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{{Infobox person
| name               = Doug Peltz
| image              = Doug Peltz.png
| birth_place        = United States
| alma mater         = [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]]
| known for          = [[Mystery Science (company)|Mystery Science]]<br />[[Scantius aegyptius|Mediterranean red bug]]
| spouse             = Carrie Peltz
}}

'''Doug Peltz''', popularly known as '''Mystery Doug''', is an American [[Science communication|science communicator]] and [[entrepreneur]] based in [[San Francisco]]. He is best known as the host of the weekly science show Mystery Doug (2017 - today), now being watched by 1 out of every 5 children in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mystery.org|url=https://about.mystery.org/}}</ref>, and the co-founder and voice behind the popular science curriculum [[Mystery Science]].<ref>{{cite news|title=''Team — Mystery''|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227042441/about.mystery.org/team}}</ref> He was the first to discover that the [[Scantius aegyptius|Mediterranean red bug]] was now present in North America.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bryant|first1=Peter J.|date=October 2009|title=Invasion of Southern California by the Palearctic pyrrhocorid Scantius aegyptius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)|url=https://ia601409.us.archive.org/15/items/2009-27.1/2009-27.1.pdf|journal=The Pan-Pacific Entomologist|volume=85|issue=4|pages=190–193|doi=10.3956/2009-27.1|s2cid=86667893 }}</ref> He has been featured by Forbes<ref name="Forbes">{{cite news|date=17 August 2017|title=Mystery Science Helps Teachers Dazzle Their Students With Interactive Science Classes|work=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alextaub/2017/08/17/mystery-science-helps-teachers-dazzle-their-students-with-interactive-science-classes/}}</ref>, Wall Street Journal<ref name="Wall Street Journal">{{cite web|author=Gamerman, Ellen|year=2020|title=''What to Let the Kids Watch When You’'re All Stuck at Home''|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-let-the-kids-watch-when-youre-all-stuck-at-home-11584387815}}</ref>, NBC News<ref name="NBC">{{cite web|year=2010|title=''Fireball Spotted Over Irvine…Potential Treasure Hunt?''|url=https://www.randomtidbitsofthought.com/2010/01/12/fireball-spotted-over-irvine-potential-treasure-hunt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227174450/https://www.randomtidbitsofthought.com/2010/01/12/fireball-spotted-over-irvine-potential-treasure-hunt |archive-date=27 December 2020 }}</ref>, OC Register<ref name="OC Register">{{cite web|year=2010|title=''O.C. teacher reports fireball sighting''|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2010/01/11/oc-teacher-reports-fireball-sighting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227173628/https://www.ocregister.com/2010/01/11/oc-teacher-reports-fireball-sighting |archive-date=27 December 2020 }}</ref>, TechCrunch<ref name="TechCrunch">{{cite web|author=Frederic Lardinois|date=3 August 2017|title=''O.C. teacher reports fireball sighting''|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/03/mystery-science-partners-with-google-to-bring-eclipse-glasses-to-elementary-school-students|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227174117/https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/03/mystery-science-partners-with-google-to-bring-eclipse-glasses-to-elementary-school-students |archive-date=27 December 2020 }}</ref>, Business Insider<ref name="Business Insider">{{cite web|author=Chris Weller|date=3 August 2017|title=''Google is giving away 15,000 pairs of solar eclipse glasses to schools across the US''|website=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/google-giving-kids-glasses-solar-eclipse-2017-8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227174123/https://www.businessinsider.com/google-giving-kids-glasses-solar-eclipse-2017-8 |archive-date=27 December 2020 }}</ref>, and other news outlets for his unique way of explaining science. As one of the most prominent science explainers around the time of the [[Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017]], his video explaining the phenomenon was viewed 30 million times, more than the videos by NASA, National Geographic, and Discovery.<ref>{{cite news|title=Facebook - Mystery Science|url=https://www.facebook.com/MysterySci/videos/811445672356633}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Vimeo|url=https://web.archive.o(contracted; show full)
== Other websites ==

* [https://twitter.com/dougpeltz Petz's Twitter]
* [https://medium.com/mystery-science Mystery Science blog]

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