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!
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Did the Earth ever have a ring?
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47:42Daniel and Kelly talk about whether the Universe ever put a ring on the Earth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about chain reactions in space, the chemistry of life, and how a theory is accepted. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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What is weak hypercharge?
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54:06Daniel and Kelly break down what it means for particles to have charge, and how that translates to charges for the weak force See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Was the Big Bang left handed?
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49:42Daniel and Kelly dive into the left-right asymmetry of hands, life, particles and the Universe itself. (This version was edited to reflect that 2d space has handedness and methane is non-chiral.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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How do we defeat the dirt worms?
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47:51Daniel 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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How did we tackle Trichinella?
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46:10Daniel 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Can tardigrades survive on the Moon?
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51:00Daniel 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about binary star seasons, meat wasps and freefall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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What is post-quantum gravity?
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51:32Daniel and Kelly talk to Jonathan Oppenheim about his unusual theory of unpredictable gravity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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What is so beautiful about string theory?
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1:01:20Daniel and Kelly talk to Thomas Van Riet about how string theory unravels the puzzle of quantum gravity and whether math can be beautiful. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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DKEU Listener Questions Volume #3
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1:09:44Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about soil on Mars, the double slit experiment, and adaptations for surviving on the Red Planet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Kelly talk to authors about the science and storytelling of time-travel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Winter solstice listener questions
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23:51Daniel and Katie answer a question about building super duper long structures in space See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Space Debris (featuring Dr. Jonathan McDowell)
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54:09Daniel 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Who really wrote Maxwell's equations?
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55:47Daniel and Kelly talk to Kathy Joseph about the true, twisted history of humanity's understanding of electromagnetism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Holiday Special: santa, reindeer and long-lasting lamps
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45:25Daniel 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions Volume #2
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47:41Daniel and Kelly answer questions from curious listeners, about big black holes, nuking hurricanes and the philosophy of photons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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When animals break the law (featuring Mary Roach)
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55:54Daniel 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Kelly dig into the surprisingly controversial question of why airplanes stay in the air. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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The Expanse (featuring James S.A. Corey)
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52:28Daniel and Kelly talk to Daniel Abrahams and Ty Franck, the authors behind The Expanse series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Do we have enough fuel for fusion?
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55:01Daniel and Kelly talk about the surprisingly difficult task of finding the fuel to make fusion work on Earth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Love, fear, greed, and asteroids (featuring Martin Elvis)
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55:21Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Martin Elvis about the promise and perils of space resources. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Thanksgiving Special: Talkin' Turkey
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51:57Daniel and Kelly give our US-based listeners some things to gobble about over Thanksgiving dinner other than politics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions Volume #1
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48:06Daniel and Kelly answer questons about dark energy, slime molds and Hawking radiation! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut iHeartPodcasts
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