Expert Citation is a weekly science podcast were three young scientists in various fields discuss cutting edge, open access papers, and also argue about sports. You can find us individually on twitter at @JoeMCuevas, @TylerJBurch, and @advsinchem. Feel free to hit us up here or on twitter with feedback, to join the discussion about whatever weird paper we managed to dig up this week, or to tell Tyler that his sports opinions are bad. Go Sharks!
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acscentsci.6b00150
In this episode, we talk about better living through chemistry. Like, actually though. Tyler and Joe aren’t really quite sure what to make of this paper, but at least it’s well-written and leads to a great discussion.
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We found a study that took the shortage of women in math, science, and engineering head-on! This in turn led to a good conversation about our own experiences with Calculus I and the realization that we’re all probably nerds. The academic job market is pretty rough to begin with, so being aware of what might bar women from entering a desired science, engineering, or mathematics-based field would be a step towards gender parity in academia.
Long story short: women don’t pursue science because they think they’re bad at math, regardless of actual mathematical aptitude.
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#TeamKillerWhale
Today we talk about a paper that’s been making the pop-sci rounds. Some people have claimed that humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are unilaterally fighting killer whales (Orcinus orca) just because they can, but we’re skeptical. Also, we’re #TeamKillerWhale.
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Kelsey is officially a PhD candidate!
We celebrate by delving into a molecular bio paper and get horribly lost. Joe rants a little bit about Cell Press, and we all learn more about Academic Publication.
We apologize in advance–this week’s paper was sort of dense and we didn’t realize until we had already gotten into it.
One small note this week:
Geology and Cinema is a real course at the University of Minnesota (ESCI 1005) and it fulfills both physical and environmental science requirements there. The textbook is The Essential Earth by Jordan and Grotzinger.
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This episode was recorded at San Diego Comic-Con 2016.
Joe goes to Comic-Con every year. This year, he was adamant that he’d be able to find science at a science fiction convention, so he met up with his good friend Dr. Billy San Juan, who writes extensively on psychology in popular culture and holds a PsyD. They talked about a couple of different things, but mostly focused on the psychology of Magic: the Gathering and other trading card games.
Billy San Juan holds a PsyD and is a Magic: the Gathering Judge. He has participated in and hosted several panels at pop culture conventions.A lot of this discussion is about personality in both the community and the story elements of Magic: the Gathering, though we also touched on Batman and had a further discussion on the role of science fiction in driving science fact. This is San Diego Comic-Con, after all.
Some notes:
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This is the first part of a miniseries within the show on what graduate school is like.
On this episode, Kelsey and Tyler talk about PhD Qualifying Examinations, or “quals” as they’re often called. They go in a little bit of detail about the grad school culture surrounding it and how quals may be very different from school to school and may be very different even in different programs in the same institution.
It’s really interesting and I strongly recommend you give this a listen if you intend on going to graduate school.
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In this episode, we discuss genetics, psychology, and how much Pokemon GO has ruined our productivity. We get really deep about what education means as well as the further implications of concluding things with insufficient evidence in science.
We also talk about Pokemon. Like, a lot. It’s helpful that Pokemon is literally teaching impressionable small children how to be field biologists. How do you think two of our hosts wound up in biology? Pokemon, my friend. Pokemon.
They’ve even invaded Kelsey’s lab.P.S. This week’s paper is Tyler’s fault and he can’t even spell his own last name.
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In our very first episode, we discuss this paper about our favorite summer sport, baseball!
It makes sense when you listen to the episode. I promise.With the All Star break coming up we’re going to be without baseball, or really sports of any kind, for nearly a week, so fill the gap in your life with some sports related science out of Japan. (Go Toyo Carp!)
Joe Cuevas (Albuquerque Isotopes), Tyler Burch (Fresno Tacos), and Kelsey McCoy (Minnesota Twins).Follow us on Twitter!
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