It's Spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the rivers swell with crystal clear snowmelt from tall mountain peaks... and we're all stuck inside and can't really look at it! Dang it! So I guess close your eyes and imagine floating down a beautiful river with your favorite podcast hosts as they drone on and on about bridges and salmon and stuff.
It's Spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the rivers swell with crystal clear snowmelt from tall mountain peaks... and we're all stuck inside and can't really look at it! Dang it! So I guess close your eyes and imagine floating down a beautiful river with your favorite podcast hosts as they drone on and on about bridges and salmon and stuff.
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If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links!
[Truth or Fail]
Kites
http://www.kitehistory.com/Miscellaneous/Homan_Walsh.htm
https://www.uu.edu/dept/physics/scienceguys/2004Apr.cfm
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Kite_that_Bridged_Two_Nations.html?id=7tukmQEACAAJ
Stone-carving
https://www.asce.org/project/five-stone-arch-bridges/
Explosions
http://www.bbc.com/travel/sponsored/story/20160815-the-buddha-that-calmed-the-seas
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/02/why-is-ottawa-blowing-up-its-river/338889/
https://www.nap.edu/read/6289/chapter/3#16
[Fact Off]
Salmon & sea lions
https://wildlife.org/sea-lions-to-be-culled-to-protect-salmon/
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2018/03/battle_of_species_pits_protect.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/killing-sea-lions-save-salmon/581740/
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/fish-ladder.html
Wildebeest bones
https://www.pnas.org/content/114/29/7647
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.00031/full#h6
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352249618300429?via%3Dihub
https://news.uga.edu/animal-carcasses-source-river-nutrients/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Rivers on Titan
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-mysterious-lakes-on-saturns-moon-titan
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/cassini-explores-a-methane-sea-on-titan
https://www.space.com/36904-titan-evolution-more-like-mars-than-earth.html
[Butt One More Thing]
The Great Stink