of us? Are they better at it? Koplewitz, Gal, et al. "Golf habits among physicians and surgeons: observational cohort study." bmj 363 (2018): k4859.

This week we talk about classification again, but this time how Folk looked at carbonate rocks and why the naming scheme has to be so much different than with sedimentary systems! Folk Carbonate Classification Fun Paper Friday Winter is coming, but why? Orbital mechanics to the rescue! Paradise, Adiv, et al. "The Long Night: Modeling the Climate of Westeros." arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.12195 (2019). Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we take on geoengineering and mimicking behaviors! How Cloud Seeding Works Iron Dumping Experiment Nature on Geoengineering Vonnegut Article Undiscovered Podcast on Vonnegut Fun Paper Friday Persson, Tomas, Gabriela-Alina Sauciuc, and Elainie Alenkær Madsen. "Spontaneous cross-species imitation in interactions between chimpanzees and zoo visitors." Primates 59.1 (2018): 19-29. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week - what is a sandstone by any other name? Its Folk name that is! Folk Classification Remembering Bob Folk Fun Paper Friday Live Science Article Blaj, Gabriel, et al. "Generation of high-intensity ultrasound through shock propagation in liquid jets." Physical Review Fluids 4.4 (2019): 043401. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

Is it a nodule, is it a concretion, it is rock lightning? Find out on this week's summer short! Concretion Nodule Fun Paper Friday Is there carbon from outside this world? Extraterrestrial Organic Matter Found in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Volcanic Rock Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we talk about the Dakota group and how it formed those beautiful hogback structures we all love! Dakota Formation Hogback Western Interior Seaway Fun Paper Friday Can dead fish really see emotion in humans? fMRI Gets Slap in the Face with a Dead Fish Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we continue our instrument journey and talk about controlling the physical world with tiny electrons! Fun Paper Friday Can the music you listen to change your reaction to violence? Sun, Yanan, et al. "Implicit violent imagery processing among fans and non-fans of music with violent themes." Royal Society Open Science 6.3 (2019): 181580. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we explore how does your data go from a physical thing to a digital representation. Transducer ADC Fun Paper Friday Security is a scary topic, but we might be looking at the wrong problems! Mickens, J., 2014. This World of Ours. USENIX. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week it’s all about microscopic indications of impacts and some fun mineral names. We wrap up with a fun paper on making project acronyms! Coesite Stishovite Planar Deformation Features Fun Paper Friday Cook, B.A., ACRONYM: Acronym CReatiON for You and Me Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week we continue to chat about impact events and the macroscopic evidence of them. We wrap up with a chat about primate sleep patterns. Shatter Cones Breccia Suevite Pseudotachylite Fun Paper Friday Did our sleep patterns help us grow our cognitive ability? Find out on this week's Fun Paper Friday! NYTimes Interview Samson, David R., and Charles L. Nunn. "Sleep intensity and the evolution of human cognition." Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 24.6 (2015): 225-237. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we start a series on impact crates and how to tell if you have one - turns out it’s a lot more complicated than you’d think! We’ll wrap up the show with an analysis of pocket sizes on men’s and women’s clothing. Earth Impact Database Vredefort Crater Fun Paper Friday Diem and Thomas (2018) Someone clever once said Women were not allowed pockets Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week we’re petrified.. petrified wood that is. Learn what it is and how it’s made - then we tie it all up with a fun paper about mathematical ways to tie neckties. AVE Clear Wood Wiki Petrified Wood Petrified Forest Fun Paper Friday How many ways are there to tie a necktie? Find out in this week’s fun paper! Fink, Thomas M., and Yong Mao. “Designing tie knots by random walks.” Nature 398.6722 (1999): 31.

