347 - Skipping Strikes
· 1 h 10 min · Episode 347
Episode 347 - Skipping Strikes
00:00:00 - Researchers have determined that if you want one big skip instead of many little skips you should select a potato-shaped rock instead of a flat one. If that's what you're into…
00:23:00 - Another way to enjoy a day on the river is with a beverage. Patrick is back to basics with a Guinness. Charlie is legally enjoying a Rogue Ginger Yuzu CBD Seltzer. And Ryan is recovering with some maximum-strength cold medicine.
00:31:45 - In the war between astronomers and lightning, the astronomers are now fighting back by using lasers to steer lightning across the sky!
00:51:25 - The PaleoPOWs are a lot like lightning, we're never sure where it's going to hit but we can hope to guide it. First up, Patrick provides a Canadian Apple Podcasts Review from Peachy🍑Jess, who was kind enough to give us 5 stars! Next up, Charlie has an e-mail from Gerrit B. who provides some neat updates after listening to episode 342 and provides the following links:
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American Solar Challenge
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Inside the First Solar-Powered Flight Around the World
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US Navy synthesizes jet fuel solely out of seawater; costs $3-6 gallon
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Missing Link to a Livable Climate: How Hydrogen-Enabled Synthetic Fuels Can Help Deliver the Paris Goals
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Fission Battery Initiative Workshop
And finally, Patron Adrian K. has earned their BSso by submitting for our consideration a thesis entitled: Ballistics and Skip-tistics: Laser-guided manufacture of fulgurite skipping stones. Thanks, Adrian!
More cool rewards await you if you decide to support us on our Patreon!
Music credit: Smooth Stone - Blue Dot Sessions Audio Production: Ryan Haupt
Links in the notes 14
- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspa.2022.0311
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/04/potato-shaped-stones-are-better-for-skimming-say-experts
- https://www.guinness.com/en-us
- https://www.rogue.com/shop/cbd/ginger-yuzu-cbd-seltzer/
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkqx7/scientists-controlled-lightning-with-lasers-aimed-at-the-sky-in-breakthrough
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-022-01139-z
- https://www.americansolarchallenge.org
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/inside-first-solar-powered-flight-around-world-180968000/
- https://www.zmescience.com/research/us-navy-synthetic-jet-fuel-seawater-0423432/
- https://www.lucidcatalyst.com/hydrogen-report
- https://nuc1.inl.gov/SitePages/Fission%20Battery%20Initiative%20Workshops.aspx
- https://www.patreon.com/sciencesortof
- https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Quincy/Smooth_Stone/
- https://ryanhaupt.com/
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