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
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.
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Duration:00:51:00
Listener Questions #4
1/21/2025
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about binary star seasons, meat wasps and freefall.
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Duration:00:43:10
What is post-quantum gravity?
1/16/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk to Jonathan Oppenheim about his unusual theory of unpredictable gravity
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Duration:00:51:32
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.
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Duration:01:01:20
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.
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Duration:01:09:44
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.
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Duration:00:54:34
Time travel fiction
1/2/2025
Daniel and Kelly talk to authors about the science and storytelling of time-travel.
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Duration:00:44:31
Winter solstice listener questions
12/31/2024
Daniel and Katie answer a question about building super duper long structures in space
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Duration:00:23:51
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.
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Duration:00:54:09
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
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Duration:00:55:47
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.
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Duration:00:45:25
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.
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Duration:00:47:41
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.
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Duration:00:55:54
Why do planes fly?
12/12/2024
Daniel and Kelly dig into the surprisingly controversial question of why airplanes stay in the air.
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Duration:00:54:51
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.
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Duration:00:52:28
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
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Duration:00:55:01
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.
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Duration:00:55:21
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.
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Duration:00:51:57
Listener Questions Volume #1
11/26/2024
Daniel and Kelly answer questons about dark energy, slime molds and Hawking radiation!
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Duration:00:48:06
Cannibalism (featuring Volker Rudolf)
11/21/2024
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Volker Rudolf about cannibalism.
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Duration:00:51:22