This week we wrap up talking about magnetometers with the alkali vapor magnetometer - a strange optical instrument that is incredibly precise! Fun Paper Friday Why do grapes turn into balls of plasma in a microwave. New research tells us and hints towards advanced manufacturing techniques. Khattak, Hamza K., Pablo Bianucci, and Aaron D. Slepkov. "Linking plasma formation in grapes to microwave resonances of aqueous dimers." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019): 201818350. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week it is all about the proton procession magnetometer and the Earth's underground mountain range. Don't miss it! Proton Magnetometer Fun Paper Friday phys.org article Wu, Wenbo, Sidao Ni, and Jessica CE Irving. "Inferring Earth’s discontinuous chemical layering from the 660-kilometer boundary topography." Science 363.6428 (2019): 736-740. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week it's all about the fluxgate magnetometer - funny name, awesome instruments. Fluxgate Video (NASA) Listener Survey! Fun Paper Friday Have you ever crashed your bike on the tracks? This paper might tell you why! Ling, Ziwen, Christopher R. Cherry, and Nirbesh Dhakal. "Factors influencing single-bicycle crashes at skewed railroad grade crossings." Journal of Transport & Health 7 (2017): 54-63. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we finally finish up the climate series! In the mean time don't forget to take the listener survey and help us make the show better! Fun Paper Friday Where do you go to find mythical creatures? There's a paper for that! Beconytė, Giedrė, Agnė Eismontaitė, and Jovita Žemaitienė. "Mythical creatures of Europe." Journal of Maps 10.1 (2014): 53-60. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

It’s our 200th show! This week we reflect on why we do this and ask for your feedback in a listener survey. We wrap it all up with a fun paper to help us answer the question “are we cool?” Listener Survey Fun Paper Friday This week we decide if we’re “cool” or not. Dar-Nimrod, Ilan, et al. “Coolness: An empirical investigation.” Journal of Individual Differences (2012). Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] 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 – [email protected] John Leeman – www.johnrleeman.com – @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin – @ShannonDulin

This week John sums up his time at the AMS meeting and we discuss the highland haggis. AMS 2019 Fun Paper Friday McNOLEG, O. L. E. G. “The integration of GIS, remote sensing, expert systems and adaptive co-kriging for environmental habitat modeling of the highland haggis using object-oriented, fuzzy-logic and neural-network techniques.” Computers & Geosciences 22.5 (1996): 585–588. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week we are joined by Dr. Nick Heavens to talk about the past and present climate, and the climate of Mars! @weatheronmars Fun Paper Friday Legos and children - the ingredients for a hilarious study about ingestion of toy parts! Tagg, Andrew, et al. “Everything is awesome: Don’t forget the Lego.” Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (2018). Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week Dr. Walter Smith joins us to talk about GMT, satellite altimetry, gravity, racing cars, and more! Walter’s Webpage Fun Paper Friday This week we examine parachutes… again. Do they work? Find out on this week’s Fun Paper! Yeh, Robert W., et al. “Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial.” BMJ 363 (2018): k5094. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week it’s more about climate, but at a time when we didn’t have any ice on the Earth and when most of our fossil fuel storage formations were being deposited! Fun Paper Friday Chickens - the dominant life marker in human-era strata? Find out in this week’s fun paper! Carys E. Bennett, Richard Thomas, Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Matt Edgeworth, Holly Miller, Ben Coles, Alison Foster, Emily J. Burton and Upenyu Marume The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere5Royal Society Open Science http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180325 Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week John and Shannon continue talking about Earth’s past climate and snowball Earth, then delve into the physics of cactus. Geologic Timescale Fun Paper Friday Which cactus is the worst to get stuck by? Find out in this week’s fun paper! Crofts, S. B., and P. S. L. Anderson. “The influence of cactus spine surface structure on puncture performance and anchoring ability is tuned for ecology.” Proceedings. Biological sciences 285.1891 (2018). Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week we talk about the InSight landing and seismology on Mars. InSight Mission The Onion Article Fun Paper Friday Could minerals be the keys to solving the dark matter puzzle? Drukier, Andrzej K., et al. “Paleo-detectors: Searching for Dark Matter with Ancient Minerals.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.06844 (2018). Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week it’s all about snowball Earth, how we got there, how we got back. Snowball Earth Albedo Fun Paper Friday Small dinosaurs making tools in the lab! Gizmodo Article Auersperg, A. M. I., et al. “Tool making cockatoos adjust the lengths but not the widths of their tools to function.” PloS one 13.11 (2018): e0205429. Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week we talk about the GSA meetings, stream tables, and bug dorms. GSA GSA 2018 EM River Fun Paper Friday What’s that buzzing sound? Find out on this week’s fun paper. Chung, H. N., et al. “Toward Implementation of Mosquito Sterile Insect Technique: The Effect of Storage Conditions on Survival of Male Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) During Transport.” Journal of insect science (Online) 18.6 (2018). Contact us: Support us on Patreon! Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week John talks about an instrumentation meeting he was at and what the future looks like for seismologists. Blueseis Sensor John's Company Fun Paper Friday Can a fly ruin a glass of wine? Find out in this week's fun paper! Becher, P.G., Lebreton, S., Wallin, E.A. et al. J Chem Ecol (2018) 44: 431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-0950-4 Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week The Amoeba People join us to talk about creating science music and geology dance moves. The Band Website Band Facebook Band Twitter Band YouTube Band Patreon Fun Paper Friday Dear College Students: You Should Take Geology Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week John and Shannon talk about their transitions to Windows and Mac, and what to do when things just stop working. Back to Work #393 Fun Paper Friday What’s the half-life of a chocolate box in a hospital? Find out on this week’s Fun Paper Friday. Gajendragadkar, Parag R., et al. “The survival time of chocolates on hospital wards: covert observational study.” Bmj 347 (2013): f7198. Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

