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
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
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