Is a scientific #oxymoron on your #crisis bingo card for the year? Basaltic plinian eruptions are rare and weird. (Ie clickbait headline for something interesting but rare enough not to worry about)🧪⚒️🌋 Learn about them and Masaya Volcano on this week's episode! open.spotify.com/episode/0vmK...

🧪⚒️🌋1/2 #bluesky Time for Season 2! Time for Basaltic plinian eruptions, melt inclusions, viscosity and more. Today we going to head into one of my papers so volcanology! When planning my #PhD, I wanted to do more at Masaya #Volcano. Masaya is #complicated... #beliveitornot #scicomm

1/2⚒️Friend of the pod, Dr. Rebecca Pearce gave a TEDx Talk on an exciting frontier of 🧪: ultradeep #geothermal. Tapping into the heat beneath our 👣 — #energy that’s always on, #renewable, & able to provide baseload #electricity for generations. Watch her talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMDe...

1/2⚒️🌋 Season 2 starts on 15th! I feel a bit hopelessness with what is taking place South of me. The anti 🧪actions and rhetoric … I am political. The pod? Not so much. It’s about the 🧪process & repeatable results with researchers that did the work or through historical storytelling. So if you are a

⚒️🌋I was a guest on a podcast! On Going In Blind with Zach Tidwell Not a science podcast but we talked about 🧪. The university system and the Tenure system, volcanology, water in the mantel. And more podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/4... Zach Tidwell is blind, & a US veteran & I recommend this pod!

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Incredible story about an ant that lays eggs of another species (!) to create cloned males (!!) that go on to father all of the workers in the colony (!!!) www.newscientist.com/article/2494...

If all of your car’s electric windows except the driver’s suddenly stop working, and regardless of the dire repair scenarios that Teh Google provides, check to see if you accidentally engaged the child safety window lock before taking it to your mechanic. Trust me on this . . .

1/2 🧪⚒️Why is this happening? The data is clear. Global climate is changing at a speed that is due to us humans. And it will not be good for us. (that is a mild way of putting it) www.latimes.com/environment/... I see the same🤬parioted by the Fraser Institute. 🍁has it's anti science people too. More

1/3 Last encore ep before season 2 starts in 2 weeks! Here the pod showed its fitness with im-peck-able wordplay. It is for the 🐦s. At least those which have a raven-ous appetite for 📖 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... If you like 🧪listen to the #podcast!

1000 download barrier ✅in the 1st season! BEST NEW🧪PODCAST? Hosted by Dr Jeff Zurek. Season 1 it squeaked into top 50% of ALL podcasts! & Season 2 is nearly here! Will start with an episode about #volcanology & basaltic plinian eruptions! Show the show some Lava! open.spotify.com/show/62yumbm....

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🧪⚒️🦖Encore episode just launch all about theropods - Ie T-REX! Digging into some wicked cool research with Dr François Therrien. It is actually pt 2 of the conversation where we discuss diet etc www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Still in ☀️mode! Season 2 Sept 15! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

Congrats on this very nice article about the effects of the infamous 1988 Yellowstone wildfires 🔥 on 🌲 forest recovery (or the lack of it in places)- the doctoral research of @nathankiel.bsky.social, currently a postdoc in my lab @sunyesf.bsky.social. Published in Ecological Monographs-well done❗️🧪🌎🌐

Shared on behalf of the USGS: YVO Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles for August 4, 2025 #volcano #earthscience #geology "Hunting for Sasquatch (events) at Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone" www.usgs.gov/observatorie...

1/2🧪⚒️ on summer hiatus to gear up for season 2! So have an encore from earlier in season 1 where we deep dived into a #hypothesis "The longevity bottleneck hypothesis: Could dinosaurs have shaped ageing in present-day mammals?” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🧪🌋⚒️You ever read a paper and then knew it was going to take time to follow different lines on inquiry and citations? This has got me "alternative hypothesis suggests a direct gravitational effect [...] by orbital oscillations in Earth’s inclination and rotation" www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear...

#camping with #kitten What are doing this #summer? Those with science papers reach out and come on the podcast!

Over on FB I constantly come across people with their pet "ideas" Physics theories of everything, or something that supersedes plate tectonics or the opposite of germ theory or or or It's nice I don't run into that here! #bluesky

#Camping with the podcast’s mascot Astro - AKA adventure #cat. / #kitten. 5 months old and learning how to deal with dogs and not being scared of the sound of water 😂 Anyone else have a cat they take camping?

🧪1/2 With the announcement that the research arm of the #EPA is being shutdown...... It seems that organization was expressly put into place to stop things like the rise of leaded gasoline and CFC's. This is 🥜s. Its like history is doomed to rhyme! www.npr.org/2025/07/20/n...

Goddard Director resigned…

1/3🧪⚒️This ep includes the greatest scientist you may have not heard of. Dr. Clair Patterson (Pic ⬇️) geochemist -ties to manhattan project -age of the 🌍 -enviromentism -scientific clean rooms -ending the lead poisoning of generations

Not science related however did get out to listen to some wavelengths last night!

1/2 🧪⚒️🌋 One more episode to go in the inaugural season of Whimsical Wavelengths - A #Science #Podcast! We have dived into peer reviewed #research with guests covering #Birds #Volcanoes #Gravitational Lensing #Galaxy modeling #Evolution of aging #Dinosaurs & More!

🧪⚒️Today the pod starts at the ⛽ & the 🙋: Ever wondered why all pumps say “unleaded gas”? Or perhaps why would ⛽need to? The story is #scientific discovery, advocacy, #environmentalism & corporate greed. Has direct ties to the manhattan project & the age of the 🌎. open.spotify.com/show/62yumbm...

