Don't Panic Geocast

Oklahoma was rocked by another relatively large earthquake for a mid-continent region. We break it down, compare it to the 2011 earthquake and then talk about the hairy ball theorem. Fun Paper Friday McGrath, Peter. "An extremely short proof of the hairy ball theorem." The American Mathematical Monthly 123.5 (2016): 502-503. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com @dontpanicgeo John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we tackle the controversial topic of fracking. Learn about how it works and what it does to help get oil and gas out of the ground and into your home. Fun Paper Friday Seo, Ki‐Weon, et al. "Drift of Earth's pole confirms groundwater depletion as a significant contributor to global sea level rise 1993–2010." Geophysical Research Letters 50.12 (2023): e2023GL103509. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com @dontpanicgeo John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we keep talking about wells. It's all about casing, cementing, bottom hole assemblies, and wet underwear. Fun Paper Friday Bakkevig, Martha Kold, and Ruth Nielsen. "Impact of wet underwear on thermoregulatory responses and thermal comfort in the cold." Ergonomics 37.8 (1994): 1375-1389. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

How do you drill a hole in the ground? Turns out that drilling wells is more complicated than you might think! Fun Paper Friday “Eating Fossils,” Jan Zalasiewicz, The Paleontological Association Newsletter, no. 96, November 2017. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This show got stuck in processing before sabbatical and did not automatically release, but here it is! This week we range over several topics on our minds while testing out english biscuits per a fun paper a few weeks ago. Also - do cats understand you but just don't care? Fun Paper Friday Do cats understand you, but just not care? Saito, Atsuko, et al. "Domestic cats (Felis catus) discriminate their names from other words." Scientific Reports 9.1 (2019): 5394. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com @dontpanicgeo dontpanicgeocast@gmail.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

We're back for the 2024 season after our first ever sabbatical and we're ready to talk science, resolutions, and barbie. Fun Paper Friday Klamer, Katherine. "Analysis of Barbie medical and science career dolls: descriptive quantitative study." bmj 383 (2023). Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com @dontpanicgeo dontpanicgeocast@gmail.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

This week we talk about mudrock - which sounds pretty self explanatory, but of course geologists have made a complex classification scheme around it. Also we delve into if you should "sleep on it" when making big decisions. Fun Paper Friday Should you sleep on it when making an important decision? Dijksterhuis, Ap, et al. "On making the right choice: The deliberation-without-attention effect." Science 311.5763 (2006): 1005-1007. Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

We said if you just pick up a rock, it is probably chert. How does this pervasive rock form? I mean we should have a good idea, right? Fun Paper Friday Time for tea and biscuits... and science. Jones, Ceri, and John Francis. "Direct Uptake of Nutrition and Caffeine Study (DUNCS): biscuit based comparative study." bmj 379 (2022). Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! www.dontpanicgeocast.com @dontpanicgeo show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman www.johnrleeman.com @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

It takes a lot to plan field work, no matter if it is a day rock hounding or a week in the deep field. This week we talk about what you need to know! Fun Paper Friday You Can Just Put Up a Poster at IMCL and Nobody Will Stop You 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

You walk outside and find a rock - what is it? Well, that's probably a difficult answer. Also, how round are electrons and how do you even measure that? Fun Paper Friday Science News Article Roussy, Tanya S., et al. "An improved bound on the electron’s electric dipole moment." Science 381.6653 (2023): 46-50. 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