Ep 113: Science... sort of - Mo' Money, Mo' Science

Science... sort of

Brachiolope

Natural Sciences, Science

4.7 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2011

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Jai Ranganthan joins Paleopals Charlie, Jacob, and Ryan to update everyone on the #SciFund Challenge. First and foremost, congrats to our own Kelly Weinersmith on being the very first project to get fully funded! Yay! But the Paleopals go one further and actually highlight a few projects that caught their eye.

Jacob was intrigued by the dolphin with the backwards fin, mostly because he lives near a beach and this was the closest to an engineer project he could find.

Charlie really liked the idea of domesticating bacteria to create petroleum products and other goodies suit our needs. If yeast can make beer, why can't bacteria make oil?

Ryan wants to use social networks and cell phones to help children in Tanzania get the vaccinations they need. It's ambitious, it's complicated, and it just might be crazy enough to work!

And finally, we have to give a shout out to the project that wants to investigate methods for artificially aging red wine. A very Science... sort of, kind of project.

After a bit of discussion the Paleopals decide on donating to a particular project LIVE ON AIR! We won't spoil the results, be we will provide a poll on the website for you to vote for your favorite. And be sure to head over to RocketHub to donate to a project your own self!

00:34:34 - Charlie tries his best to introduce the drinks segment. Jacob offends us all with his Smirinoff Ice (Raspberry and Lime flavor). Charlie's curiosity overrides the date leading him to try Sierra Nevada's holiday IPA. And Ryan needs an extra kick so he has a Hitachino Espresso Stout.

00:38:42 - Trailer Trash Talk is out to solve a mystery. Namely, the mystery of whether or not the movie Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows will be any good. And their only clue is the trailer.

00:48:01 - Mind Myths abound in our culture and the BBC has posted a few of their favorites ripe for debunking. The Paleopals break down the myths and discuss just why these ideas about our brains have been so pervasive.

01:05:34 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like #SciFund projects. You never know if it's going to work until the last minute. Jacob congratulates TheFrenzyofTongs on finishing a 5k. Even better that he did so while listening to the show and posted about it our Facebook wall!

Thanks for listening! Not that you don't have enough links already, but we don't a have a blog at Paleocave.com.

Music for this week's show:

Challengers - The New Pornographers

Iced Lightning - RJD2

Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello

Where is my mind? - Pixies

Transcript

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0:00.0	Yeah, I'm supposed to be an expert in energy storage or something, but I find chemistry hard.
0:06.2	We're like energy, right?
0:10.5	Right.
0:11.8	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Florida.
0:27.7	This is episode 113.
0:29.6	The theme this week is Mo Money Mo Science.
0:32.3	I'm your host, Ryan, and joining me to discuss things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science, are my paleo palo-pal podcasting partners in crime, Charlie.
0:42.0	Hey, everybody.
0:43.0	And Jacob.
0:44.5	Happy November.
0:45.7	And joining us is a special guest to talk about the SciFund Challenge, Jai Ranganathan.
0:51.2	Hey, great to be here.
0:52.7	Great to have you, Jai.
0:53.7	I think I was actually catching up on old episodes of the show, Charlie and Jacob,
0:57.7	and I realized that the episode I listened to most recently in my un-listened-to stream was 47,
1:02.7	which I think was the last time it was the three of us doing the show.
1:06.3	Really?
1:06.9	Is that long ago?
1:08.0	It doesn't feel like it's been that long.
1:09.9	It was my last show in California.
1:11.3	We recorded it in Charlie's apartment.
1:13.2	Dang.
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