Episode 57 - "You go to a cave and do math problems"

This week we’re going underground…to caves that is. We review the basics of how caves form, some unique features, and a lot of fun vocabulary. We also talk about the latest and greatest scientific discovery!

• How caves form


• Carbonic Acid


• Hydrogen Sulfide


• Video of Limestone vs. Acid


• Carlsbad Caverns Formation


• White-Nose Syndrome


• Karst


• Speleothems


• Stalactites vs. Stalagmites


• Cave Bacon (Flowstone)


• Cave Popcorn


• Troglobites


• Wind Cave


• Boxwork Calcite


• Lehman Cave


• Cave shields


• Alabaster Caverns

Fun Paper Friday

This week we learn about one of the most exciting physics discoveries in modern physics - the measurement of gravitational waves.

• Gravitational waves for dummies


• Text Messages from LIGO


• Abbott, B. P., et al. “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger.” Physical Review Letters 116.6 (2016): 061102.

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