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!

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June 26, 2025 43 mins

Daniel and Kelly dive deep into the hearts of stars to explain why they all twinkle a little differently.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about de-extinction.

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June 19, 2025 51 mins

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about neutrons, bananas and Jupiter and find a secret theme that links them all!

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June 17, 2025 46 mins

Daniel and Kelly strip away the hype and reveal the actual mind-blowing physics of the quantum internet.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about how to keep humans healthy and happy during interstellar voyages. 

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Daniel and Kelly explore the hurdles and potential technologies for bringing humans to alien solar systems.

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Zach Weinersmith about rockets and the upside and pitfalls of a potential future space economy. 

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Daniel and Kelly talk to Mike Duncan, creator of The Martian Revolution, about economics, politics and revolution on Mars.

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May 29, 2025 43 mins

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about black holes, animal coloration, the big bang and time dilation.

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May 27, 2025 49 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind aging trees, and why some trees live so long. 

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Daniel and Kelly talk about recent measurements that leave us confused about the expansion of the Universe.

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Daniel and Kelly talk to Katrine Whiteson (a Whiteson Prize laureate) about the complex relationship between humans and microbes

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May 15, 2025 2 mins

Were we sleeping when everything changed? Seems like the technologically driven future is already here. On kill switch, we explain the right NOW of our supercharged technological lives. Ask ourselves who is in control? Can we beat the computer or are we going to need to throw the kill switch?

New host Dexter Thomas, Jr answers questions big and small – like who made Shrimp Jesus and why? To how and why you very well could get...

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May 15, 2025 49 mins

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about prions, playing music near a black hole, and medical maggots. 

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Daniel and Kelly take a detour into the fascinating world of chemistry to explore why mercury is liquid at room temp. The answer is relatively surprising!

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May 8, 2025 60 mins

Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how we measure and define intelligence, hypotheses for why it arises, and why flies are so dumb. 

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Daniel and Kelly explore the nature of of matter and whether we can crack it open without spending billions on bigger colliders

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May 1, 2025 46 mins

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about space within the atom, picky parasites, and speed-of-light particles.

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Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. John Hutchinson about how large animals move. 

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April 24, 2025 45 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk about what energy is, how it flows, and whether it has to come from anywhere!

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