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This week it’s all about snowball Earth, how we got there, how we got back. Snowball Earth Albedo Fun Paper Friday Small dinosaurs making tools in the lab! Gizmodo Article Auersperg, A. M. I., et al. “Tool making cockatoos adjust the lengths but not the widths of their tools to function.” PloS one 13.11 (2018): e0205429. 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 GSA meetings, stream tables, and bug dorms. GSA GSA 2018 EM River Fun Paper Friday What’s that buzzing sound? Find out on this week’s fun paper. Chung, H. N., et al. “Toward Implementation of Mosquito Sterile Insect Technique: The Effect of Storage Conditions on Survival of Male Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) During Transport.” Journal of insect science (Online) 18.6 (2018). Contact us: Support us on Patreon! Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin  

This week John talks about an instrumentation meeting he was at and what the future looks like for seismologists. Blueseis Sensor John's Company Fun Paper Friday Can a fly ruin a glass of wine? Find out in this week's fun paper! Becher, P.G., Lebreton, S., Wallin, E.A. et al. J Chem Ecol (2018) 44: 431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-0950-4 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 The Amoeba People join us to talk about creating science music and geology dance moves. The Band Website Band Facebook Band Twitter Band YouTube Band Patreon Fun Paper Friday Dear College Students: You Should Take Geology 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 and Shannon talk about their transitions to Windows and Mac, and what to do when things just stop working. Back to Work #393 Fun Paper Friday What’s the half-life of a chocolate box in a hospital? Find out on this week’s Fun Paper Friday. Gajendragadkar, Parag R., et al. “The survival time of chocolates on hospital wards: covert observational study.” Bmj 347 (2013): f7198. 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  

Shannon goes to a software carpentry workshop and we do a post workshop discussion on using the tools she learned. Workshop Embedded.fm #250 Software Carpentry Fun Paper Friday Lizards and hurricanes, this week’s fun paper has it all UCDavis Blog Post Donihue, Colin M., et al. “Hurricane-induced selection on the morphology of an island lizard.” Nature 560.7716 (2018): 88. 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. David Jewitt joins us to talk about interstellar objects, jovian moons, and the Kuiper belt! Kuiper Belt ‘Oumuamua David’s Website Fun Paper Friday Should insurance be paying for you to ride the roller coaster? Find out on this week’s fun paper friday! Mitchell, Marc A., and David D. Wartinger. “Validation of a functional pyelocalyceal renal model for the evaluation of renal calculi passage while riding a roller coaster.” J Am Osteopath Assoc 116.10 (2016): 647–652. 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 Jason Hofgartner of JPL joins us to talk about Pluto and New Horizons! Pluto New Horizons Jason Hofgartner Fun Paper Friday Is it possible to publish a paper every five days? Do they mean anything? Can you sleep? Join us this week for an analysis of hyper-prolific authors. Thousands of scientists publish a paper every five days Free Agents #55 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. Amy Simon joins us to talk about Uranus and Neptune as we continue our march through the solar system! Uranus and Neptune Uranus Neptune Amy’s website Fun Paper Friday What would you do if you could make a meteor shower? Mirror Article ALE Website 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. Mike Malaska joins us to talk about the wild world of Titan - its methane rivers, organic clouds, and disappearing islands! Titan Titan UnmannedSpaceflight.com Image Processing Tutorials Mike’s Twitter Fun Paper Friday Can machine learning tell us where aftershocks are most likely to happen? Find out in this week’s Fun Paper Friday!! Machine learning improves forecasts of aftershock locations 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