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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 show@dontpanicgeocast.com 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 show@dontpanicgeocast.com 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 show@dontpanicgeocast.com 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 show@dontpanicgeocast.com 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 show@dontpanicgeocast.com 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 show@dontpanicgeocast.com 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 show@dontpanicgeocast.com 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 show@dontpanicgeocast.com 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 show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin