Heights of Humanity

About Heights of Humanity

Discussions pertaining to the subject of, well, Life.

Publisher

Jason Bott

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Nov 2023

Latest episode

8 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Feb 2025

   Extinct Ice-Age Megafauna, Ethics of Resurrecting Mammoths, Cave Paleontology, & More | John Moretti

   In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with John Moretti, a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin who travels deep into caves to study ancient animals of the Pleistocene & Holocene.This podcast has no affiliation with the University of Texas or the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. However, it is part of my goal to make quality educational content with real experts accessible to the public for no charge whatsoever.Sources & Further Reading:“Ugly” Fossil Places Extinct Saber-Toothed Cat on Texas Coast:https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2024/... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmQwcXlGNEY2U0QtcVo5TW9kcnlzR0RUT1Fwd3xBQ3Jtc0tucTQxUHg4d0lxUnNaaHpqTm1Lc0xmeW9LY3M2VlZvX1h2cXY4d2Q1RnhSRWJDVlpNbFBJUDdmanlGMFdMR0FIalpJbU1TYkxxcE9ELU1ncGZ2aHV5NnhFVzA1dWgzaTVkdTFrcGlBOG5PZUNvd1UzQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsg.utexas.edu%2Fnews%2F2024%2F05%2Fugly-fossil-places-extinct-saber-toothed-cat-on-texas-coast%2F&v=Vu8jozAXkF4)Moretti, J. A., & Johnson, E. (2023). Small rails from the late Quaternary of the Southern High Plains and their palaeoenvironmental context. Ibis, 165(4), 1280–1295.https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13212 (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2JqZTJ5cmNFZGNwMWRHRUoyT05VS1R4MFNkZ3xBQ3Jtc0trN2xpeGlDTEIxZU5JOHZsNHdmX1RUWUI3MVBSajN6NEdrdURGY3BVYWFCSUtmUGZILTRQMktrVTB1aXBIcmJWcmhTajZfdnNmU1E0N000LTBwNlZFZ1V6eFZiMmhqd3laVDJTeGJkZVpMVDJUZEVySQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1111%2Fibi.13212&v=Vu8jozAXkF4)Moretti, J. A., Flores, D., Bell, C. J., Godwin, W., Hartstone‐Rose, A., & Lewis, P. J. (2024). The scimitar‐cat Homotherium from the submerged continental shelf of the Gulf Coast of Texas. The Anatomical Record.https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25461 (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjRzOXd6TTFJVjdwXzlBakRrcVZoR05sTkY3QXxBQ3Jtc0tsTk8teExUZ3NkVUNRRUJuVXQtVm91cGVQRm9vUDctYUJvRDItXzA3MURGckJmY0UzZndjU1JQVHpmWEdVdnBKU0dfeU9QREZEb3BRWG5TSEdOaGVreVc1Qm1aSk0xUDFyazV0NGVrYWNKaUpsM2hyaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1002%2Far.25461&v=Vu8jozAXkF4)Scientists Closing in on Answers About ‘Lost’ Prehistoric Cats of Natural Bridge Caverns:https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2024/... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHRfandpNkphSTI4S0hXWjVhU2haS3MxUGVad3xBQ3Jtc0tuRl9jdEVMRUNsM0xrYms4N25FbWtROUNHeml4SzMwbFQwck5mT0wyOGhxMjUtZG5iT0dwc212VFdNbi1xMG1XR3FJUFZzX0RfU3VQX0VHcjhmdGdXZVpGRThyN0RIV2lGZ3pnUl9icGhZUEktUTBRcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsg.utexas.edu%2Fnews%2F2024%2F10%2Fscientists-closing-in-on-answers-about-lost-prehistoric-cats-of-natural-bridge-caverns%2F&v=Vu8jozAXkF4)Nogués-Bravo, D., Rodríguez, J., Hortal, J., Batra, P., & Araújo, M. B. (2008). Climate change, humans, and the extinction of the woolly mammoth. PLoS Biology, 6(4), e79.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnc5S0tuSmVQM0xoV1pBbzRPbU9sV1hPVXlzd3xBQ3Jtc0trbmZZNTktUWhMQ3NhVWtUZ05ZMlE2VndQWll3S1NEYjM3UlU2MDEtaUhrSFVlTHhHTEJySDdsQnZ2bVpvcnhXV3pBMDNyRmxnRUowa2FQLURwTkJlUldCSERXZ0ZiQW9manIxd1hMOUVQTFdQVmplYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0060079&v=Vu8jozAXkF4)Scientists take a step closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUtGNExZM1UycWcxVTc0enZ1Vm5sc1FCdEJkd3xBQ3Jtc0trZS1jUEQ5N1AzODBVekxkcVdFRTZQOVA1Sm1NME9oYlIzajI5cU1OMnpKUzBaYnJIOGtpN24wODRLNk5UQm9EUXAyQWNMN2hTaDhVZjl5UGdlRGdFejlnemZ6a3NjdmQ5OTgzOEU5QXYxR2NOenNSSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Fsections%2Fhealth-shots%2F2024%2F03%2F06%2F1235944741%2Fresurrecting-woolly-mammoth-extinction&v=Vu8jozAXkF4)John MorettiWebsite:https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/student/jo... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbksxb0tEYXVjLTJyZ3dneDZ6cGYxVERxOTZQd3xBQ3Jtc0ttVjZ2WUt1dHlPRjBkaUdfUGJWUWdnWU1jM01tLXhVR1dBYVAxZ25aT0p3VVBfTUdrWHZFUDZwa1p2OGRxcDh3OXM0YVhiX3RDTVl5cFVVRk10cFRVdkZqUVY5bzM0ZU1XSDV0RTJTRTktcWNsUko3cw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsg.utexas.edu%2Fstudent%2Fjohn_moretti%2F&v=Vu8jozAXkF4)Publications:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... 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   11 Oct 2024

