Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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Science conspiracy theories (featuring Dr. Phil Plait)
22 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 5 min
Daniel and Kelly are joined by Phil Plait to explore conspiracy theories about the end of the world, demons at CERN, and the face on Mars. Lees meer
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Sleuth-Hound (featuring Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris)
20 oktober 2026 · 56 min
Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris about her new book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes. Lees meer
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Listener questions #53
15 oktober 2026 · 41 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about how particles are detected, the heavy proton discovery, and de Sitter space. Lees meer
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How did syphilis get to Europe?
13 oktober 2026 · 44 min
Daniel and Kelly dive into the history of medicine. Syphilis arrived with a bang in Europe in 1493, but where did it come from? Lees meer
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What if dark matter is more complicated?
8 oktober 2026 · 44 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about a particularly quirky theory of dark matter that Daniel is searching for. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #52
6 oktober 2026 · 48 min
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how AI is impacting math and physics, what we really know about the wood wide web, and what happens when matter annihilates. Lees meer
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What is creativity? (featuring Dr. Moiya McTier)
1 oktober 2026 · 54 min
Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Moiya McTier about how we define and measure creativity, and the impacts of the modern world on creative pursuits. Check out her new book, Mothers of Invention. Lees meer
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Supervoids
29 september 2026 · 48 min
Daniel and Kelly explore the structure of the Universe and examine its emptiest places, making no effort to spare the scatological humor. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #51
24 september 2026 · 49 min
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about special relativity, organisms that eat plastic, and whether the future is already determined. Lees meer
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Do Animals Make Mistakes? (featuring Dr. Andy Sih)
22 september 2026 · 1 uur 1 min
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Andy Sih about the kinds of mistakes wild animals make, and why they make them. Lees meer
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Did we just discover dark matter?
17 september 2026 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about the recent observation of a dark matter candidate Lees meer
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Listener Questions #50
15 september 2026 · 51 min
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about scent dialects, drilling through the ice above the oceans of Enceladus, and why some animals have penises. Lees meer
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Addiction (featuring Dr. Marcelo Wood)
10 september 2026 · 58 min
Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Marcelo Wood about what addiction does to our brains, why some of us become addicted to drugs while others don't, what drugs do to our brains in the long term, and more. Lees meer
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Is dark energy a fudge factor?
8 september 2026 · 55 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about whether physicists are trying to understand the expansion of the Universe, or pull the cosmic wool over everyone's eyes. Also, horse milk comes up. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #49
3 september 2026 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about alternatives to the Big Bang, scurvy, and supercontinents. Lees meer
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Rewilding
1 september 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about the differences between conservation and rewilding, and discuss some of the successes, failures, and wild ideas that have come from the rewilding movement so far. Lees meer
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Can we simulate the Universe?
27 augustus 2026 · 54 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about what a recent simulation project can tell us about how the Universe got so clumpy. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #48
25 augustus 2026 · 49 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about crackpots, hearing meteors, and the age of everything. Lees meer
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Origins of life (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
20 augustus 2026 · 55 min
Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine take on the origins of life. They discuss competing definitions for "life", whether it's even helpful to have a definition, the oldest evidence we have for life, and how we think life got started. Lees meer
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Should the government be hiding aliens?
18 augustus 2026 · 56 min
Daniel and Kelly review the recent movie 'Disclosure Day' and discuss some tough questions about knowledge and secrecy. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #47 - Plant Questions (featuring Dr. Manuel Lerdau)
13 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 10 min
Daniel and Kelly are joined by Dr. Manuel Lerdau to answer listener questions about toxic plants, seed germination, and micropropagation. Lees meer
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How far can we go with chemical rockets?
11 augustus 2026 · 49 min
Daniel and Kelly explain the limitations of chemical rockets and how physics can propel humans to the outer reaches of the solar system. Lees meer
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Cyclospora (and other diarrhea-inducing parasites)
6 augustus 2026 · 59 min
It's July 2026, and the United States is dealing with an outbreak of cyclospora. Diarrhea makes people think of Kelly, so today we're dealing with the many questions Kelly has gotten about parasites in our food supplies. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #46
4 augustus 2026 · 57 min
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about tick-induced meat allergies, experiencing quantum effects, and fibroids. Lees meer
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Sound (featuring audio wizard Mat Keselman)
30 juli 2026 · 58 min
Daniel and Kelly chat with DKEU's audio engineer, Mat Keselman, about the physics of sound and give a behind the scenes look at how Mat works his magic. Lees meer
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What is a space-time interval?
