Ep 14: Science... sort of - Below the Crust
Science... sort of
Brachiolope
4.7 • 674 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2009
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
The Theme: Below the Crust.
Be sure to check out each of the Paleopal's solstice shopping recommendations under their individual "About" pages at www.sciencesortof.com
Intro: 00:00:00 One of the Paleopals is missing but, on the other hand, that means that 75% of them are here. That's a passing grade. It could be a lot worse.
Crocs… sort of: 00:02:55 Patrick is his usual crusty self in examining this feast of fossils. Did these fossil crocs rule the world? Are they even crocs? Does duckcroc satisfy Kirk Cameron?
Nitrogenous Isopterans: 00:21:35 We interview professor Kena Fox-Dobbs about her work suggesting that when in Africa, the termite is king of the nitrogen hill (or mound). You might think that big organisms would hold the keys to moving nitrogen around the savannah, but you might be wrong.
Trailer Trash Talk - Clash of the Titans: 00:43:54 A remake of a 1980's stop-motion classic. Patrick reminisces about the original movie that tells the story of the myth of Perseus. Will the remake be a Greek tragedy?
Fish on Europa? 00:53:47 There is almost certainly a vast ocean on Europa (everybody knows t hat). There may be some oxygen dissolved in the water (Ok). There may be 600 million tons of fish on the planet (I'm listening)!?! The question is, would the sushi be any good by the time you got it back to Earth? Call me back when there is life on Uranus.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, and welcome to Science Sort of. |
| 0:10.7 | Welcome to Science Sort of, episode 14, with 75% of the Paleopal is in attendance. |
| 0:16.1 | Can you guys guess who's missing? Well, I'll just tell you who's here instead. It's me, Patrick, and Ryan. |
| 0:22.3 | Hello. And the newest and third most reliable paleopal, Charlie. Howdy. This week's theme is |
| 0:27.8 | below the crust, and we'll be talking about crocs, sort of, the nitrogenous isopterins we promised |
| 0:33.7 | you last week, outer space fish, and Hades. And as you may have gathered from topics at hand, the purpose of the show is to discuss |
| 0:41.2 | things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were |
| 0:44.5 | science. |
| 0:45.1 | I guess we'll kick things off with the usual, what are you drinking? |
| 0:48.0 | You want to kick us off, Ryan? |
| 0:49.1 | Yes. |
| 0:49.7 | This week, I am drinking from Santa's Private Reserve, a winter ale made from Rogue brewery up in |
| 0:56.2 | Oregon. |
| 0:57.2 | It's a tasty little winter beer. |
| 0:58.7 | It's hopier than most other winter warmers, but still very delicious. |
| 1:02.3 | Rogue rarely disappoints. |
| 1:03.3 | Winter warmers. |
| 1:04.3 | Does Rogue make Dead guy? |
| 1:06.1 | They do. |
| 1:07.1 | Yeah, I like that brewery. |
| 1:08.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.1 | Yeah, they're pretty good. |
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