Don't Panic Geocast

This week we discuss more about the three apparent forces we feel on a rotating ball: Coriolis Force Centrifugal Force Euler Force Fun Paper Friday How can you get rid of a bad case of the hiccups? Odeh, M., H. Bassan, and A. Oliven. "Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage." Journal of internal medicine 227.2 (1990): 145-146.

The Coriolis force is a ficticious force that makes winds flow parallel to isobars in the atmosphere - this week we talk about it and how it fights the pressure gradient force to make the geostrophic balance work! Fun Paper Friday Can counting crows count to zero? Kirschhock, Maximilian E., Helen M. Ditz, and Andreas Nieder. "Behavioral and neuronal representation of numerosity zero in the crow." Journal of Neuroscience 41.22 (2021): 4889-4896. 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 meteor crater. Meteor Crater Kring, David A. "Air blast produced by the Meteor Crater impact event and a reconstruction of the affected environment." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 32.4 (1997): 517-530. Fun Paper Friday Can the pill color change the outcome? De Craen, Anton JM, et al. "Effect of colour of drugs: systematic review of perceived effect of drugs and of their effectiveness." Bmj 313.7072 (1996): 1624-1626. 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

John's company ran the second iteration of the GEARS workshop (read about 2021 here). After learning some hard lessons last year, this year's workshop was much different and hopefully even better! Fun Paper Friday Thanks to listener Darryl for this fun... poster Friday? We'll wrap up the episode talking about wraps! Tastee Tape Poster 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

Lightning produces many phenomena, but one is pops, clicks, and whistles in the radio frequencies. Learn why, how, and what the upper atmosphere has to do with it! Listen to a Whistler Listen to Sferics Radio Jove Fun Paper Friday Should there be speed bumps that say "rate your pain" at the entrance to the emergency room? These authors say it could be useful! Ashdown, Helen F., et al. "Pain over speed bumps in diagnosis of acute appendicitis: diagnostic accuracy study." Bmj 345 (2012).

This week we talk about sounds from the Aurora and strange atmospheric conditions that create it. Sound producing mechanism in the temperature inversion layer and its sensitivity to geomagnetic activity Fun Paper Friday What can we do to fight a fierce predator? The cat! Cecchetti, Martina, et al. "Provision of high meat content food and object play reduce predation of wild animals by domestic cats Felis catus." Current biology 31.5 (2021): 1107-1111. 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

Listen to singing ice! Fun Paper Friday Science makes you feel stupid and that's okay! Schwartz, Martin A. "The importance of stupidity in scientific research." Journal of Cell Science 121.11 (2008): 1771-1771. 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 talking about ringing rocks and why we think they sound just like cast iron bells. Video of Ringing Rocks in PA Fun Paper Friday Krioukov, Dmitri. "The Proof of Innocence." arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.0162 (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

How can some wind and sand make booming, singing, and wailing sounds? Find out what we know this week and then dive into geo-economics with a short and graphical fun paper! Example of singing sand Fun Paper Friday Smith, Gregor W. "Japan's Phillips curve looks like Japan." Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 40.6 (2008): 1325-1326. 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

If you're new in the field, caliche might fool you the first few times you encounter it. This week we talk about what it is, how it forms, and why you should always carry your hammer and chisel! Fun Paper Friday Knuth, Donald E. "The toilet paper problem." The American Mathematical Monthly 91.8 (1984): 465-470. 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