Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.
Episodes
Daniel and Kelly talk about whether planes could be powered by nuclear reactors and whether that would be a bad idea, or a very bad idea.
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you!
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Daniel talks to Peter Harness, screenwriter for "Constellation", about the quantum rules of his fictional Universe.
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you!
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Daniel talks to Ananyo Bhattacharya, author of "The Man From the Future" about the life and impact of John von Neumann
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Daniel and Katie reveal the shocking truth about the balance between positive and negative particles.
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: questions@danielandjorge.com
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Daniel and Jorge explore the challenges of detecting light from outside the Milky Way, and the secrets it might reveal.
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Daniel and Kelly review the most cataclysmic impacts in our planet's history.
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: questions@danielandjorge.com
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Daniel and Kelly explore how biological systems rely on the quantum nature of matter.
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Daniel and Katie bushwack their way between theories of gravity and electromagnetism, looking for the elusive connection.
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Daniel and Jorge talk about how our understanding of physics is central to making the internet work.
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: questions@danielandjorge.com
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Daniel and Jorge talk about real science of element 115 and whether it aligns with the spectacular story of anti-gravity alien ships at Area 51.
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: questions@danielandjorge.com
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Daniel and Jorge explore the enduring mystery of how much heavy metal sits in our Sun.
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Daniel and Jorge talk about aliens, answer a question from a high school class, and advise a listener about destroying the moon.
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Daniel talks to Rabbi Jack Schlacter, a physicist at Los Alamos, about the movie Oppenheimer and the connections and conflicts between physics and judaism.
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Daniel talks to Harry Cliff, author of the new book "Space Oddities", about the most intriguing unexplained particle physics experiments and what they might mean.
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