Don't Panic Geocast

This week it’s all about microscopic indications of impacts and some fun mineral names. We wrap up with a fun paper on making project acronyms! Coesite Stishovite Planar Deformation Features Fun Paper Friday Cook, B.A., ACRONYM: Acronym CReatiON for You and Me 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 to chat about impact events and the macroscopic evidence of them. We wrap up with a chat about primate sleep patterns. Shatter Cones Breccia Suevite Pseudotachylite Fun Paper Friday Did our sleep patterns help us grow our cognitive ability? Find out on this week's Fun Paper Friday! NYTimes Interview Samson, David R., and Charles L. Nunn. "Sleep intensity and the evolution of human cognition." Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 24.6 (2015): 225-237. 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 start a series on impact crates and how to tell if you have one - turns out it’s a lot more complicated than you’d think! We’ll wrap up the show with an analysis of pocket sizes on men’s and women’s clothing. Earth Impact Database Vredefort Crater Fun Paper Friday Diem and Thomas (2018) Someone clever once said Women were not allowed pockets 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’re petrified.. petrified wood that is. Learn what it is and how it’s made - then we tie it all up with a fun paper about mathematical ways to tie neckties. AVE Clear Wood Wiki Petrified Wood Petrified Forest Fun Paper Friday How many ways are there to tie a necktie? Find out in this week’s fun paper! Fink, Thomas M., and Yong Mao. “Designing tie knots by random walks.” Nature 398.6722 (1999): 31.  

This week we wrap up talking about magnetometers with the alkali vapor magnetometer - a strange optical instrument that is incredibly precise! Fun Paper Friday Why do grapes turn into balls of plasma in a microwave. New research tells us and hints towards advanced manufacturing techniques. Khattak, Hamza K., Pablo Bianucci, and Aaron D. Slepkov. "Linking plasma formation in grapes to microwave resonances of aqueous dimers." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019): 201818350. 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 it is all about the proton procession magnetometer and the Earth's underground mountain range. Don't miss it! Proton Magnetometer Fun Paper Friday phys.org article Wu, Wenbo, Sidao Ni, and Jessica CE Irving. "Inferring Earth’s discontinuous chemical layering from the 660-kilometer boundary topography." Science 363.6428 (2019): 736-740. 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 it's all about the fluxgate magnetometer - funny name, awesome instruments.   Fluxgate Video (NASA) Listener Survey! Fun Paper Friday Have you ever crashed your bike on the tracks? This paper might tell you why! Ling, Ziwen, Christopher R. Cherry, and Nirbesh Dhakal. "Factors influencing single-bicycle crashes at skewed railroad grade crossings." Journal of Transport & Health 7 (2017): 54-63. 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 finally finish up the climate series! In the mean time don't forget to take the listener survey and help us make the show better! Fun Paper Friday Where do you go to find mythical creatures? There's a paper for that! Beconytė, Giedrė, Agnė Eismontaitė, and Jovita Žemaitienė. "Mythical creatures of Europe." Journal of Maps 10.1 (2014): 53-60. 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  

It’s our 200th show! This week we reflect on why we do this and ask for your feedback in a listener survey. We wrap it all up with a fun paper to help us answer the question “are we cool?” Listener Survey Fun Paper Friday This week we decide if we’re “cool” or not. Dar-Nimrod, Ilan, et al. “Coolness: An empirical investigation.” Journal of Individual Differences (2012). 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 Dr. Eric Bruning (@deeplycloudy) joins us to talk about locating lightning, the lightning process, and space based lightning instruments. Don’t miss this week’s electrifying show! Dr. Bruning’s Website VORTEX Program West Texas LMA COLMA Sprite Chasing Lightning (Tim Samaras) NOAA Lightning Safety Website Fun Paper Friday Cipra, Barry. “A prime case of chaos.” What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences 4 (1999): 2?17. Contact us: Show – www.dontpanicgeocast.com – SWUNG Slack – @dontpanicgeo – show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman – www.johnrleeman.com – @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin – @ShannonDulin