Gravitational waves were first detected September 14, 2015 and the detections have not stopped! How is this possible to discover gravitational waves and black holes? Jonathan Cripe, a graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, shares his involvement with LIGO, how detections works, and how he is developing next generation black hole detectors.

What stories are locked inside a tree? Clay Tucker, graduate student in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, unlocks the mysteries of past hurricanes by reading tree rings to predict future hurricanes along the Louisiana Gulf Coast and advise residents on becoming more resilient to these natural disasters.

Theme music is Brumby at Full Gallop by PCIII.

Dr. LiCata, professor in the Louisiana State Department of Biological Sciences, talks about his biochemistry research and gives us insight on how to get into biology on this inaugural Experimental episode.

Theme music is Brumby at Full Gallop by PCIII.