Don't Panic Geocast

Dr. Ryan May, a scientific software developer with a fascinating career in radar and radiosondes, discusses his journey into programming. He emphasizes the importance of learning from mistakes and sheds light on the whimsical intersection of vampirism and differential equations. The conversation explores his childhood love for meteorology, the transition to Python in scientific computing, and the benefits of open source software. With humor and insight, Ryan navigates the challenges of technology while encouraging creativity and adaptability in programming.

This week we talk about fracture of toughness of materials or how resistant they are to cracking. Fun Paper Friday Morrill, Kathleen, et al. "Ancestry-inclusive dog genomics challenges popular breed stereotypes." Science 376.6592 (2022): eabk0639. 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

Hardness, toughness, and brittleness are all unique, but related quantities. In this week's show we explore how they each relate to the atomic structure of the rocks and what they mean for us as geologists. Fun Paper Friday Can the ways flamingos pick a mate help us discover new drugs? Sánchez-Rodríguez, Aminael, et al. "From flamingo dance to (desirable) drug discovery: a nature-inspired approach." Drug discovery today 22.10 (2017): 1489-1502. 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

Bouma Sequence Lowe Sequence Fun Paper Friday Nikolić, Hrvoje. "Would Bohr be born if Bohm were born before Born?." American Journal of Physics 76.2 (2008): 143-146. 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

What happens when rivers meet oceans? All kinds of fun sedimentary processes that build deltas. Learn more this week along with a discussion of one man's favorite boulders. Fun Paper Friday Beaty, Chester B. "Great big boulders I have known." Geology 17.4 (1989): 349-352. 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 conglomerates. How do these sedimentary trash cans form and how can we classify them? Fun Paper Friday Turns out it may be difficult to estimate parasite population in poop, but that didn't stop this team! Krauth, Stefanie J., et al. "An in-depth analysis of a piece of s*@t: distribution of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm eggs in human stool." PLoS neglected tropical diseases 6.12 (2012): e1969. 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

Last week Shannon was out in the field taking samples in the area of the Colorado River. This week we find out what she was doing and the history of that region. Fun Paper Friday We have policies on making your data available to journal readers, but are they effective? Stodden, Victoria, Jennifer Seiler, and Zhaokun Ma. "An empirical analysis of journal policy effectiveness for computational reproducibility." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115.11 (2018): 2584-2589. 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 hot spots and Hawaii! Loihi Emperor Seamount Chain HUGO Fun Paper Friday Does removing something take more brain power than adding something? Adams, Gabrielle S., et al. "People systematically overlook subtractive changes." Nature 592.7853 (2021): 258-261. 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

What would we be doing in an alternate universe? We explore careers we almost took and how they relate to things we talk about all the time. Fun Paper Friday Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass 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

LaTeX is a beautiful way to make documents, especially when they have lots of equations, tables, and more. This week we dive into how you too can talk TeX. Download MikTeX Fun Paper Friday Matsui, Takafumi, et al. "The manufacture and origin of the Tutankhamen meteoritic iron dagger." Meteoritics & Planetary Science (2022). ## 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