🧪Tomorrow a new episode taking a scientific trip down history to look at Leaded gasoline. Why? The short answer is engine knocking. The episode starts with a #history of lead which went through the roman empire & wasn't something viral about the #roman #empire? #meme open.spotify.com/show/62yumbm...

Happy Canada Day! To celebrate here is a picture from one corner of the country I took in the Wernecke Mountains, Central Yukon Canada in late July / early August (2006)!

Hey researchers! Share your research 🧪 on a podcast? Winding down season 1 of Whimsical wavelengths - A Science Podcast & preparing for season 2! Communicating peer reviewed articles to the general public in a fun and accessible way. Last question each interview is "what is you favourite 🧪joke?!

A unique dark-coloured organic glass, found inside the skull of an individual who died in Herculaneum during the 79 CE Mount Vesuvius eruption, likely formed when they were killed by a very hot but short-lived ash cloud. http://spklr.io/63321B8cbc 🏺 @natureportfolio.nature.com

Pod shows gravity & deformation are better together for 🌋 monitoring. Like 🥜🧈 &jelly! rss.com/podcasts/whi... This is a #science #podcast that interviews researchers about their work or scientific storytelling.➕bad🧪 #jokes & #puns. & Sometimes I make #memes ➕guests must tell their favourite 🧪joke!⚒️

Shared on behalf of the USGS: YVO Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles for June 23, 2025 #volcano #earthscience #geology "Remembering the Gros Ventre Slide of 1925" www.usgs.gov/observatorie...

1/3🧪⚒️🌋Whimsical Wavelengths - A science podcast is here to show Deformation and #gravity go hand in hand in #volcano monitoring like apple pie and icecream. These 2 techniques say much more together. For this Ep I reached out to a friend to share her #research on Sierra Negra #volcano, Galapagos!

⚒️Tomorrow is ep 22 of Whimsical Wavelengths - A science podcast This time all about 🌋Sierra Negra #volcano! Image is a field shot from the guest of the ep! My good friend Dr Antonina Calahorrano-Di Patre joins the #podcast to discuss #science publishing, gravity, deformation & #volcanic behaviour!

🧪The latest Episode of Whimsical Wavelengths - A #science #Podcast is out. It is all about #insect respiration! The Diagrams in the back of the #meme are derived from CT scanning insects! The tubes that make up the respiration system don't survive #dissection Pod found everywhere they are listed

1/3🧪This episode on the pod is all about insects(🐜)& their respiratory systems?! Have you ever thought about how #insects breathe (see image)? I can honestly say it never occured me to ask that question. However now that the question is asked... Dr Hollister Herhold joins the pod to discuss!

Guess what? Beside the episode being out #today that is…. The #podcast has a #mascot! #Everyone welcome Astro (destroyer of worlds). #cat #kitten Hasn’t happened yet but I bet his #meow will eventually make an appearance 😂

1/3🧪🔭New podcast Ep! There is much we don’t understand of the universe. Or any part of the universe not nearby. The universe as we understand it today started ~13.8 billion yr ago. So how do we test something that we cannot view or experience? The evolution of galaxies takes billions of years.

🧪⚒️ 1/3 New Ep is out! Here on Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast time is geologic! The 🌍is dynamic. The seas are constant right? They have almost always existed. I am referring to the mediterranean! I hope you are up for a salty tale of disappearing seas. The Messinian salinity crisis

🧪1/2 We are a science podcast and Tomorrow the ep is all about the Mediterranean Basin. For the moment let me step into my wheelhouse 🌋. A great example of publicly funded research providing valuable data on how #volcanoes work. #Nature #siesmic www.nature.com/articles/s41... Where to begin!

🧪 #may4th be with you! Instead of always looking at the physics here is a cool video all about the #Chemistry of the #starwars universe (not mine). Don't forget to checkout the #podcast episodes every 2 weeks everywhere pods are listed! #science youtu.be/r4rHeoVR2UA?...

Just finishing up editing for the next episode! A salty tale of disappearing seas! Coming out May 12! Hope you are looking forward to it!

🧪Random Science share (not mine)! Small amounts of fluoride in drinking water is good. Especially for children and their teeth. The key is small. Another phrase poison is in it's dose Data is solid www.sciencenews.org/article/fluo... Unrelatedly check out the pod! Recent ep is gravitational lensing

Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️ I revisited Heraklion Archaeological Museum a few days ago to see these fabulous clay pots with octopus decoration. Made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete about 3,500 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology 🏺

Exercise your right to vote today, Canadians! Own your democracy! 🇨🇦🗳️

Remember, Calgarians - take a selfie after voting and head on down to Village Ice Cream to #LickTheVote

🧪1/3 Welcome to Pt 2 of Gravitational lenses - Whimsical Wavelengths. Here we finally get to the star of the show, strong gravitational lensing. The paper underlying the topic. “Euclid: A complete Einstein ring in NGC 6505 “ www.aanda.org/.../2025/02/... #science #astronomy #telescopes #scicomm

🧪 #monday will be part 2 of my discussion with Dr Georgios Vernardos! We finally get to the star of the show, strong gravitational lensing. I ask about lensing gravitational waves and where modeling these phenomenon is taking us! Can't wait to hit publish! #science #astronomy #Podcast

It's been a rough go the last month or so mentally.... The podcast is still going though! Some amazing guests and discussions! Time to step up the social media thing again! I missed, geologist day, hubble telescope's birthday, and so much more....