Episode 119 - "When Nerds Have Research Instruments" Fulgurite

 

John is installing his weather station and Shannon is still pushing through finals week. On this week’s show we talk about a listener question regarding fulgurites. Can you petrify lightning and study it? Thanks to listener Steve for the show topic and fun paper suggestion!

Fulgarites Fulgurite (Wikipedia) Lechatelierite Planar deformation features Lightning induced remanent magnetizations Verrier, V., and P. Rochette. “Estimating peak currents at ground lightning impacts using remanent magnetization.” Geophysical Research Letters 29.18 (2002). Fun Paper Friday This week we scratch the fun paper itch - literally. Can scratching in a mirror trick your brain? Helmchen, Christoph, et al. “Itch Relief by Mirror Scratching. A Psychophysical Study.” PloS one 8.12 (2013): e82756. Contact us:

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