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This week we wrap up our discussion of how plate tectonics can influence climate, then discuss zebra stripes on a fascinating fun paper Friday!

Fun Paper Friday

• Kojima, Tomoki, et al. “Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack.” PloS one 14.10 (2019): e0223447.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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