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A live show where comedians attempt to discover what a scientist does all day. Come laugh and learn about cutting edge science & what it takes to make it.

Demystifying the Expert


    • May 23, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    Kevin Giovanetti: on vanishing neutrinos, muons' (magnetic) moments, and teaching physics in german

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 67:26


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news on neutrino detections, speculating neutrino types and their role in going beyond the standard model of fundamental physics, decades of observations of boson decay, high presicion calculations and anomalous (magnetic) moments for muons, along with irradiating pigs and having a c-section at the barber's shop (somewhere in Switzerland).

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    Roger Thelwell: on synchrony with chaos, predicting climate tipping, drunken solutions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 73:01


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news on (dis)organization, equations framing synchrony whether or not interspersed with erratic constituents, and solutions from tiny luminiscent insects, along with adventures in sailing the Caribbean and being a peace corps volunteer; also, being born on Feb. 29.

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    Tina Rost: on high entropy oxides, a life-long girl scout and gamer, and pursuing mortuary science

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 72:53


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news on radiation sources for bending magnet beamlines, creep behavior and degradation of high-temperature materials, cleavage of crystals, high derivatives of motion (like jerk, snap, and crackle) and what all these have to do with toughness and fracture surface energy.

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    Klebert Feitosa: on the softness of sand, origami and space travel, and a 69-year long experiment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 69:25


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news on what makes sand soft, how space travel challenges are solved with origami, and the "pitch drop" longest experiment ever run

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    Nathan Wright: on folding proteins mess, genetic mutations, and being banned from Walmart

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 46:29


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news on some of the wonderful things that could happen when protein folding is messy, on dancing listening to genetic mutations, and also about... what it takes to be banned from Walmart. Save some laughs for the skit at the very end of the show!

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    Liz Johnson: on magmatic water, Virginia volcanoes, and dropping the world's oldest known mineral

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 53:47


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news on magmatic water, super-eruptions, Virginia volcanoes, the (in)famous Mole Hill (cycle that!), and what happened when one (yes, Liz) dropped the world's oldest known mineral on the lab floor.

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    Kendra Letchworth-Weaver: quantum solid-liquid interfaces (cats included) and electrochemistry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 60:13


    Comedians attempt to explain how supercomputers are used to explain quantum mechanical systems in liquid environments, why it's not clear whether cats are liquids or solids, how nowadays it's possible to make water out of thin air, and why supercomputers are able to argue back.

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    Kevin Caran: on fishy supra-molecular organic systems, drugs, and bacterial resistance

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2019 57:16


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news on our most potent antibiotics, antimicrobial plastics and resistance, and... singing about fishes.

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    Gabriel Niculescu: on smashing atoms, morphing neutrinos, the God particle, and... guppies.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 51:01


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news on smashing atoms to reveal the key to the universe, morphing neutrinos, the God particle, the Romanian Revolution, and... guppies.

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    Barbara Reisner: superconductivity, holography, and nano-sized viruses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 47:47


    Comedians attempt to explain superconductivity, some cosmic sources for this phenomenon, X-ray holography, as well as challenging themselves (or you!) with spelling names with elements on the periodic table.

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    Anthony Tongen: the unforgiving math that stops epidemics, combats gerrymandering, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 50:30


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news about how Ordinary Math becomes Extraordinary Media, how mathematical modelling can stop epidemics, combat gerrymandering, and the Robin Hood effect [what does that have to do with math?]

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    Ilarion Melnikov: strings and a theory, jokes and quantum superposition, SUSY, and squarks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2017 57:41


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news about the family of string theories (some are Little, among them), supersymmetry, partnering particles, complete with the impromptu Queen's "Don't stop me now" singing.

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    Chris Rose: on frogs, amphibians, and us

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2017 48:21


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news about genes, punctuated equilibrium, being stranded on an island in the Arctic, and what all these have to do with evolution.

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    Geary Albright: quite a lot about stars, alone, in duet, and exploding...

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 52:39


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news about how binary star systems form, evolve, and die, all while hearing some cute banjo playing.

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    Eva Strawbridge: differential equations, spread of diseases, and worm movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2017 49:04


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news about how differential equations help with monitoring the spread of diseases and worm movement. Laugh and learn about cutting edge science & more.

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    Ashleigh Baber: Carbon-neutral cycles, metal synthesis, and ultrahigh vacuum

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2017 46:01


    Comedians attempt to discover the latest news in carbon-neutral cycles, metal synthesis, and ultrahigh vacuum. Laugh and learn about cutting edge science & more.

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    Demystifying Jingle

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2016 0:30


    WE got a present folks! check out our jingle

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    Roshna Wunderlich: adaptation, primates, and biomechanics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2016 79:07


    We've mixed it up with adaptation, primates, and biomechanics. You can read about the event at: http://jmuphysics.blogspot.com/2016/03/gliding-through-last-demystifying-expert.html

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    Steve Whitmeyer: maps, time, rocks, and Google

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2016 83:25


    We've mixed it with maps, time, rocks, and Google. Check out some more details about the event at: http://jmuphysics.blogspot.com/2016/02/rocking-house-and-demystifying-expert.html, or here: http://www.jmu.edu/news/2016/03/04-demystifying-the-expert.shtml

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    2/26/2015: Brycelyn Boardman: renewable energy, polymers, hybrids and performance

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2015 67:50


    We mixed it up with renewable energy, polymers, hybrids, and performance. Check out our blog with details about the event: http://jmuphysics.blogspot.com/2015/03/demystifying-expert-brycelyn-boardman.html

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    1/29/2015: Jason Rosenhouse: mystery & calculus, hyper surfaces, and evolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2015 83:06


    We mixed it up with mystery & calculus, hyper surfaces, and evolution.

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    10/2/2014: Shanil Virani: X-ray vision and black holes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2015 82:00


    A fresh and hilarious approach to learning about black holes, X-ray astronomy, and what to do when you are moving at the speed of light.

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    11/6/2014: Chris Hughes: plastic electronics, gold, and the physics of baseball

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2015 72:42


    We've mixed it up with plastic electronics, gold, and the physics of baseball

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