Episode 414 - "Closed Because of Landslide"
04/18/25 • 65 min
Shannon's class took a trip to study catestrophic sedimentation... and they found it! John switched back to a Mac after 5 years. Join us for these and other exciting updates!
Fun Paper Friday
- Find out how alcohol and an eye puffer machine cominbed with magnets can teach us about where our motor skills reside in the brain.
- Johansson, Fredrik, et al. "Alcohol impairs learning and timing of conditioned eyeblink responses." Brain Research 1854 (2025): 149545.
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John Leeman
Shannon Dulin
Shannon's class took a trip to study catestrophic sedimentation... and they found it! John switched back to a Mac after 5 years. Join us for these and other exciting updates!
Fun Paper Friday
- Find out how alcohol and an eye puffer machine cominbed with magnets can teach us about where our motor skills reside in the brain.
- Johansson, Fredrik, et al. "Alcohol impairs learning and timing of conditioned eyeblink responses." Brain Research 1854 (2025): 149545.
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John Leeman
Shannon Dulin
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Episode 413 - "Waterfalls I Have Loved"
- Turner Falls, Oklahoma
- A rare waterfall that grows outward due to travertine deposition instead of eroding backward.
- Formed by spring-fed Honey Creek flowing through Ordovician limestone, creating massive travertine deposits.
- A rare waterfall that grows outward due to travertine deposition instead of eroding backward.
- Pe'ePe'e Falls, Hawai'i (Big Island)
- ~80 ft falls in downtown Hilo, part of the Wailuku River flowing between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.
- Carved into 10,000-year-old lava flows with subsequent flows creating the Boiling Pots — vertical and horizontal lava tubes.
- Extremely dangerous, especially after storms — known as the deadliest water in Hawai'i.
- ~80 ft falls in downtown Hilo, part of the Wailuku River flowing between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.
- Cataratas do Iguaçu, Brazil/Argentina
- Largest waterfall system in the world, spanning the Argentina-Brazil border.
- Name means "Big Water" in Guarani.
- Upstream from the Itaipu Dam, which generates most of Paraguay’s electricity.
- Itaipu — the 3rd largest hydroelectric plant globally and 2nd in power output.
- Largest waterfall system in the world, spanning the Argentina-Brazil border.
- Bonus Waterfalls Mentioned:
- Cascata delle Marmore, Italy – Ancient Roman-engineered waterfall.
- Natural Falls - West Siloam Springs, OK
- Devil’s Kettle, Minnesota – Mysterious waterfall where water seems to disappear underground.
- Cascata delle Marmore, Italy – Ancient Roman-engineered waterfall.
Fun Paper Friday
- What can spacecraft learn from cats?
- Zhang, Li, et al. "Analysis of Cushioned Landing Strategies of Cats Based on Posture Estimation." Biomimetics 9.11 (2024): 691.
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John Leeman
Shannon Dulin
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Episode 415 - "Fiat 500 Volcanic Bomb"
This week we talk hail, Vesuvius, volcanic bombs, and vitrified brains.
Fun Paper Friday
- An amazing new finding shows that brains were vitrified or turned to glass during the nearly 2000 year old eruption of Vesuvius.
- Giordano, Guido, et al. "Unique formation of organic glass from a human brain in the Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE." Scientific Reports 15.1 (2025): 5955.
- Mt Vesuvius
- Plinian
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John Leeman
Shannon Dulin
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