Where do ideas come from? Rob describes his Big A Eureka Moment. 2025 Jeff wants to tell 2000's Jeff to suck it up and stop complaining. We both love people who are generous with their ideas. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram & Bluesky: Tracksidescience Patreon: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience">https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience</a> Alcohol Jeff: Primary: When Lava Flows by Pontoon Brewing - Sandy Springs GA Solid Rocket Booster: The Right Slice by Revision Brewing - Sparks NV Rob: Laser Kitten IPA by Medusa Brewing, Hudson MA Reading Jeff: <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1111.The_Power_Broker">The Power Broker</a> Rob: <a href= "https://jcom.sissa.it/article/pubid/JCOM_2401_2025_A01/">Can science comics aid lay audiences' comprehension of forensic science?</a>

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Where do ideas come from? Rob describes his Big A Eureka Moment.  2025 Jeff wants to tell 2000's Jeff to suck it up and stop complaining.  We both love people who are generous with their ideas.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Instagram &amp; Bluesky: Tracksidescience&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Patreon: &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alcohol&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Jeff:  Primary: When Lava Flows by Pontoon Brewing - Sandy Springs GA&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Solid Rocket Booster: The Right Slice by Revision Brewing - Sparks NV&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Rob:  Laser Kitten IPA by Medusa Brewing, Hudson MA&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reading&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Jeff: &lt;a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1111.The_Power_Broker"&gt;The Power Broker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Rob: &lt;a href= "https://jcom.sissa.it/article/pubid/JCOM_2401_2025_A01/"&gt;Can science comics aid lay audiences' comprehension of forensic science?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

(54) Where do ideas come from?

Philatelic Science! Rob's box of stamps generates some science ideas! Wisconsin has indicted a DNA sequence. Jeff is suddenly bro-ing all the time. Email - <a href= "mailto:tracksidescience@gmail.com">tracksidescience@gmail.com</a> Bluesky - ‪@tracksidescience.bsky.social‬ Instagram - tracksidescience Alcohol Jeff - 1800 Tequila & Cointreau - Bing's AI tells me this is a Conintreau Margartia. Thank god for AI Rob - <a href= "https://www.ommegang.com/beerinfo/gnommegang/">GnomeGang Belgian IPA</a> Links Macht SH. Postage stamps as a mode of transmitting bacteria. Va Med Mon (1918). 1946 Feb;73:60. PMID: 21011507. (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21011507/">link</a>) Hopkins B, Williams NJ, Webb MB, Debenham PG, Jeffreys AJ. The use of minisatellite variant repeat-polymerase chain reaction (MVR-PCR) to determine the source of saliva on a used postage stamp. J Forensic Sci. 1994 Mar;39(2):526-31. PMID: 8195763. (<a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8195763/">link</a>) <a href= "https://www.totheletterdna.com/">https://www.totheletterdna.com/</a> Keepsake DNA, renamed GEnetic Legacies: <a href= "https://geneticlegacies.com/">https://geneticlegacies.com/</a> Affinity-DNA: <a href= "https://www.affinity-dna.com/">https://www.affinity-dna.com/</a> Dudás E, Csany M, Galambos A, Vágó-Zalán A, Pamjav H. DNA identification of relics of Blessed Stephen Sándor beatified by Pope Francis 2013. Biol Futur. 2020 Jun;71(1-2):131-136. doi: 10.1007/s42977-020-00002-y. Epub 2020 Feb 20. PMID: 34554521. (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34554521/">link</a>) Bates, Claire. "Who Were My Parents—and Why Was I Left on a Hillside to Die?" BBC News, 18 Mar. 2018, <a href= "http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43420678">www.bbc.com/news/stories-43420678</a> (2018) Wisconsin indicts a DNA sequence: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dna_from_stamp_is_used_to_indict_john_doe_suspect_for_threatening_judge

