Half of the Orders of Magnitude team conducts an interview with Dr. Cody Sheik about the wonderful world of microbiology and the cruises he gets to go on.
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2 comments to “ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE #2: “Dr. Cody Sheik, Microbiologist!””
I liked your interview about the wonderful world of microbiology!
If you’re taking requests for topics I’d love to know if there’s any connection between Oklahoma’s crazy hail storms and bacteria.
As far as I know, no one has tested whether this is more or less common in Oklahoma, but with all the dust (and thus soil bacteria) in the air, that would be an interesting hypothesis to test!
Half of the Orders of Magnitude team conducts an interview with Dr. Cody Sheik about the wonderful world of microbiology and the cruises he gets to go on.
I liked your interview about the wonderful world of microbiology!
If you’re taking requests for topics I’d love to know if there’s any connection between Oklahoma’s crazy hail storms and bacteria.
Are you talking about bacteria in the air serving as “precipitation starters” for hail? Here’s an article about it the general idea: http://www.livescience.com/14299-bacteria-create-rain-snow-hail.html
As far as I know, no one has tested whether this is more or less common in Oklahoma, but with all the dust (and thus soil bacteria) in the air, that would be an interesting hypothesis to test!