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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!

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United States

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Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!

Language:

English


Episodes
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Can tardigrades survive on the Moon?

1/23/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk about the extraordinary ability to tardigrades to survive extreme conditions, and ponder whether those abilities have kept them alive after a space craft carrying them crashed into the surface of the Moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:51:00

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Listener Questions #4

1/21/2025
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about binary star seasons, meat wasps and freefall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:43:10

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What is post-quantum gravity?

1/16/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk to Jonathan Oppenheim about his unusual theory of unpredictable gravity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:51:32

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What is so beautiful about string theory?

1/14/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk to Thomas Van Riet about how string theory unravels the puzzle of quantum gravity and whether math can be beautiful. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:01:20

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DKEU Listener Questions Volume #3

1/9/2025
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about soil on Mars, the double slit experiment, and adaptations for surviving on the Red Planet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:09:44

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Familes in space

1/7/2025
Can humans safely have babies in space? Daniel and Kelly talk about what we know about human health in space, and our prospects for starting families there. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:54:34

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Time travel fiction

1/2/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk to authors about the science and storytelling of time-travel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:44:31

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Winter solstice listener questions

12/31/2024
Daniel and Katie answer a question about building super duper long structures in space See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:23:51

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Space Debris (featuring Dr. Jonathan McDowell)

12/31/2024
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Jonathan McDowell about the kinds of junk you find in space, the problems it causes, and what we can do about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:54:09

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Who really wrote Maxwell's equations?

12/26/2024
Daniel and Kelly talk to Kathy Joseph about the true, twisted history of humanity's understanding of electromagnetism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:55:47

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Holiday Special: santa, reindeer and long-lasting lamps

12/24/2024
Daniel and Kelly talk about how santa takes solves an NP-hard problem, how reindeer fly and glow, and the physics of lamps that defy time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:45:25

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Listener Questions Volume #2

12/19/2024
Daniel and Kelly answer questions from curious listeners, about big black holes, nuking hurricanes and the philosophy of photons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:47:41

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When animals break the law (featuring Mary Roach)

12/17/2024
Daniel and Kelly chat with Mary Roach about her latest book (Fuzz), and how she goes about getting the incredible stories that appear in her books. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:55:54

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Why do planes fly?

12/12/2024
Daniel and Kelly dig into the surprisingly controversial question of why airplanes stay in the air. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:54:51

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The Expanse (featuring James S.A. Corey)

12/10/2024
Daniel and Kelly talk to Daniel Abrahams and Ty Franck, the authors behind The Expanse series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:52:28

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Do we have enough fuel for fusion?

12/5/2024
Daniel and Kelly talk about the surprisingly difficult task of finding the fuel to make fusion work on Earth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:55:01

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Love, fear, greed, and asteroids (featuring Martin Elvis)

12/3/2024
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Martin Elvis about the promise and perils of space resources. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:55:21

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Thanksgiving Special: Talkin' Turkey

11/28/2024
Daniel and Kelly give our US-based listeners some things to gobble about over Thanksgiving dinner other than politics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:51:57

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Listener Questions Volume #1

11/26/2024
Daniel and Kelly answer questons about dark energy, slime molds and Hawking radiation! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:48:06

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Cannibalism (featuring Volker Rudolf)

11/21/2024
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Volker Rudolf about cannibalism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:51:22