   Dark Matter, Galaxy Formation, Dark Energy & Advanced Cosmology | Dr. Mike Boylan-Kolchin

   In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Mike Boylan-Kolchin, a research professor of Cosmology & Astrophysics at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Boylan-Kolchin's research delves deep into the origins of Galaxies within our universe, using data gathered from highly advanced telescopes to observe cosmic radiation left over from the formation of the universe. He also studies Dark Matter & Dark Energy, the former being hypothesized as the "glue" that holds galaxies together. Mentioned Articles and Further Reading: Vera C Rubin Observatory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory) Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) (https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/) Qi Guo, Simon White, Raul E. Angulo, Bruno Henriques, Gerard Lemson, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Peter Thomas, Chris Short, Galaxy formation in WMAP1 and WMAP7 cosmologies, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 428, Issue 2, 11 January 2013, Pages 1351–1365, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts115 (https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts115) Michael Boylan-Kolchin, James S. Bullock, Manoj Kaplinghat, Too big to fail? The puzzling darkness of massive Milky Way subhaloes, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 415, Issue 1, July 2011, Pages L40–L44, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2011.01074.x (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2011.01074.x) Mentioned Scientists: Carl Gebhardt (https://astronomy.utexas.edu/component/cobalt/item/264-gebhardt-karl?Itemid=1272) Deirdre Shoemaker (https://sites.cns.utexas.edu/cgp/people/deirdre-shoemaker) Neil deGrasse Tyson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson) ⁠Dan Stanzione (https://tacc.utexas.edu/about/staff-directory/dan-stanzione/) ⁠ Mentioned Episodes: ⁠Deirdre Shoemaker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC9MGlj_qu4) Dan Stanzione⁠ (https://youtu.be/4gzzqriBzIQ?si=P17SbeDOlkNVvz-D) Dr. Boylan-Kolchin: ⁠Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3cYdpzEAAAAJ&hl=en)⁠ | ⁠Academic Profile⁠⁠ (https://mrbk.github.io/) | ⁠Twitter (https://x.com/MBKplus)⁠ Jason Bott & Podcast Socials ⁠Google Scholar⁠ (https://scholar.google.at/citations?hl=en&user=31Ae8UkAAAAJ) | ⁠Twitter ⁠ (https://x.com/JasonBott316244)| ⁠Instagram⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/heightsofhumanitypodcast/) | ⁠TikTok⁠ (https://www.tiktok.com/@heightsofhumanity) | ⁠Linkedin⁠ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-bott-a52944270/)| ⁠RSS⁠ (https://anchor.fm/s/ebd6a240/podcast/rss) | ⁠Website (https://www.heightsofhumanitypodcast.com)

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   9 Sept 2024

   Magma Rheology, Lava Crystallization, Europan Cryolava & Lunar Regolith | Dr. Alan Whittington

   In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Alan Whittington, a research professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and director of the HAMsTER Lab at UTSA. Dr. Whittington specializes in studying heat and mass transfer and experimental rheology at extreme temperatures and pressures, which he and his team can create uniquely in their state-of-the-art laboratory. HAMsTER Lab (https://sciences.utsa.edu/labs/alan-whittington/) Mentioned Articles and Further Reading: NSF Study on Deadlines (https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2022-05/NDL%20Literature%20Review%20Final%20508c_0.pdf) Sweetman, A.K., Smith, A.J., de Jonge, D.S.W. et al. Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor. Nat. Geosci. 17, 737–739 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01480-8 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01480-8)Tolbachik Volcano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolbachik)Study on Lunar Regolith Bricks (https://doi.org/10.1089/space.2021.0055)Thermophysical Study of Moon Rocks (https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240000577)Europan Cryolava (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022JE007383) Mentioned Scientists: Doug Hemingway (https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/researcher/douglas_hemingway/)Jim Head (https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jheadiii)Ben Edwards (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benjamin-Edwards-4)Dan Stanzione Mentioned Episodes: Doug Hemingway (https://youtu.be/1WXF-X8eVKQ?si=adBAHrwlchi229RX)Dan Stanzione (https://youtu.be/4gzzqriBzIQ?si=P17SbeDOlkNVvz-D) Dr. Alan Whittington: Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=F7JwQdQAAAAJ&hl=en) | Academic Profile (https://sciences.utsa.edu/faculty/profiles/whittington-alan.html) | HAMsTER Lab (https://sciences.utsa.edu/labs/alan-whittington/) | Twitter (https://x.com/agwhittington?lang=en) | Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-whittington-70a0813a/) Jason Bott & Podcast Socials Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.at/citations?hl=en&user=31Ae8UkAAAAJ) | Twitter (https://x.com/JasonBott316244)| Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/heightsofhumanitypodcast/) | TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@heightsofhumanity) | Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-bott-a52944270/)| RSS (https://anchor.fm/s/ebd6a240/podcast/rss) | Website (https://www.heightsofhumanitypodcast.com)

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Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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