Rob backpacks through Europe for his first conference and Jeff makes a random left hand turn into the best taco shop ever. Conferences - you either love ‘em, hate ‘em or feel somewhere in between about ‘em. Front bumper: “Lonesome Railroad Blues” 1953 Firehouse Five, plus Two Sound effect: Freesound.org - Mr. Tea email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience...
Thracken and Turis are trying to figure out whats up with all the force choking in the Imperial Navy. And wondering about the limits of ethics on the Death Star. Apollo 11, Space Shuttle launch and Apollo 14 sounds from archive.org Music - Blue Rain (Lluvai Helancolica) by Terry Snyder Trio; Mercer; Van Hensen
A science pub bloomed in Sioux Falls and Edisto Beach was discovered. Cubic wombat poop was solved and Voyager 2 finally escaped. Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sound effects from Freesound.org: kangaroovindaloo, BWSmithATL, Ornery, cognito perceptu, Jwill259, nicStage...
Rob’s trying to refute a published finding and Jeff is still hanging on to an authorship shuffle from over 15 years ago. Arsenate can naturally build up to 3mM and some authors are publishing an unfair number of papers. Felisa Wolfe Simon’s 2010 Science paper ( here ) 2018 Astrobiology paper that cites the Wolfe paper without qualification ( here ) 2018 Chemistry (European Journal) paper that cites Wolf paper without qualification ( here ) Felisa Wolfe-Simon’s web page ( here ) Natural arsenate ...
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Rob thinks about serving up celebrities while Jeff contemplates cannibalism. Regulatory, ethical and gustatory roadblocks galore! Take our 2 question survey: https://goo.gl/forms/fc4T2xP3Nnf44bKx2 Its happening already... Memphis Meats I Like Cows by Johnny Socko, live in Atlanta 1996
In a random turn of events, we resurrect the 116 year-old voices from the International Congress of Genetics which was happening at the very same time that we recorded them. Plus, bad accents. The 1902 Conference Proceedings The American Florist, Aug 1919 First person to email or tweet at us gets a Science Care Package! tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/TracksideScien1 Patreon: patreon.com/tracksidescience...
Who knew? Golly, they sounded so dignified and smart back then huh? Sound credits (all from freesound.org) polite_applause_01.wav by joedeshon chair scrape.aif by mredig gavel-double.flac by zerolagtime Heavy Door Pounding.wav by mrh4hn Floor_trading2.wav by touchassembly Shhhh_ses2.wav by freesound door - open 01.wav by Anthousai
Intrigue at the post Board of Health Meeting discussion: a dangerous virus is a-foot and Dr Salmon wants to kill 'em all. Rob channels Rich Little and Jeff just tries to keep up. 1903 Journal of the Mass. Board of Health from Google Books here Great history of the history of the outbreak I found after we recorded ( here ) Twitter: TracksideScien1 email us at tracksidescience@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience...
The Coming Plague catalyzes both of our decisions to go to graduate school. We pull out our dissertations and compare sizes. Rob describes unstable sequences associated with colon cancers. Jeff describes an adenovirus promoter. We were experts. #glorydays https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience
English & Canadian pop songs are getting more depressing and the Herp is (not) waking up in the Siberian permafrost. Also, Carly Rae Jepson is fettered by her happy songs. And for some reason, we didn't curse the entire time. Links: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Jeff’s BBC article Rob’s Royal Society of Open Science article and the Jezebel hit piece Toilet flush from Polytest at Freesound.org...
Viral slushies, catching the Golden State Killer and ancient hepatitis viruses.
From passive aggressive urination to unintentional oral sampling one's fecal microbiota and moon rocks - this episode's a roller coaster of emotions. Like what we're doing? We'd like to do it better, but we need your support for that. If you're so moved: Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience
What is science communication? Is it always a good thing? Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience
Rob's robots, where we get our information, finishing up with a bit of analysis of pornographic consumption patterns. And beer. Our Patreon Page Sites & blogs we mentioned: Small Things Considered Neurologica Sandwalk John Hawks History of the Earth The Junto Paul Sutter Science magazine Science Daily Livescience Journals PLOS Medicine , Genetics & Biology AJHG National Association of Science Teachers Journal of Cell Biology Education Research for All Podcasts This Week in Virology Medie...
Tolkien move aside, now we have a trilogy too. We talk about our science heros and the influential people in our science lives. And: a short bonus discussion of the potty talk in Ready Player One! Rob’s Heros Carl Sagan Marty Crouch Marlin Perkins & Jim ( Wild Kingdom ) Stephen J Gould NASA Astronauts Museums docents (Museum docents training programs ) Jeff’s Heros Marie Tharp Antoine van Leeuwenhoek Ignaz Semelweis Henrietta Lacks ( Howard Jone s - the doctor who first cultured her cells) R...
We each share science fields that, while we would look like boobs talking about in a roomful of people, fascinate us. Plus - a commercial! http://tracksidescience.libsyn.com/ https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience
Rob & Jeff talk about the paths they followed into science and to their Bachelor's degrees. Scuba diving in the Florida Keys (he counted them) and commercial fishing in Alaska (I killed them). Original Cosmos with Carl Sagan on Youtube Updated Cosmos with Neil Degrasee Tyson at National Geographic Yes Jeff, Joni Mitchell did sing it before CS said it ( here ) The NOAA diving program ( here ) National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science...
