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Science... sort of

254 - Bear Necessities

Science... sort of

Brachiolope

Natural Sciences, Science

4.7674 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2016

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Worried about your cherry supply in the coming years? Well, bears may have you covered. According to a new study out of Japan, mountain-climbing bears seem adept at moving cherry seeds uphill to escape rising temperatures. However, according to the most recent IPCC report, not all plants and animals will be so lucky. 

00:19:45 - Some weeks you need a drink. This was one of those weeks. Ryan has an árcáná to get a little magic in his life. Patrick is proud to finally find a beer Ryan hasn't had with a Yee-Haw Eighty leading to a discussion of the peculiarities of Scottish beer. Charlie, in reference to hop's cousin, has a Topcutter IPA from a local vineyard-esque brewery.

00:30:50 - NEWSFLASH: As you get closer to a star, things heat up. All stars have a snow line, where water shifts from vapor to ice, and for the first time, we've spotted one around another star

00:42:45 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like water, maybe kind of boring but undeniably important. Ryan is up first to thank former guest of the show John Pohl for yet another generous donation and for taking Ryan out for dinner and drinks. A real mensch. Patrick is up next with a long e-mail from Jon B. presenting his theory on the lack of green mammals. The boys proceed to butcher it. Charlie finishes up with an e-mail from Les I. whose been doing some pretty epic hiking with his boo to have a boo at some alluvial fans, a curious geological feature explained by Charlie. See the photos from his adventure on our Flickr page.

Music for this week's show:
The Bear and the Maiden Fair - The Hold Steady
Heavy - Collective Soul
Grey Ice Water - Modest Mouse

Transcript

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0:00.0

definitely in the stage of the PhD, Patrick, where if I had a young protege, I would be like, hey, we should start a podcast.

0:07.2

Yeah.

0:07.8

You already did that.

0:10.2

Start another one.

0:12.0

Or maybe you need a video podcast.

0:15.8

From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.

0:19.8

You're listening to Science Sort of.com. You're listening to Science Sort of.

0:43.7

Hello and welcome to Science Sortive. This is episode 254. I'm your host, Ryan, and joining me this week to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science. It's the return of Patrick.

0:47.9

Hey. And also back is Charlie. Pleasure to be here.

0:53.0

It's been four whole episodes since we were together, but now we're back together again. It's going to be great.

0:55.2

Our theme this week is bear necessities,

0:58.6

because in part, we're talking about bears and isotopes.

1:00.9

Two of Patrick's favorite things.

1:05.9

I do you feel about bears, Patrick.

1:08.2

I didn't know that you're a fan of bears, Patrick. I don't know.

1:09.9

Should we've gotten Jack on this episode?

1:11.7

I like Stephen Colbert.

1:14.5

Oh, there you go.

1:15.8

Bears are good.

1:17.5

I have no problem with bears.

1:20.3

What about big hairy guys?

1:24.4

Even those.

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