Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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Is the standard model of dark energy in trouble?
22 mei 2025 · 49 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about recent measurements that leave us confused about the expansion of the Universe. Lees meer
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Do microbes help or hurt you? (featuring Katrine Whiteson)
20 mei 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Katrine Whiteson (a Whiteson Prize laureate) about the complex relationship between humans and microbes Lees meer
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Listener Questions #10
15 mei 2025 · 50 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about prions, playing music near a black hole, and medical maggots. Lees meer
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Why is mercury liquid at room temperature?
13 mei 2025 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly take a detour into the fascinating world of chemistry to explore why mercury is liquid at room temp. The answer is relatively surprising! Lees meer
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How did intelligence arise?
8 mei 2025 · 1 uur
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how we measure and define intelligence, hypotheses for why it arises, and why flies are so dumb. Lees meer
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Can we see what's inside the electron?
6 mei 2025 · 55 min
Daniel and Kelly explore the nature of of matter and whether we can crack it open without spending billions on bigger colliders Lees meer
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Listener Questions #9
1 mei 2025 · 46 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about space within the atom, picky parasites, and speed-of-light particles. Lees meer
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Was the Tyrannosaurus rex fast or slow? (Featuring Dr. John Hutchinson)
29 april 2025 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. John Hutchinson about how large animals move. Lees meer
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Where does energy come from?
24 april 2025 · 46 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about what energy is, how it flows, and whether it has to come from anywhere! Lees meer
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Are Humans Still Evolving? (Featuring Scott Solomon)
22 april 2025 · 1 uur 7 min
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Scott Solomon about how we measure evolution, and whether or not humans are still evolving. Lees meer
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How Does Memory Work? (Featuring Dr. Michael Yassa)
17 april 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
Kelly talks to Dr. Michael Yassa about how memories are formed, comparing brains to computers, brain-computer interfaces, and more! Lees meer
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What is Entropy?
15 april 2025 · 58 min
Daniel and Kelly try to organize their thoughts about the disorderly topic of entropy. Lees meer
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Is nuclear power good for the environment? (ft. Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow)
10 april 2025 · 56 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, author of "Atomic Dreams", a new book that tracks the complex relationship between environmentalism and nuclear power. Lees meer
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What is the future of nuclear power?
8 april 2025 · 49 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about how nuclear reactors work and explore the new techologies that try to limit the risks. Lees meer
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Crab Body Plans (Featuring Dr. Jo Wolfe)
3 april 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
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". Lees meer
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Listener Questions #8
1 april 2025 · 51 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about electron spin, quantum fields, and cellular vaults! Lees meer
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How does consciousness emerge?
27 maart 2025 · 1 uur 8 min
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 Lees meer
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Nettie Stevens and the Discovery of Sex Chromosomes
25 maart 2025 · 51 min
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. Lees meer
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What did Emmy Noether reveal about the Universe?
20 maart 2025 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about the life and underappreciated contribution of mathematician and accidental physicist Emmy Noether Lees meer
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How Many Babies Should You Have? (featuring Katie Goldin)
18 maart 2025 · 59 min
Daniel and Kelly chat with Creature Feature's Katie Goldin about babies and how much to care for them. Lees meer
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Can fast-moving potatoes become black holes?
13 maart 2025 · 48 min
Daniel and Kelly try to unravel some popular mis-explanations about the wonders of special relativity, potatoes and photons. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #7
11 maart 2025 · 47 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about the Big Bang, figs and Higgs! Lees meer
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Insulin (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
6 maart 2025 · 1 uur 7 min
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Katrine Whiteson about diabetes, the history of insulin production, and Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff. Lees meer
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Leeches (featuring Dr. Anna Phillips)
4 maart 2025 · 54 min
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Anna Phillips about the disgusting and fascinating world of leeches. Lees meer
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The Sexual Evolution (Featuring Dr. Nathan Lents)
27 februari 2025 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Nathan Lents about sex, gender, monogamy, and other topics from his recent book, The Sexual Evolution. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #6
25 februari 2025 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about fundamental particles, radiation-gobbling fungi, and the physics of pinball. Lees meer
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The science of taste and smell (with Steven Munger)
20 februari 2025 · 59 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Steven Munger about phantom smells, stinky shirts, careers as a "nose", and more. Lees meer
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Can antimatter help us find dark matter?
18 februari 2025 · 53 min
Daniel and Kelly look for ways that mysteries of antimatter could shed light on the mysteries of dark matter Lees meer
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Did the Earth ever have a ring?
13 februari 2025 · 48 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about whether the Universe ever put a ring on the Earth Lees meer
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Listener Questions #5
11 februari 2025 · 47 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about chain reactions in space, the chemistry of life, and how a theory is accepted. Lees meer
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What is weak hypercharge?
6 februari 2025 · 54 min
Daniel and Kelly break down what it means for particles to have charge, and how that translates to charges for the weak force Lees meer
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Was the Big Bang left handed?
4 februari 2025 · 50 min
Daniel and Kelly dive into the left-right asymmetry of hands, life, particles and the Universe itself. Lees meer
(This version was edited to reflect that 2d space has handedness and methane is non-chiral.)
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How do we defeat the dirt worms?
30 januari 2025 · 48 min
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. Lees meer
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How did we tackle Trichinella?
28 januari 2025 · 46 min
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. Lees meer
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Can tardigrades survive on the Moon?
23 januari 2025 · 51 min
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. Lees meer
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Listener Questions #4
21 januari 2025 · 43 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about binary star seasons, meat wasps and freefall. Lees meer
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What is post-quantum gravity?
16 januari 2025 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Jonathan Oppenheim about his unusual theory of unpredictable gravity Lees meer
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What is so beautiful about string theory?
14 januari 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Thomas Van Riet about how string theory unravels the puzzle of quantum gravity and whether math can be beautiful. Lees meer
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DKEU Listener Questions Volume #3
9 januari 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about soil on Mars, the double slit experiment, and adaptations for surviving on the Red Planet. Lees meer
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Familes in space
7 januari 2025 · 55 min
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. Lees meer
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Time travel fiction
2 januari 2025 · 45 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to authors about the science and storytelling of time-travel. Lees meer
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Space Debris (featuring Dr. Jonathan McDowell)
31 december 2024 · 54 min
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. Lees meer
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Winter solstice listener questions
31 december 2024 · 24 min
Daniel and Katie answer a question about building super duper long structures in space Lees meer
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Who really wrote Maxwell's equations?
26 december 2024 · 56 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Kathy Joseph about the true, twisted history of humanity's understanding of electromagnetism Lees meer
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Holiday Special: santa, reindeer and long-lasting lamps
24 december 2024 · 45 min
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. Lees meer
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Listener Questions Volume #2
19 december 2024 · 48 min
Daniel and Kelly answer questions from curious listeners, about big black holes, nuking hurricanes and the philosophy of photons. Lees meer
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When animals break the law (featuring Mary Roach)
17 december 2024 · 56 min
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. Lees meer
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Why do planes fly?
12 december 2024 · 55 min
Daniel and Kelly dig into the surprisingly controversial question of why airplanes stay in the air. Lees meer
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The Expanse (featuring James S.A. Corey)
10 december 2024 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Daniel Abrahams and Ty Franck, the authors behind The Expanse series. Lees meer
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Do we have enough fuel for fusion?
5 december 2024 · 55 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about the surprisingly difficult task of finding the fuel to make fusion work on Earth Lees meer
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