68 min listen
Biomineralogy (SHELLS) with Robert Ulrich
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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
May 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Bones. Shells. Reefs. Teeth. Biominerology. The wonderful UCLA geochemist Rob Ulrich answers a giant pile of questions such as: How do crystalline structures materialize out of thin air and water? How do squishy animals make such hard shells? What’s the difference between a shell and an exoskeleton? What’s the noise you hear when you listen to a seashell? What’s up with ocean acidification? How do you keep a fiddle leaf tree alive? How do you meet new friends without battling LA traffic? Start by becoming virtual BFFs with this -ologist, who is shella cool...
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Rob’s website: https://www.robertnulrich.com
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Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
Transcripts by Emily White of https://www.thewordary.com/
Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies
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Also MAY 18th, 5pm Pacific. WARD'S DOING A VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW. Tickets available here: https://onlocationlive.com/category/ologies
Rob’s website: https://www.robertnulrich.com
Rollow Rob at https://twitter.com/robertnulrich & instagram.com/biomineralogist
Queer & Trans in STEM: https://twitter.com/QueersInSTEM.
A donation went to: https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/diversity/
Sponsors of Ologies: alieward.com/ologies-sponsors
More links and info at alieward.com/ologies/biomineralogy
Transcripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras
Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies
OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and now… MASKS. Hi. Yes.
Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies
Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard
Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
Transcripts by Emily White of https://www.thewordary.com/
Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
May 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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