28 juli 2026 · 55 min
Daniel and Kelly break space, twist time, and then put it back together to explain the most important concept in relativity you've never heard of. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #45
23 juli 2026 · 47 min
Daniel and Kelly wonder how many Extraordinaries are planning on becoming supervillains as they discuss how to make Jupiter explode, the changing colors of children's hair, and whether or not aliens could discover electromagnetism without iron. Lees meer
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Rat lungworm (featuring Dr. Chelsea Wood)
21 juli 2026 · 53 min
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Chelsea Wood about rat lungworm - a particularly unpleasant nematode parasite that is spreading way outside of its native range. Lees meer
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Is dark matter a fudge factor?
16 juli 2026 · 57 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about what it means to be a physics fudge factor and whether DM is fudgy or solid science. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #44 - How fast can animals go, and how fast can animals grow? (featuring Dr. John Hutchinson)
14 juli 2026 · 57 min
Dr. John Hutchinson is back to help Kelly and Daniel answer listener questions about how fast animals can grow, how fast animals can go, and whether animal size impacts average lifespans. Also, cheese. Lees meer
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Of lice and men
9 juli 2026 · 53 min
Daniel and Kelly explore what lice can teach us about human evolution, and the role lice have played in some of humanity's most devastating wars. Lees meer
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Did aliens put satellites into Earth's orbit pre-Sputnik?
7 juli 2026 · 54 min
Daniel and Kelly dissect the evidence presented in recent peer-reviewed science papers for pre-Sputnik artificial satellites in Earth orbit. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #43
2 juli 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
Daniel and Kelly marinate in ethanol and saltwater, and reflect on the symmetries of antiparticles. Lees meer
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The science of bathing (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
30 juni 2026 · 55 min
Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine talk about what bathing does to your microbiome, and weigh up the pros and cons. Lees meer
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What broke the grand unified force in the early universe?
25 juni 2026 · 59 min
Daniel and Kelly walk through the early history of the Universe to explain how forces can be unified, or broken. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #42
23 juni 2026 · 56 min
Zach joins Daniel and Kelly for a segment on art and science communication. Then Daniel and Kelly explore the concept of absolute hot, and what makes some rocks glow. Lees meer
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The curious lives of social amoeba
18 juni 2026 · 55 min
Daniel and Kelly talks about a species of social amoeba that will die to help others. Why the heck does it do that? And bonus: the amoeba are farmers! Lees meer
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What are JWST's little red dots?
16 juni 2026 · 53 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about the James Webb Telescope and something mysterious it saw Lees meer
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Listener Questions #41
11 juni 2026 · 54 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions from listeners about earthworms, the origins of the galaxy, and snails! Lees meer
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What is a species? (featuring Dr. Scott Egan)
9 juni 2026 · 1 uur 5 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Prof. Scott Egan about the meaning of species in modern biology. Lees meer
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Could the Earth be at the center of the solar system?
4 juni 2026 · 50 min
Daniel and Kelly explain the bizarre Tychonic model of the solar system, which for centuries stood as a valid theory alongside the Copernican model. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #40
2 juni 2026 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about relativistic paradoxes, parasitoid wasp viruses, and detector technologies. Lees meer
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Are urban raccoons becoming domesticated?
28 mei 2026 · 57 min
A recent paper found tantalizing evidence that rural raccoons are showing evidence of domestication. So how long until we all have pet raccoons? And how well do we really understand the domestication process anyway? Lees meer
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What is quantum contextuality?
26 mei 2026 · 51 min
Daniel and Kelly dig into the mysterious concept of quantum contexuality: how measurements depend on each other. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #39
21 mei 2026 · 1 uur
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about muscle memory, water-less showers, and why everyone can't be ambidextrous. Lees meer
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The Deep Seabed (featuring Dr. Andrew Thaler)
19 mei 2026 · 1 uur 16 min
Over 50% of Earth's surface is the deep seabed. Dr. Andrew Thaler joins Daniel and Kelly to talk about the amazing diversity of life on the deep seabed, the resources found here, and the rules that govern this region. Lees meer
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How do signals get jammed?
14 mei 2026 · 49 min
Daniel and Kelly explain how signals get jammed, how to avoid being jammed, and whose music makes the best jam. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #38
12 mei 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about aliens watching Earth, about lone species, and about the size limits of intelligence. Lees meer
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The discovery of parasite life cycles
7 mei 2026 · 59 min
Parasites can have amazingly complicated life cycles - moving through a series of host species, and looking quite different while residing within each type of host. Frankly, this stumped scientists for a long time. In today's episode, Daniel and Kelly take a stroll through the history of science to explore how we finally started to figure parasite life cycles out. Lees meer
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Can we use zero point energy?
5 mei 2026 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly explain the nature of the quantum vacuum, whether its real or philosophical, and if it's possible to use to make your toast. Lees meer
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