Shannon goes to a software carpentry workshop and we do a post workshop discussion on using the tools she learned. Workshop Embedded.fm #250 Software Carpentry Fun Paper Friday Lizards and hurricanes, this week’s fun paper has it all UCDavis Blog Post Donihue, Colin M., et al. “Hurricane-induced selection on the morphology of an island lizard.” Nature 560.7716 (2018): 88. Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week Dr. David Jewitt joins us to talk about interstellar objects, jovian moons, and the Kuiper belt! Kuiper Belt ‘Oumuamua David’s Website Fun Paper Friday Should insurance be paying for you to ride the roller coaster? Find out on this week’s fun paper friday! Mitchell, Marc A., and David D. Wartinger. “Validation of a functional pyelocalyceal renal model for the evaluation of renal calculi passage while riding a roller coaster.” J Am Osteopath Assoc 116.10 (2016): 647–652. Contact us Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week Jason Hofgartner of JPL joins us to talk about Pluto and New Horizons! Pluto New Horizons Jason Hofgartner Fun Paper Friday Is it possible to publish a paper every five days? Do they mean anything? Can you sleep? Join us this week for an analysis of hyper-prolific authors. Thousands of scientists publish a paper every five days Free Agents #55 Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week Dr. Amy Simon joins us to talk about Uranus and Neptune as we continue our march through the solar system! Uranus and Neptune Uranus Neptune Amy’s website Fun Paper Friday What would you do if you could make a meteor shower? Mirror Article ALE Website Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week Dr. Mike Malaska joins us to talk about the wild world of Titan - its methane rivers, organic clouds, and disappearing islands! Titan Titan UnmannedSpaceflight.com Image Processing Tutorials Mike’s Twitter Fun Paper Friday Can machine learning tell us where aftershocks are most likely to happen? Find out in this week’s Fun Paper Friday!! Machine learning improves forecasts of aftershock locations Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week Dr. Amanda Hendrix joins us to talk about Saturn, it’s moons, and exploring Titan. Saturn Cassini Mission Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets Fun Paper Friday Why do old men have big ears? Find out in this week’s fun paper! Heathcote, James A. “Why do old men have big ears?.” BMJ 311.7021 (1995): 1668. Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week, it’s all about the most volcanically active place in the solar system - Io! Join Dr. Rosaly Lopes of JPL for a tour of this strange world. Io Galileo Mission Cassini Mission Fun Paper Friday Can you burn more calories by watching a scary movie? Find out on this weeks fun paper friday! Cooper, B. G., J. N. Matthews, and K. G. Alberti. “Resting energy expenditure, substrate use, and video tapes.” BMJ: British Medical Journal 311.7021 (1995): 1664. Contact us: Support us on Patreon! Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week Dr. Fran Bagenal joins us to talk about the Juno mission and Jupiter as we start our march through the outer planets. Jupiter Dr. Fran Bagenal Juno Mission JUNOCAM Fun Paper Friday If the Script for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Was Peer-Reviewed Contact us: Support us on Patreon! Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected] John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

This week, it's all about stereonets and magnets! Stereonets Leeds Workbook Visible Geology Rowan’s Blog Post Fun Paper Friday McCormick, S., et al. "Children and mini-magnets: an almost fatal attraction." Emergency medicine journal 19.1 (2002): 71-73. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com SWUNG Slack @dontpanicgeo [email protected] John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin