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This week we learn how searching for a downed aircraft may have helped us better understand how plate tectonics work… we think… maybe. It’s not an exact science.

Fun Paper Friday

• Fans – hot or not? Find out by sticking undergrads in a thermal chamber!
• Ravanelli, Nicholas M., et al. “Heart rate and body temperature responses to extreme heat and humidity with and without electric fans.” Jama 313.7 (2015): 724-725.

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This week we talk about why we don’t believe that a rock ID app is a possibility now or potentially ever.

Fun Paper Friday

• How do you convert human years to dog years? Turns out it is a bit more complicated than we thought.
• Wang, Tina, et al. “Quantitative Translation of Dog-to-Human Aging by Conserved Remodeling of the DNA Methylome.” Cell Systems (2020).

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This week it’s all about rainbows, light, reflection, refraction, and how it’s just like an earthquake!

Fun Paper Friday

• Have you seen products marketed as “chemical free”? This weeks paper looks at those claims with an analytical eye.
• Goldberg, Alexander FG, and C. J. Chemjobber. “A comprehensive overview of chemical-free consumer products.”

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This week we Mystery Science Theater 3000 our own Episode 0 to celebrate the 8-bit rollover of our show!

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This week we learn what life is like as a state geologist with Stacey Evans and how fish fart.

Fun Paper Friday

• How do fish fart? Why?
• Wilson, Ben, Robert S. Batty, and Lawrence M. Dill. “Pacific and Atlantic herring produce burst pulse sounds.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences 271.suppl_3 (2004): S95-S97.

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This week we explore the geology of Yosemite and how continents are built!

Fun Paper Friday

• Think dad jokes are bad? Try professor jokes! But do they work?
• Wandersee, James H. “Humor as a teaching strategy.” The American Biology Teacher 44.4 (1982): 212-218.

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This week we have guest John Leeman? That’s right! Shannon wants to know why John took the path he did and how her students can find their own. We’re also buzzing about this great un-beeelievable fun paper.

Fun Paper Friday

• Pashalidou, Foteini G., et al. “Bumble bees damage plant leaves and accelerate flower production when pollen is scarce.” Science 368.6493 (2020): 881-884.

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You’d think we’d know what caused a big hole in the ground, but we don’t. Learn why upheaval dome remains a mystery in this week’s show!

• Upheaval Dome
• ASU Virtual Field Trip

Fun Paper Friday

• Are there environmentally conscious aliens out there? Find out in this week’s fun paper!
• Montet, Benjamin, and Ryan Loomis. “SET-E: The Search for Extraterrestrial Environmentalism.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.09428 (2016).

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This week Shannon walks us through how she’s planning to teach students field geology online and talks about the pains of learning to delegate in the field.

• Thinglink
• Solocator

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• Thanks to Darryl for bringing us this harrowing flight related fun paper!
• AAIB Bulliten S1-2020

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This week we delve into the hot world of radiometric methods in geophysics. Find out how gamma rays help us find natural resources and why radioactive materials are concentrated in certain formations.

Fun Paper Friday

• Pressure is on to find a new way to sterilize medical tools. Find out what household appliance is helping!
• Swenson, Vaille A., et al. “Assessment and verification of commercially available pressure cookers for laboratory sterilization.” PloS one 13.12 (2018).

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