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Spring Slider Earthquake Machine – Software Version 1.1 Released and Open Sourced!
Our Spring Slider Earthquake Machine has been a favorite lab activity for classes ranging from introduction to geology to structure. Now it is even better with new software and the open-sourcing of the firmware and desktop software. Over the last year we've...
Sediment Provenance with Microscopes and Raman – Don’t Panic Podcast Episode 352
Determining sediment provenance can be tricky, but with the help of optical microscopy and Raman spectroscopy, Shannon has learned how to find the source of the sand!
XArray Multidimensional Groupby – Quick Data Analysis in 1 line!
XArray lets you do powerful group by operations like Pandas, but with even more capability! This week we look at how to use groupby_bins to create a chart of mean temperature with latitude and height in the atmosphere!
2022’s Favorite Things – Don’t Panic Podcast Episode 351
2022 flew past, so this week John and Shannon review their favorite things, experiences, classes, and more of 2022. Everything from bee keeping to kitchen appliances to multimeters to books!
Finding Magnetic Declination with Python
Magnetic declination is the difference between true and magnetic North at a point on the Earth. You can easily find it using Python’s magnetic field calculator library.
Shop Tour 2022 – We are Officially Out of Space!
In this 2022 shop tour we share that we finally are out of space! Our 2400 sq ft building has served us well, but it can no longer contain all of the science!
How to Easily Convert Pandas DataFrames to XArray DataSets
Pandas DataFrames serve us well in many applications, but for data with multiple coordinates or many attributes XArray may be a better fit. In this week's video we explore how to convert a DataFrame to a DataSet using upper air balloon data as an example. Pandas...
The Deepest Borehole on Earth – Don’t Panic Podcast Episode 350
How deep have we actually drilled a borehole into the Earth? Turns out, not very far, just 12,262 metres (40,230 ft) or about 0.3% of the way to the center of the Earth. We talk about the challenges of this feat and about potty training cows.
Conda Clean – How to Free up GIGABYTES of Space
Learn how to use the conda clean command to free up gigabytes of space on your system by flushing out tarballs and packages in your Python install!
Using Virtual Environments in Python – Quickly Comparing 2 Environment Managers
Virtual environments are another way to manage your Python packages used in a project. Learn how to use them and how they stack up to other environmental management systems like Conda.
When to Upgrade Technology – Don’t Panic Podcast Episode 349
In this week's podcast, John and Shannon dive into when it is time to upgrade technology and when to leave good enough alone. It can be a difficult decision to let a perfectly good piece of gear go, but sometimes it is the right call. John recently dealt with this in...
Easily Measure -25 °C to +400 °C with the Type K Thermocouple Amplifier
We're excited to announce the release of our new Type K Thermocouple Voltage Transmitter product! This product takes the tiny voltages produced by a Type K thermocouple and produces a clean linear output proportional to the temperature over a large range. The...