Monthly Archives: February 2017

Lauren and Dave Heerschap

• Real Science Innovations LLC
• Rule of V’s Blocks
• Brunton Axis
• Video of Axis in Action
• Real Science Innovations YouTube Channel

Fun Paper Friday

• Did mountains growing make our brains bigger? Explore this tongue in cheek paper on the geo-cranial relation. Get ready for a good chuckle!
• Molnar, Peter. “The rise of mountain ranges and the evolution of humans: a causal relation?.” Irish journal of earth sciences (1990): 199?207.

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Show – www.dontpanicgeocast.com – SWUNG Slack – @dontpanicgeo – show@dontpanicgeocast.com

John Leeman – www.johnrleeman.com – @geo_leeman

Shannon Dulin – @ShannonDulin

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• John is defending his dissertation, so he prepares by describing it to you!
• Museum of Osteology
• XKCD Thesis Defense
• Origin of the Thesis
• NZ Earthquake Lights
• Hydraulic Press Channel
• Biaxal deformation press

Fun Paper Friday

• How can we understand the brain? Is a processor the same thing? This study examines the classic 6502.
• Economist Column
• Jonas, Eric, and Konrad Paul Kording. “Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor?.” PLOS Computational Biology 13.1 (2017): e1005268.

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Show – www.dontpanicgeocast.com – SWUNG Slack – @dontpanicgeo – show@dontpanicgeocast.com

John Leeman – www.johnrleeman.com – @geo_leeman

Shannon Dulin – @ShannonDulin

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How many students will ever make a professional geologic map? Not many most likely. Is it still essential to learn? You bet! This week we discuss why and how it’s done.

Field Methods

• Episode 32
• Pocket Transit Manual
• Strike and Dip (YouTube)
• Interactive Grand Canyon Map
• PDF Grand Canyon Map
• Little Baldy

Fun Paper Friday

• Slime molds predict best transportation routes? Internet comments misinterpret a paper and use sensational headlines? Find out with this week’s fun paper!
• Tsompanas, Michail-Antisthenis I., Georgios Ch Sirakoulis, and Andrew I. Adamatzky. “Evolving transport networks with cellular automata models inspired by slime mould.” IEEE transactions on cybernetics 45.9 (2015): 1887?1899.
• Gizmodo Article

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Show – www.dontpanicgeocast.com – SWUNG Slack – @dontpanicgeo – show@dontpanicgeocast.com

John Leeman – www.johnrleeman.com – @geo_leeman

Shannon Dulin – @ShannonDulin

 

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This week we take some time to discuss YOUR feedback.- and there’s a lot! Also, how can disks of ice start rotating spontaneously? Listen this week to find out!

Feedback

• Capt. Richard Phillips
• Joe’s Seismometer
• Earthquake recorded
• Unknown Event
• Lee Post’s Books
• Why The Array Index Should Start From 0

Ice Circles

• Ice Circles
• Feb. 1895 Scientific American
• North Dakota Ice Circle (YouTube)
• Russian Ice Cricle (YouTube)
• Study of Ice Circles

Fun Paper Friday

• How do high heels change how people perceive the wearer? Can a new pair of shoes give you more confidence?
• Scientopia summary
• Morris, P., White, J., Morrison, E., & Fisher, K. (2012). High heels as supernormal stimuli: How wearing high heels affects judgements of female attractiveness Evolution and Human Behavior DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.11.006

Contact us:

Show – www.dontpanicgeocast.com – SWUNG Slack – @dontpanicgeo – show@dontpanicgeocast.com

John Leeman – www.johnrleeman.com – @geo_leeman

Shannon Dulin – @ShannonDulin

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