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Librivox: Voyage of the Beagle, The by Darwin, Charles
The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin's keen powers of observation, written at a time when Western Europeans were still discovering and exploring much of the rest of the world. Although Darwin revisited some areas during the expedition, for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places and locations rather than chronologically. With hindsight, ideas which Darwin would later develop into his theory of evolution by natural selection are hinted at in his notes and in the book (Summary from Wikipedia).
Librivox: Nature by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Nature is a short essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson published anonymously in 1836. It is in this essay that the foundation of transcendentalism is put forth, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Recent advances in zoology, botany, and geology confirmed Emerson's intuitions about the intricate relationships of Nature at large. The publication of Nature is usually taken to be the watershed moment at which transcendentalism became a major cultural movement. Henry David Thoreau had read "Nature" as a senior at Harvard College and took it to heart. It eventually became an essential influence for Thoreau's later writings, including his seminal Walden. (Summary excerpted from Wikipedia by Neeru Iyer)
Past Time
Past Time is a podcast that explores how we know what we know about the past. There's a special focus on the fossil record - it is hosted by two paleontologists - but delving into the story of the past isn't limited to dry bones. Today's paleontologists use techniques drawn from other sciences including Physics, Chemistry, Geology, and Biology to figure out what extinct animals were like and how they lived. Whether you are just starting to learn about the amazing animals that have called this planet home, or you have been fascinated by fossils for a long time, we hope you will join us as we dig into past times. Keywords: Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Mammals, Reptiles, Birds, Animals, Fossils, Extinction
Vault Boys WV: A Fallout 76 Podcast
When Fallout 76 was announced Dave and Austin were excited to see West Virginia fully portrayed in a video game. Being both a fan of Fallout and West Virginia, this Charleston WV local began a weekly podcast to showcase their state, the history, the lore behind it, and how it ties into Fallout 76. Dave is a geographer and cartographer that spent years in college studying Appalachia from bluegrass to geology. Dave brings Austin, a photographer and WV's biggest fanboy in weekly to talk Fallout 76 news, their ongoing adventures, and a BIG topic on a specific story and history from the state. From holler to highways we've got you covered six ways to Sunday. Join us every Thursday for new episodes. email us at vaultboyswv@gmail.com
Inside Yellowstone
Explore the wonders of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, with a park ranger as your guide. A virtual tour of park features, such as Old Faithful, will get you closer to the nature, science, history and culture of Yellowstone whether you are planning a vacation or are merely traveling online. Learn more about the geysers and geology of this wild landscape formed by a super-volcano and discover the ecological processes, like fire, that have shaped the park. Examine the park's human history as well as wildlife including bears, wolves, bison and elk. Experience Americas first national park online or download the 90-second parkcasts to a portable player to view when you visit Yellowstone. Be sure to download the accompanying map from our website before your trip. For a more in-depth look at the issues facing the worlds first national park, see the related video documentary series, Yellowstone InDepth, located in the Science & Medicine in the Natural Sciences category.
Science at the Shine Dome 2012
Annual symposium 100 years of Antarctic Science As to the Antarctic ... almost every observation would be fresh material added to the sum of human knowledge. These are the words of explorer Douglas Mawson, who led a team of men (mostly scientists) into an unknown part of Antarctica in 1911. His venture, the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14, opened new and exciting opportunities for scientific exploration and endeavour. A hundred years later, the Australian Academy of Science presents an exploration of the diverse scientific endeavours that have resulted. The symposium brings together national and international experts who have worked in Antarctica on subjects as diverse as physics, genetics, geology, meteorology, biology, glaciology and climate change. Mawson was a founding Fellow of the Academy. He knew that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are significant influences on Australia's weather. We now know that the region is susceptible to rapid change, and that high latitude processes involving ocean currents, sea ice and the carbon cycle affect the rest of the globe. This symposium celebrates a century of scientific endeavour. It is also an acknowledgement that, 100 years after Mawson's pioneering expedition, there is still much to learn.
Resonance
THE SHIFT IS COMING. SOON. Dr. David Carter knows this. However, he’s a geologist, so ’soon’ means anywhere from tomorrow to a thousand years from now. PEOPLE ARE DYING. NOW. Drs. Jordan Abellard and Jillian Brookwood are standing at the edge of SuperAIDS. Or are they? They won’t be able to figure it out if they can’t get some authorization signed - and soon. But they’re peons and no one is paying attention. That means no one will notice a little forgery either, right? WHOLE SPECIES DIED AT THE LAST POLAR SHIFT. 65 MILLION YEARS AGO. Right now Dr. Becky Sorenson has some seriously mutated frogs in her lab. In L.A. Bees are making abnormal columns on the side of the freeways. In Georgia, birds are migrating out of season. It all makes a sick kind of sense when the doctors consider that the last magnetic shift is strangely coincidental to the dinosaur die-out. And the only similarity among the problems today is that each is occurring in a ‘hotspot’ - a pocket of reversed polarity that tells them all THE SHIFT IS ALREADY HERE.
Geologic Podcast
The Geologic Podcast is a weekly podcast consisting of personal stories, comedy sketches, news commentary, music and movie reviews, science advocacy, original songs, and interviews. Its host and producer is musician, composer, drummer, comedian, storyteller, TEDx speaker, event emcee, and vigilant defender of the Theory of Gravity— George Hrab. The content often draws from Geo’s musical career; the music industry in general; his adventures as a semi-almost-famous critical thinker; his fascination with language, culture, and science; and ranges in tone from incredibly serious to unbearably silly. The show’s name is a portmanteau of “George” and “Logic,” and—quite confusingly—the show contains no geology content whatsoever. Recurring characters on the show (all portrayed by Hrab) include Dr. Damian Handzy, Mortimer, Minoishe Interroberg, Rupert McClanahan and many others. The podcast content varies from week to week, but often features several of a number of recurring segments including Interesting Fauna, Ask George, Geo’s Mom Reads Jay-Z Lyrics, The History Chunk, Horror-Scopes, and The Weekly Standard. George looks at his show as a type of “brain sorbet” for those who may need the occasional respite from the “coarses” of life. The podcast started in February 2007, and George has rarely missed posting one episode per week ever since. Just ask his therapist.
The Atheist Nomads » Podcast (MP3)
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Librivox: Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley
John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colorado and the Grand Canyon. He gathered nine men, four boats and food for ten months and set out from Green River, Wyoming, on May 24. Passing through dangerous rapids, the group passed down the Green River to its confluence with the Colorado River (then also known as the Grand River upriver from the junction), near present-day Moab, Utah. The expedition's route traveled through the Utah canyons of the Colorado River, which Powell described in his published diary as having …wonderful features—carved walls, royal arches, glens, alcove gulches, mounds and monuments. From which of these features shall we select a name? We decide to call it Glen Canyon. (Ironically, now almost completely submerged by Lake Powell, behind the Glen Canyon Dam.) One man (Goodman) quit after the first month and another three (Dunn and the Howland brothers) left at Separation Rapid in the third, only two days before the group reached the mouth of the Virgin River on August 30 after traversing almost 1,500 km. The three who left the group late in the trip were later killed—probably by Indians. Powell retraced the route in 1871-1872 with another expedition, producing photographs, an accurate map, and various papers, including ethnographic reports of the area's Native Americans and a monograph on their languages. --adapted from Wikipedia