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Philatelic Science!  Rob's box of stamps generates some science ideas! Wisconsin has indicted a DNA sequence.  Jeff is suddenly bro-ing all the time.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Email - &lt;a href= "mailto:tracksidescience@gmail.com"&gt;tracksidescience@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Bluesky - ‪@tracksidescience.bsky.social‬&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Instagram - tracksidescience&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style= "text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alcohol&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Jeff - 1800 Tequila &amp; Cointreau - Bing's AI tells me this is a Conintreau Margartia.  Thank god for AI&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Rob - &lt;a href= "https://www.ommegang.com/beerinfo/gnommegang/"&gt;GnomeGang Belgian IPA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style= "text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Macht SH. Postage stamps as a mode of transmitting bacteria. Va Med Mon (1918). 1946 Feb;73:60. PMID: 21011507. (&lt;a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21011507/"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Hopkins B, Williams NJ, Webb MB, Debenham PG, Jeffreys AJ. The use of minisatellite variant repeat-polymerase chain reaction (MVR-PCR) to determine the source of saliva on a used postage stamp. J Forensic Sci. 1994 Mar;39(2):526-31. PMID: 8195763. (&lt;a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8195763/"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.totheletterdna.com/"&gt;https://www.totheletterdna.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Keepsake DNA, renamed GEnetic Legacies: &lt;a href= "https://geneticlegacies.com/"&gt;https://geneticlegacies.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Affinity-DNA: &lt;a href= "https://www.affinity-dna.com/"&gt;https://www.affinity-dna.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Dudás E, Csany M, Galambos A, Vágó-Zalán A, Pamjav H. DNA identification of relics of Blessed Stephen Sándor beatified by Pope Francis 2013. Biol Futur. 2020 Jun;71(1-2):131-136. doi: 10.1007/s42977-020-00002-y. Epub 2020 Feb 20. PMID: 34554521. (&lt;a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34554521/"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Bates, Claire. "Who Were My Parents—and Why Was I Left on a Hillside to Die?" BBC News, 18 Mar. 2018, &lt;a href= "http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43420678"&gt;www.bbc.com/news/stories-43420678&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;(2018) Wisconsin indicts a DNA sequence: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dna_from_stamp_is_used_to_indict_john_doe_suspect_for_threatening_judge&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Philatelic Science (53)

The moronic, mean-spirited and illegal assault on US government scientists continues.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The moronic, mean-spirited and illegal assault on US government scientists continues.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Science Firings part 2 (EXPLICIT)

To those recently, and illegally, fired. Contains some strong language, because that is 100% appropriate.

<description>&lt;p&gt;To those recently, and illegally, fired.  Contains some strong language, because that is 100% appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

(52) Salute to Government Scientists

Episode 51 - Our Down Under connection! In 2021 we got an email from a listener from New Zealand working in Australia as a Physics Science Communicator. It took years to get over the shock that someone we didn't already know was actually listening to us, but we did and now he is here! Drinks Jeff - Folgers Rob - <a href= "https://austineastciders.com/pages/story#:~:text=Influenced%20by%20tradition%2C%20we%20use%20bittersweet%20cider%20apples.,from%20the%20Pacific%20Northwest%20for%20a%20perfectly-balanced%20cider."> Austin Eastciders</a> Errol - <a href="https://hopnation.com.au/">Hop Nation Brewing</a> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/">The Dish (2000) - IMDb</a> Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Episode 51 -&lt;/strong&gt; Our Down Under connection!  In 2021 we got an email from a listener from New Zealand working in Australia as a Physics Science Communicator.  It took years to get over the shock that someone we didn't already know was actually listening to us, but we did and now he is here!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Drinks &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Jeff -  Folgers&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Rob - &lt;a href= "https://austineastciders.com/pages/story#:~:text=Influenced%20by%20tradition%2C%20we%20use%20bittersweet%20cider%20apples.,from%20the%20Pacific%20Northwest%20for%20a%20perfectly-balanced%20cider."&gt; Austin Eastciders&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Errol - &lt;a href="https://hopnation.com.au/"&gt;Hop Nation Brewing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/"&gt;The Dish (2000) - IMDb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) &amp; Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

(51) Science from Australia!

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