Don't Panic Geocast

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).

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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