Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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

October 2, 2025 63 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replication space probes.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about gravtational slingshots, megafauna and microscopic black holes!

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September 25, 2025 73 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Halper about the many mysteries of the origins of the Universe.

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September 23, 2025 48 mins

Daniel and Kelly dig into the mysteries of magnetism, explaining how magnets work and what they reveal about the Universe.

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September 18, 2025 71 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk to Sean Carroll about where some of the basic assumptions we make about the Universe come from, and whether we need them.

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September 16, 2025 51 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind the "zombie ants".

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September 11, 2025 56 mins

Daniel and Kelly shine a light on the inner workings of one of the crucial parts of the scientific process: peer review. How does it work? Who are these peers? Can peer-reviewed papers be wrong, and does that mean that all of science is questionable?

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September 9, 2025 75 mins

Daniel and Kelly explore how scientific discoveries are made, digging into fun stories, the history of science with Prof. Lydia Patton and the lessons of Nobel Prize winners with Prof. Brian Keating.

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Daniel and Kelly discuss the future of computing and talk to Adam Becker about what it all means.

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September 2, 2025 48 mins

Daniel and Kelly grapple with the implications of arbitrary numbers in our theory, whether they could have had different values, and what it all means.

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Katrine Whiteson about how we can enlist viruses to kill infectious bacteria.

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August 26, 2025 57 mins

Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about screwworm at the southern border, life without the Moon, and the status of synthetic blood.

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Gina Poe about sleep and dreams - including whether mushrooms sleep, what Daniel's dog is doing in the middle of the night, and what rats dream about.

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August 19, 2025 47 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk about recent mathematical innovations that suggest a third category of particles beyond matter and forces.

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August 14, 2025 50 mins

Over 100,000 people are on the organ transplant waitlist in the United States. Unfortunately, many of these people will not get an organ in time. Daniel and Kelly talk about the science and ethics behind using transgenic pigs to fill the shortfall.

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August 12, 2025 51 mins

Daniel and Kelly uncover the real science behind some flashing recent popular science and talk about how to be an informed information consumer.

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August 7, 2025 39 mins

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about snowflake symmetry, flamingo burgers, and iodine protection.

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August 5, 2025 48 mins

Daniel and Kelly explain how top quarks talk to each other and potentially form new states of matter.

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Daniel and Kelly appreciate that they've never had to worry about getting smallpox, and talk about the scientific and public health advancements that saved humanity from this ancient scourge.

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July 29, 2025 51 mins

Daniel and Kelly explain itches, the Oort cloud and the geometry of honeycombs!

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