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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
Why is math so important for physics?
Daniel talks to mathematician Steve Strogatz about why calculus seems to describe the Universe so well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
How can the Universe expand faster than the speed of light?
Daniel and Jorge blow their own minds talking about the faster-than-light expansion of the Universe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Can you send messages without particles?
Daniel and Jorge talk about ingenious quantum tricks to send information without actual particles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
How do planets get rings?
Daniel and Katie talk about planetary rings and what they tell us about the history of the solar system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Can you make matter out of pure electrons?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the quest to build a crystal out of only electrons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What are the most common elements in the Universe?
Daniel and Kelly talk about how elements were made in the early Universe, what processes are making more of them today, and why some elements are more common…
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Listener Questions 31: Photons, aliens, and baseball
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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How dangerous is nuclear waste?
Daniel talks to experts about the waste produced by nuclear reactors, the dangers, risks and options. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What's up with Iapetus?
Daniel and Jorge dissect the history of this mysterious solar system object. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Can you communicate with neutrinos?
Daniel and Katie talk about how to detect information carried by the ghostly neutrino, and how to send neutr-emails. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
The Science of "The Spare Man"
Daniel and Kelly talk with Mary Robinette Kowal about the science of murder in space in her new book "The Spare Man" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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What's it like to be an alien?
Daniel talks to Dr. Arik Kershenbaum about what alien animals might be like, how they might sense and communicate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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Listener Questions 32: Particles, particles, particles!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you, all about the particles around us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Why does physics even work?
Daniel talks to Prof. Tim O'Connor about why the craziness of the world around us seems to resolve into things we can understand. See omnystudio.com/listener…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is negative temperature?
Daniel and Jorge talk about hot and cold coffee, weather and desserts and wrestle with whether things can be colder than zero! See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Is math the language of the Universe?
Daniel talks to Prof. Mark Colyvan, philosopher of mathematics, about whether math is something we invented or discovered. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What are quantum glasses?
Daniel and Jorge talk about finding order among the messiness of the Universe, and the strange frustration of quantum spin glasses. See omnystudio.com/listener…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What will the Lucy mission teach us?
Daniel and Kelly walk through the trajectory of the Lucy mission and talk about what it might teach us about our origins. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Why haven't we seen a Milky Way Supernova in 400 years?
Daniel and Katie talk about the mysteries of supernovae, and why we haven't seen a local one since Kepler! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What's inside a neutron star?
Daniel and Jorge take a bite out of "nuclear pasta" and dive into the heart of these strange stars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What's the amplituhedron?
Daniel and Jorge grapple with this hard-to-say word that might make complex quantum calculations much easier. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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Did the James Webb Space Telescope disprove the Big Bang Theory?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the surprises found in the first science from the James Webb telescope and what it means for our understanding of the early…
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If the Universe is infinite, why is the night sky dark?
Daniel and Kelly wrestle with competing infinities to understand why the night sky is not catastrophically ablaze with light. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Listener Questions about discoveries
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners about how discoveries are made, the most important recent discoveries and how to detect aliens. See…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Could there be two dimensions of time?
Daniel and Jorge grapple with the possibility that time could flow in more than one direction, at the same time(s). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
How long does a neutron live?
Daniel and Katie talk about how one of the basic building blocks of matter is surprisingly impermanent and mysterious. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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Can a gravitational wave pass through a black hole?
Daniel and Jorge talk about what happens when one superstar of physics slams into another. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is superdeterminism?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the lengths people will go to avoid accepting the randomness of quantum mechanics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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Is the speed of light the same in all directions?
Daniel and Jorge break down the differences between the two-way and one-way speed of light. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Are black holes hot or not?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether black holes have a temperature and if we can ever know! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Listener Questions about aliens, black holes and white 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
What is early dark energy?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the Universe got an extra boost of expansion early on, and if it's cartoonists' fault. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What can slime molds teach us about dark matter?
Daniel and Katie talk about where the missing matter in the Universe might be, and how slime molds might help us find it. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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What did the first JWST images reveal?
Daniel and Jorge walk through the first images from our fancy new space telescope! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Why is momentum conserved?
Daniel and Jorge talk about why the Universe seems to follow rules, and celebrate the birthday of the woman who revealed the this deep truth. See…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is laser fusion?
Daniel and Jorge break down the science of using huge lasers to zap frozen pellets of hydrogen. Or ice cream. Or cartoonists. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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How do galaxies die?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the mysteries of why galaxies stop making stars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is a quark gluon plasma?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the hottest state of matter ever created, and make up silly names for it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
How do fireworks work?
Daniel and Jorge blow your mind with the physics and chemistry of how fireworks sparkle and entertain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What happens to event horizons when black holes collide?
Daniel and Jorge take you step by step through the process of black hole mergers . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1M-AbWIlVQ&t=47s See…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Do photons bump into each other?
Daniel and Jorge bump brains and talk about whether beams of light interact or pass through each other. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Listener Questions about Annihilation
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about anti-muons, Daniel's research, and dimensional weapons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is Energy?
Daniel and Jorge tackle some of one of the simplest but trickiest concepts in physics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Could aliens teach us science?
Daniel talks to Sam Kimpton-Nye about whether aliens do science the same way we do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Can the Earth survive when the Sun expands?
Daniel and Kelly talk about how we use our smarts to survive the changing conditions in the far future solar system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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What will the next generation of space telescopes reveal?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the plans for a new set of Great Observatories in space, and what it might show us about the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Could the Universe be shaped like a donut?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how much dark chocolate can fit in Universes of various shapes and sizes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Where is most of Earth's water?
Daniel and Katie drink deeply of the mystery of the Earth's formation and contents and talk about whether Earth's water might be hiding deep within the planet…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What if gravity were much stronger?
Daniel and Jorge answer listener questions about gravity, the CMB and distant disappearing objects! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary UniverseTech in the Great Outdoors
We often think of technology as stuff that keeps us sitting at home, wired to our phones or computers or game systems. But there's an entire world of…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What does our black hole look like?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the recent picture of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Is the whole Universe spinning?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the whole Universe can spin, and whether it is. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What is a particle?
Daniel and Jorge grapple with this particularly tricky and philosophical question. Music credit: https://theamberbugs.com See omnystudio.com/listener for…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Can we defend the Earth from deadly space rocks?
Daniel and Kelly talk about where space rocks come from, how dangerous they are and what humanity can do about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What does the NICER telescope study?
Daniel and Jorge explain how an X-ray telescope works and what it reveals about the inside of neutron stars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Can we escape a black hole with a warp drive or wormhole?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether loopholes and wormholes will let you escape black holes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Creature Feature: The Physics of Animal Color
An episode of Creature Feature where Daniel and Katie talk about the physics of how animals look so brilliant, and how some people can see in the UV. See…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
Can the human eye see a single photon?
Daniel and Katie talk about the physics of color and whether the eyeball is a quantum measurement device. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary UniverseIntroducing: Spyology Squad
Hi, Daniel and Jorge fans! If the children in your life are as curious as you are, we have the perfect podcast for them. Spyology Squad is an adventurous and…
- Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
What came first matter or energy?
Daniel and Jorge answer listener questions about the solar system and the early Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.