Biomineralogy (SHELLS) with Robert Ulrich
b"Bones. Shells. Reefs. Teeth. Biomineralogy. The wonderful UCLA geochemist Rob Ulrich answers a giant pile of questions such as: How do crystalline structures materialize out of thin air and water? How do squishy animals make such hard shells? What\\u2019s the difference between a shell and an exoskeleton? What\\u2019s the noise you hear when you listen to a seashell? What\\u2019s up with ocean acidification? How do you keep a fiddle leaf tree alive? How do you meet new friends without battling LA traffic? Start by becoming virtual BFFs with this -ologist, who is shella cool...\\xa0\\n\\nAlso MAY 18th, 5pm Pacific. WARD'S DOING A VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW. Tickets available here: https://onlocationlive.com/category/ologies\\xa0\\n\\nRob\\u2019s website: https://www.robertnulrich.com\\n\\nFollow Rob at https://twitter.com/robertnulrich & instagram.com/biomineralogist\\n\\nQueer & Trans in STEM: https://twitter.com/QueersInSTEM.\\n\\nA donation went to: https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/diversity/\\xa0\\n\\nSponsors of Ologies: alieward.com/ologies-sponsors\\n\\nMore links and info at alieward.com/ologies/biomineralogy\\n\\nTranscripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras\\n\\nBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies\\n\\nOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and now\\u2026 MASKS. Hi. Yes.\\xa0\\n\\nFollow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies\\n\\nFollow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard\\n\\nSound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris\\n\\nTheme song by Nick Thorburn\\n\\nTranscripts by Emily White of https://www.thewordary.com/\\xa0\\n\\nSupport the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies"