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The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real Funny

Boardwalk Audio

Scientifically speaking the funniest podcast on the internet [citation needed]. On every episode of The Science Jerks, co-hosts Ciaccio and Chan bring in a guest comedian to help them take a deep look at the cutting-edge world of science and technology. They analyze current science news with barely-researched, gleeful abandon, often diving recklessly off the philosophical deep end, but more often than not devolving into tangents about sci-fi, film, politics, comics, culture and music.

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01:04:23

185: Morris Black on Dark Photons, The Aging Gene and...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2016/06/22

Morris Black returns to help us figure out a possible 5th force of physics, what makes sea urchins die without getting old and robots everywhere. Teaching robots how to thin out the herd. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2089321-robot-ranchers-monitor-animals-on-giant-australian-farms Sea Urchins don't age, they just fade away. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160525132556.htm Dark photons and a new force, is it THE

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01:09:15

184: Morris Black on The Mission to Alpha Centauri,...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2016/06/14

Morris Black joins us to discuss a proposed mission to the nearest star system, an on-the-go microwave and a discovery of a neanderthal building site. Microwaves go portable. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2089181-next-gen-microwave-ovens-are-small-enough-to-sling-on-your-back A trip to the stars! https://www.newscientist.com/article/2084029-billionaire-pledges-100m-to-send-spaceships-to-alpha-centauri/ Are there aliens next

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00:55:41

183: Nick Gligor on Magic Mushroom Therapy, Fruit Fly...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2016/06/06

Nick Gligor returns to chat with us about Psilocybin trials for depression, a neuron to control sleep and the probability that tiny robotic insects are everywhere. Robo-Bees! http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpage/428/ Insect Bots get a new landing pad. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/insect-sized-bot-first-both-fly-land Fruit Fly neurons control sleep. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160519130131.htm Eat your shrooms, young man, your mental health depends on

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00:54:57

182: Nick Gligor on Reanimating the Dead,...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2016/05/31

Comedian Nick Gligor joins us to talk about new methods to try to revive braindead patients, the discovery of an ancient giant ape and how to make glass from wood. See-through wood http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/science/see-through-wood.html Bring out your dead! http://www.iflscience.com/brain/biotech-company-use-stem-cells-reactivate-brains-dead Dragon Teeth and

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00:59:13

181: Graham Beckett on The Psycho Gene, The Fight...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2016/05/25

Graham Beckett returns to discuss a gene that might be causing people to flip out, some controversial new anti-aging techniques and what the Drake Equation can tell us about aliens.

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01:09:21

180: Graham Beckett on Unreal Reality, New Moon and...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2016/05/15

Graham Beckett joins us to discuss dwarf planet Makimaki's moon, Elon Musk's 2018 plans for Mars, and why some scientists believe nothing is as it seems.

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01:01:01

179: Neal Dandade on Brain Fevers, The Blackest Black...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2016/03/21

Neal Dandade returns to chat with us about how a swollen brain might cause depression, the new material that's the blackest substance on the planet and how climate change is causing worldwide strife.

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01:15:13

178: Neal Dandade on Episode 178: One Fish/Two Fish,...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2016/03/15

Actor Neal Dandade joins us to talk about a species of fish splitting into two, computers made of meat and why we might be at the beginning of a new era.

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01:02:10

177: Gina Napolitan on The Go Singularity, C-Section...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2016/02/22

Filmmaker Gina Napolitan talks to us about an AI that can beat Go masters, transferring vaginal fluids to newborn babies and ravens' theory of mind.

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01:02:27

176: Gina Napolitan on Planet X, Gravitational Waves...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2016/02/17

Filmmaker Gina Napolitan joins us to talk about the Sun's new son, the detection of gravitational waves and how the Super Bowl causes flu deaths.

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01:22:14

175: Year End Science and Cocktails with Markeia McCarty

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2015/12/30

Improvisor Kia McCarty joins us over bourbon and cider to reminisce about the holidays and take a look back in a year-end science quiz with Quiz Maestro Sara Clarke!

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00:44:11

174: Fizaa Dosani on Weed Breathalyzers, Sun...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2015/12/23

Comedian Fizaa Dosani sticks around to help us learn about new breathalyzers that can detect weed, how the sun might knock us out with a super-flare and what made-up words are funnier than what other made-up words.

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00:52:49

173: Fizaa Dosani on Cloned Chinese Cattle, Fat Sperm...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2015/12/16

Comedian Fizaa Dosani drops by to talk to us about China's plan to clone a million cows, how fat men have fat genes and the first CRISPR gene-editing trials on humans.

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01:05:35

172: Brian James O'Connell on How Mars Died, 3D...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2015/12/09

Brian James O'Connell returns to discuss the conditions that might have made Mars unlivable, new advances in 3D printed organs and transparent glass made from aluminum.

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01:04:57

171: Brian James O'Connell on Space-Time in Our...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2015/12/01

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01:20:27

170: The Martian Movie Spoiler Episode with Kevin...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2015/11/21

Comedian/Physicist Kevin Peter Hickerson talks to us about the science behind the movie The Martian, and tells us about his conversation with the author Andy Weir.

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00:24:22

169: Bad Science Shorts: Cats Are Lions with Sara Clarke

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2015/11/17

In this short we take a look at the widely shared article claiming that Cats and Lions are the basically the same thing, and therefore Your Cat Wants To Kill You.

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01:08:10

168: Nobel Prize Special with Kevin Peter Hickerson

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2015/11/11

Comedian/Physicist Kevin Peter Hickerson returns to discuss the winners of the 2015 Nobel prizes for science, one of which went to his academic advisor's advisor!

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00:26:19

167: Bad Science Shorts: The Pyramids with Sara Clarke

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2015/11/08

In this short we correct our own mis-statement that Jewish slaves built the Egyptian pyramids, then we mock Ben Carson for his own crazy pyramid theories.

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00:58:08

166: Chad Damiani on The Waters Of Mars,...

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real... ·

2015/11/01

Chad Damiani returns to discuss the discovery of liquid water on Mars, DARPA's ICARUS self-destructing drone program and how crime drama viewers view sex crimes.

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