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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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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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  • Yesterday · 56 min

    Sleuth-Hound (featuring Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris)

    Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris about her new book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • Thursday · 40 min

    Listener questions #53

    Daniel and Kelly talk about how particles are detected, the heavy proton discovery, and de Sitter space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 13 · 43 min

    How did syphilis get to Europe?

    Daniel and Kelly dive into the history of medicine. Syphilis arrived with a bang in Europe in 1493, but where did it come from? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 8 · 44 min

    What if dark matter is more complicated?

    Daniel and Kelly talk about a particularly quirky theory of dark matter that Daniel is searching for. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 6 · 48 min

    Listener Questions #52

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 1 · 54 min

    What is creativity? (featuring Dr. Moiya McTier)

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 29 · 48 min

    Supervoids

    Daniel and Kelly explore the structure of the Universe and examine its emptiest places, making no effort to spare the scatological humor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 24 · 48 min

    Listener Questions #51

    Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about special relativity, organisms that eat plastic, and whether the future is already determined. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 17 · 52 min

    Did we just discover dark matter?

    Daniel and Kelly talk about the recent observation of a dark matter candidate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 15 · 51 min

    Listener Questions #50

    Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about scent dialects, drilling through the ice above the oceans of Enceladus, and why some animals have penises. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 10 · 57 min

    Addiction (featuring Dr. Marcelo Wood)

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 8 · 55 min

    Is dark energy a fudge factor?

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 3 · 51 min

    Listener Questions #49

    Daniel and Kelly answer questions about alternatives to the Big Bang, scurvy, and supercontinents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 1 · 1 hr 2 min

    Rewilding

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 27 · 54 min

    Can we simulate the Universe?

    Daniel and Kelly talk about what a recent simulation project can tell us about how the Universe got so clumpy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 25 · 49 min

    Listener Questions #48

    Daniel and Kelly answer questions about crackpots, hearing meteors, and the age of everything. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 20 · 54 min

    Origins of life (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 18 · 56 min

    Should the government be hiding aliens?

    Daniel and Kelly review the recent movie 'Disclosure Day' and discuss some tough questions about knowledge and secrecy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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