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New ep: how to map lost worlds
🕑 Added 2025-03-31 20:53:43 +0000 UTCHey howtownies! At the end of 2024 I came across a paper that showed where various pieces of the earth's surface were 1.8 billion years (and a couple supercontinents) ago. It was fun to imagine being able to walk from Canada to Australia - but it got me wondering ... how do scientists figure all this out? We answer that question in our new episode!
I went a little overboard on the animation, using a combination of real paper stop motion, After Effects, 3D modeling ... and even a niche geology software called GPLates. I'll be putting a BTS video on Patreon next week (previous BTS here).
In shorts:
Everyone wants to send up more satellites
The 2025 World Happiness Report just came out - and the "winner" won't surprise you
We featured some clips from March's Science Paper Book Club
Speaking of SPBC - our next event is one week away, at noon ET on April 7! We'll be talking about a preprint that takes a skeptical look at Blue Zones - regions in the world famous for the remarkable longevity of their inhabitants. This paper won the 2024 Ig-Nobel prize in demography!
You can read and/or download the paper here.
If you're free on Monday, we'd love to chat with you - here's the meeting info:
SCIENCE PAPER BOOK CLUB | Howtown
Monday, April 7 · 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET
We'll send out an invite link to Howtown Heroes soon.
I can't wait for you all to see our next episode from Joss, which features lasers and hidden cities. Until then, have a good April and thank you so much for your support! Cheers,
Adam (& Joss)
Comments
Joss
haha - my calendar of course gives it to me in CT - missed it in the conversion. We should do a telethon style event some time though!
Kelvin Nguyen
From midnight to 1 PM, this will be the longest SPBC yet! 😆
