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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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!
Episodes
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
How to think like a physicist?
Daniel and Jorge discuss whether physicists think about the world differently, and how that makes them more or less useful. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is membrane theory?
Daniel and Katie use their p-branes to explore a theory of everything build on vibrating membranes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Listener Questions 64: Phase of the Universe, particle interactions and Universe-sized black holes!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Do black holes have magnetic fields?
Daniel and Jorge try to resist the magnetic attraction of the mysteries of black holes, and fail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions 63: Hawking radiation, mass, and anti-strings
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
How long is a photon?
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the tricky question of the length of a photon, and end up talking about hotdogs and meatballs. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Could humans live in the clouds of Venus?
Daniel and Kelly talk to Guillermo Sohnlein about life in the Venutian clouds See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Listener Questions 62: Single photons, moon gold and particle interactions.
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Listener Questions 61.0158: Black holes, gold asteroids and gravitational waves in time!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Do neutrinos get redshifted?
Daniel and Jorge talk about what happens to neutrinos as the Universe expands. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Is the length of a day changing?
Daniel and Katie spin a tale of how the velocity of the Earth's surface is changing under our feet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions 60,491: Mini solar systems, greek physics and black holes!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Can supernovas cause ice ages?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how the greatest cosmic fireballs might trigger ice ages here on Earth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions 59: Interstellar probes and fractional electrons
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about travel to and from other stars and whether scientists have split the electron. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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Does dark matter have an anti-particle?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the relationship between matter, dark matter and anti-matter! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Why don't we have nuclear powered airplanes?
Daniel and Kelly talk about whether planes could be powered by nuclear reactors and whether that would be a bad idea, or a very bad idea. See…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Listener Questions 58: Donuts, disaster and discoveries!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
The science fiction Universe of "Constellation"
Daniel talks to Peter Harness, screenwriter for "Constellation", about the quantum rules of his fictional Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Listener Questions 57: Philosophy, Quantum Mechanics and Beta Decay!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Who was the most influential scientist?
Daniel talks to Ananyo Bhattacharya, author of "The Man From the Future" about the life and impact of John von Neumann See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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What's the electric charge of the Universe?
Daniel and Katie reveal the shocking truth about the balance between positive and negative particles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions 56: Neutron Stars, Dense matter and shared atmospheres!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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What mysteries are hiding in the extra-galactic background light?
Daniel and Jorge explore the challenges of detecting light from outside the Milky Way, and the secrets it might reveal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What’s the largest asteroid impact in Earth’s history?
Daniel and Kelly review the most cataclysmic impacts in our planet's history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions 55: Time and waves!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is quantum biology?
Daniel and Kelly explore how biological systems rely on the quantum nature of matter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What is gravitoelectromagnetism?
Daniel and Katie bushwack their way between theories of gravity and electromagnetism, looking for the elusive connection. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Physics of the Internet
Daniel and Jorge talk about how our understanding of physics is central to making the internet work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions 54: String cosmology, cosmic strings, and alien numbers
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Can element 115 be used for anti-gravity?
Daniel and Jorge talk about real science of element 115 and whether it aligns with the spectacular story of anti-gravity alien ships at Area 51. See…
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Listener Questions 53: Strong force, primordial atoms and infinities
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
How metallic is the Sun?
Daniel and Jorge explore the enduring mystery of how much heavy metal sits in our Sun. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions 52
Daniel and Jorge talk about aliens, answer a question from a high school class, and advise a listener about destroying the moon. See omnystudio.com/listener…
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Are physics and religion in harmony or conflict?
Daniel talks to Rabbi Jack Schlacter, a physicist at Los Alamos, about the movie Oppenheimer and the connections and conflicts between physics and judaism. See…
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The most promising particle physics anomalies
Daniel talks to Harry Cliff, author of the new book "Space Oddities", about the most intriguing unexplained particle physics experiments and what they might…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Listener Questions 51
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about the speed of light, entanglement and time! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What happened to M33's black hole?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the mystery of the missing mysterious black hole at the heart of M33 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Listener Questions 50: Dark matter, photon wavelengths and rainbows!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
How does electricity work?
Daniel and Katie explain how electric current, lightning and static electricity emerge from the strange quantum nature of electrical charge. See…
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Physics of Chocolate
Daniel and Jorge talk about the deep but tenuous connection between physics and chocolate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions 49: Black Holes, Neutrinos and Gravitational waves!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners and get stuck in philosophical rabbit holes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Is the Universe made of waves (Part 2)
Daniel talks to Matt Strassler about how everything is vibrating, and his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea" (Part 2) See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Is the Universe made of waves (Part 1)
Daniel talks to Matt Strassler about how everything is vibrating, and his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea" (Part 1) See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Are there charm quarks in the proton?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the cozy story of the proton might need to be updated to describe all of its true charm. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Why is quantum gravity so hard?
Daniel and Jorge explain why the two theories of physics are so at odds with each other. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is cold welding?
Daniel and Kelly talk about how its possible to merge metals without melting! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How is general relativity wrong?
Daniel and Jorge talk about why we think Einstein was wrong about the nature of the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions 48: Vacations, Destruction and Anti-matter Black Holes
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners and try to avoid giving marriage advice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Have interstellar meteors hit the Earth?
Daniel and Kelly analyze recent claims of the recovery of iron spheres from interstellar meteors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Can we see inside things using muons?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the weirdness of muons and how they can let us see inside things. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Why do some galaxies have bars?
Daniel and Jorge explain what we know about the bars at the center of galaxies, and what mysteries they might hide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is quantum relativity?
Daniel and Katie grapple with an effort to explain how quantum mechanics could arise from relativity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Were all the forces once one?
Daniel and Jorge explore whether the fundamental forces can be linked together, and whether they all acted as one in the early Universe. See…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is the dark flow?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the whole Universe is in motion, and what could be pulling on it See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Listener Questions 47: Gravity, Time, Photons
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Ask your questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What are octonions?
Daniel and Jorge talk about super complex numbers and how they might hold the secrets of the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What's hidden inside planets?
Daniel talks to Prof. Sabine Stanley about what's happening inside planets, and how that helps us understand what's out there. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
How do particles carry forces?
Daniel and Jorge push and pull on the simple picture of particles exchanging other particles See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How can we find life on other planets?
Daniel talks to Prof. Aomawa Shields, auther of "Life on Other Planets" about the the climate of exoplanets and her unusual path to astronomy. See…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What are land tides?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how tidal forces shape the Earth itself and the life on it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.