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!
Location:
United States
Genres:
Science Podcasts
Description:
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
Website:
https://www.danielandjorge.com/
Episodes
Crab Body Plans (Featuring Dr. Jo Wolfe)
4/3/2025
Does nature keep evolving crabs? Is the crab body plan the peak of evolution? Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Jo Wolfe to discuss some misconceptions about "carcinization".
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Duration:01:01:19
Listener Questions #8
4/1/2025
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about electron spin, quantum fields, and cellular vaults!
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Duration:00:51:23
How does consciousness emerge?
3/27/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk to Prof. Megan Peters about the inner workings of the mind, and how much we do and don't understand it
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Duration:01:07:41
Nettie Stevens and the Discovery of Sex Chromosomes
3/25/2025
Daniel and Kelly explore the oft-forgotten scientific contributions of Dr. Nettie Stevens, who discovered that chromosomes are responsible for determining an organism's sex.
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Duration:00:51:26
What did Emmy Noether reveal about the Universe?
3/20/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk about the life and underappreciated contribution of mathematician and accidental physicist Emmy Noether
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Duration:00:51:45
How Many Babies Should You Have? (featuring Katie Goldin)
3/18/2025
Daniel and Kelly chat with Creature Feature's Katie Goldin about babies and how much to care for them.
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Duration:00:58:59
Can fast-moving potatoes become black holes?
3/13/2025
Daniel and Kelly try to unravel some popular mis-explanations about the wonders of special relativity, potatoes and photons.
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Duration:00:48:25
Listener Questions #7
3/11/2025
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about the Big Bang, figs and Higgs!
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Duration:00:46:41
Insulin (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
3/6/2025
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Katrine Whiteson about diabetes, the history of insulin production, and Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff.
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Duration:01:06:42
Leeches (featuring Dr. Anna Phillips)
3/4/2025
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Anna Phillips about the disgusting and fascinating world of leeches.
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Duration:00:53:57
The Sexual Evolution (Featuring Dr. Nathan Lents)
2/27/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Nathan Lents about sex, gender, monogamy, and other topics from his recent book, The Sexual Evolution.
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Duration:00:52:25
Listener Questions #6
2/25/2025
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about fundamental particles, radiation-gobbling fungi, and the physics of pinball.
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Duration:00:51:37
The science of taste and smell (with Steven Munger)
2/20/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Steven Munger about phantom smells, stinky shirts, careers as a "nose", and more.
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Duration:00:58:51
Can antimatter help us find dark matter?
2/18/2025
Daniel and Kelly look for ways that mysteries of antimatter could shed light on the mysteries of dark matter
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Duration:00:52:56
Did the Earth ever have a ring?
2/13/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk about whether the Universe ever put a ring on the Earth
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Duration:00:47:42
Listener Questions #5
2/11/2025
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about chain reactions in space, the chemistry of life, and how a theory is accepted.
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Duration:00:46:35
What is weak hypercharge?
2/6/2025
Daniel and Kelly break down what it means for particles to have charge, and how that translates to charges for the weak force
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Duration:00:54:06
Was the Big Bang left handed?
2/4/2025
Daniel and Kelly dive into the left-right asymmetry of hands, life, particles and the Universe itself
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Duration:00:49:04
How do we defeat the dirt worms?
1/30/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk about what we're doing to combat soil-transmitted nematodes, which are parasite that infects up to 25% of the world's population.
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Duration:00:47:51
How did we tackle Trichinella?
1/28/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk about how public health officials turned "the most serious parasitic disease in New England" into a disease that only afflicts about 15 people per year in the whole of the United States.
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Duration:00:46:10