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Episode Description
Join your librarians, Tristan and Mary, and physicist, Lincoln, as we explore astrophysics research, pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, and science communication.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:52 International Cosmic Ray Conference
01:40 Ice Cube
03:38 Pin Check
05:18 Topic Intro: Pseudoscience
07:33 Defining Pseudoscience
11:08 Pseudoscience Examples
12:51 Conspiracy Theories
15:11 Scientific Communication
17:37 Citizen Science
24:02 Library Favs
For a full transcript of this episode and any pictures, visit our Substack at https://librariansspillthetea.substack.com/.
Mentioned in this Episode
* International Cosmic Ray Conference: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1258933/
* Investigation of Electromagnetic and Muonic Air-Shower Components using IceTop Simulations (Lincoln’s Presentation): https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08478
* Overcooked: https://store.steampowered.com/app/448510/Overcooked/
* IceCube Neutrino Observatory:
https://icecube.wisc.edu/
* Critical Role:
https://critrole.com/
* Busy Beaver Button Co:
https://www.busybeaver.net/
* Button Museum: https://www.busybeaver.net/button-museum/?srsltid=AfmBOooeG8syQWUOu_WGbJZkz1yx1FuyE-FD7sRTF2EQwjPiLXKaBfc_
* American Physical Society General Meeting: https://www.aps.org/events
* Enrico Fermi Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1938/summary/
* Red String Meme
* IceCube’s first citizen science project a success: https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/research/2024/01/icecubes-first-citizen-science-project-a-success/
* Civil War ship log transcription project: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/bluejackets/civil-war-bluejackets
* BatAMP - Bat Acoustic Monitoring Portal: https://batmanagement.com/pages/batamp-bat-acoustic-monitoring-portal?srsltid=AfmBOopgBNfP0nxMcpEOR-Jb9uZrsWUNOOTuZmllxz8Cdy1jI7HcVkFR
* Library of Congress Virtual Volunteering:
https://crowd.loc.gov/
* Fish Gate: https://visdeurbel.nl/en/
* Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica: https://lib.utah.edu/collections/rarebooks/database/science/principia.php
* 3rd floor carpet
Pin Check
* Certified Loud Librarian Pin:
* Green Dragon Pin: Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the exact pin, but it came in a set like this: https://gamesofberkeley.com/products/mystery-dice-set-7-metal-tiny-treasures-10mm-w-pin?srsltid=AfmBOophZ2Qo2pl2Il8nrAUHytyRcmhS_N5PI4k_4jDmnATJa9MSCe7c
* Knowledge is Power Pin: Tristan lost this button, but here’s a similar pin: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256384862224
The music in our intro/outro is “Old Friends from Manhattan” by White_Music on Pixabay.
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