John is off teaching a workshop and Shannon is working towards the end of the semester. We take a little time off to talk about academic service - what is it and why do we do it? Being an academic isn’t all fun and games! Feedback <ul> <li>SEM time is expensive!</li> <li><a href= "http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-best-of-the-british-medical-journals-goofy-christmas-papers-180948177/"> BMJ’s Goofy Christmas Papers</a></li> </ul> Academic Service <ul> <li>Three horsemen: teaching, research, and service</li> <li><a href= "https://www.elsevier.com/reviewers/becoming-a-reviewer-how-and-why"> Manuscript Reviewers</a></li> <li><a href= "http://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1060">How Professors Spend Their Time</a></li> </ul> Fun Paper Friday <ul> <li>Walk like a chicken? A dinosaur? Find out how chickens doing the dino dance are giving us insight into theropod locomotion!</li> <li><a href= "http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0088458"> Grossi, Bruno, et al. “Walking like dinosaurs: chickens with artificial tails provide clues about non-avian theropod locomotion.” PloS one 9.2 (2014): e88458.</a></li> </ul> Contact us: Show - <a href= "http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com">www.dontpanicgeocast.com</a> - <a href="http://swung.rocks">SWUNG Slack</a> - <a href= "https://twitter.com/dontpanicgeo">@dontpanicgeo</a> - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - <a href= "http://www.johnrleeman.com">www.johnrleeman.com</a> - <a href= "https://twitter.com/geo_leeman">@geo_leeman</a> Shannon Dulin - <a href= "https://twitter.com/ShannonDulin">@ShannonDulin</a>

Episode 116 - "The closest thing to alchemy"

John Leeman and Shannon Dulin discuss geoscience and technology weekly for your enjoyment! Features include guests, fun paper Friday selections, product reviews, and banter about recent developments. Shannon is a field geologist who tolerates technology and John is a self-proclaimed nerd that tolerates geologists.