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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
A {{w|deviled egg}} is a dish created by cutting a hard-boiled egg into halves and replacing the yolk with a paste frequently made using the yolk itself, additional ingredients such as {{w|mustard}} and {{w|mayonnaise}}, and topped with a red spice (usually {{w|paprika}}). Importantly, the paste has a larger volume than the original yolk because of the ingredients (and probably some air) added into the originally homogeneous yolk substances. Randall Munroe parodies the dish by creating several alternative versions of the dish for other professions using word plays on the name of the dish.
 
  
;Chef - Deviled egg
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The original dish with the excess paste piled above the egg white.
 
;Landscaper - Leveled egg
 
Many landscaping projects involve leveling irregular ground surfaces.{{Citation needed}} A landscaper may prefer to serve their deviled egg with a leveled flat surface. (This happens to resemble a normal hard-boiled egg cut in half.)
 
;Designer - Beveled egg
 
{{w|Bevel}}s are a design pattern of creating non-perpendicular surfaces between adjacent edges. A designer may prefer to serve their egg with the edge of the white beveled to give their eggs a more modern, aesthetically pleasing look.
 
;Physicist - Demon egg
 
This deviled egg is designed to look like the {{w|Demon Core}} which was a sub-critical plutonium sphere manufactured during the {{w|Manhattan Project}} to investigate the properties of {{w|Critical_mass|criticality}}. The Demon Core consisted of three parts: two plutonium-gallium hemispheres and a ring designed to keep neutron flux from "jetting" out of the joined surface between the hemispheres during implosion. The set of plutonium pieces got their name from the 2 {{w|criticality_accident|criticality incidents}} that occurred when scientists were investigating this property. The first accident resulted in the death of {{w|Harry Daghlian}}. In the second incident, experimenters covered the core with two neutron reflecting shells separated only by a handheld screwdriver. (No, really.) The screwdriver slipped, causing the core to become completely covered by the neutron reflecting shell, bringing the core past its criticality limit. A large amount of radiation caused the subsequent death of physicist {{w|Louis Slotin}}. The dome of the boiled egg and the toothpick resemble the configuration of the experiment.
 
  
The demon core was also referred to in [[1242: Scary Names]].
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A {{w|deviled egg}} is a dish created by cutting a hard-boiled egg into halves and replacing the yolk with a paste frequently made from the yolk itself. Randall Monroe parodies the dish by creating several alternative versions of the dish for other professions using word plays on the name of the dish.
  
The title texts refers to {{w|ionized-air glow}}, a blue light emitted by air submitted to an energy flux from radiation and seen during the [https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/56722 incidents involving the demon core].
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
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!Description
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|Deviled egg
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|The original dish.
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|Leveled egg
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|Many landscaping projects require a leveled ground to work on{{Citation needed}}. As such, a landscaper may prefer serve their deviled egg with a perfectly flat surface.
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|-
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|Beveled egg
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|Bevel is a design pattern of creating non-perpendicular surfaces between adjacent edges. A designer may prefer to serve their eggs with beveled edges to give their eggs a more modern, aesthetically pleasing look.
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|-
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|Demon egg
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|The {{w|Demon core}} is a piece of sub-critical plutonium created during the Manhattan Project to investigate the properties of criticality. The piece of plutonium got its name from the 2 criticality incidents that occurred when scientists were investigating this property. The first accident resulted in the death of {{w|Harry Daghlian}}. In the second experiment, the core was covered between two neutron reflecting shells separated by a screwdriver. The screwdriver became dislodged, causing the core to become completely covered by the neutron reflecting shell, bringing the core past its criticality limit. A large amount of radiation caused the subsequent death of physicist {{w|Louis Slotin}}. The dome of the boiled egg and the toothpick resemble the configuration of the experiment.
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For a detailed explanation of the Demon Core, Kyle Hill produced an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFlromB6SnU Youtube Documentary regarding the Demon Core. ]
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The Demon Core was also referred to in [https://xkcd.com/1242/ 1242: Scary Names].
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The title texts refers to {{w|Cherenkov Radiation}}, a "sonic boom" of blue light created by particles travelling faster than the speed of light in a medium.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[The comic consists of four variations of deviled eggs.]
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(Below image of ordinary deviled egg) '''Chef''' Deviled Egg (Below image of flat deviled egg resembling half of a hard-boiled egg) '''Landscaper''' Leveled Egg (Below image of egg resembling ordinary deviled egg, except with edges of white chamfered) '''Designer''' Beveled Egg (Below image of egg with hemispherical white as before, but full spherical yolk within and feathered toothpick inserted into core yolk sideways at a slight angle to the equator) '''Physicist''' Demon Egg{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 
 
:[A typical deviled egg, with half of the white part of a hard-boiled egg and a paste of yolk in a rough cone. The paste is speckled with red dots.]
 
:<u>Chef</u>
 
:Deviled egg
 
 
 
:[A deviled egg, except the paste has been flattened to be level with the white.]
 
:<u>Landscaper</u>
 
:Leveled egg
 
 
 
:[A deviled egg, except the edge of the white has bevels.]
 
:<u>Designer</u>
 
:Beveled egg
 
 
 
:[A deviled egg, except the paste is now two hemispheres, one set in (and level with) the white and the other on top with a toothpick wedged between the two hemispheres at the left egg keeping them separated. The toothpick has a small piece of blue foil wrapped around the edge of the toothpick.]
 
:<u>Physicist</u>
 
:Demon egg
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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This comic is one of a limited number containing color; in this case, the yellow of the egg yolk, burnt red of presumably paprika, and blue toothpick foil are the only colors added. The toothpick foil is drawn in a way vaguely resembling arrow feathering.
  
 
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