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

January 14, 2025 61 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk to Thomas Van Riet about how string theory unravels the puzzle of quantum gravity and whether math can be beautiful.

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Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about soil on Mars, the double slit experiment, and adaptations for surviving on the Red Planet. 

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January 7, 2025 54 mins

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. 

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January 2, 2025 44 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk to authors about the science and storytelling of time-travel.

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December 31, 2024 23 mins

Daniel and Katie answer a question about building super duper long structures in space

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Daniel 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. 

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December 26, 2024 55 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk to Kathy Joseph about the true, twisted history of humanity's understanding of electromagnetism

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Daniel 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.

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December 19, 2024 47 mins

Daniel and Kelly answer questions from curious listeners, about big black holes, nuking hurricanes and the philosophy of photons.

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Daniel 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.

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December 12, 2024 54 mins

Daniel and Kelly dig into the surprisingly controversial question of why airplanes stay in the air.

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December 10, 2024 52 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk to Daniel Abrahams and Ty Franck, the authors behind The Expanse series.

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December 5, 2024 55 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk about the surprisingly difficult task of finding the fuel to make fusion work on Earth

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Martin Elvis about the promise and perils of space resources.

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November 28, 2024 51 mins

Daniel and Kelly give our US-based listeners some things to gobble about over Thanksgiving dinner other than politics.

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November 26, 2024 48 mins

Daniel and Kelly answer questons about dark energy, slime molds and Hawking radiation!

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November 21, 2024 51 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Volker Rudolf about cannibalism. 

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November 19, 2024 53 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk about difficulties encountered during polar expeditions, and how we can avoid making these same mistakes when we begin exploring Mars. 

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Scott Aaronson about quantum computing, and try to bust through the most common misconceptions. 

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November 12, 2024 62 mins

Daniel and Kelly try to get an solid mental picture of this particularly slippery concept

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