Listener Questions #7
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about the Big Bang, figs and Higgs! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 11, 2025•47 min
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
Insulin (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Katrine Whiteson about diabetes, the history of insulin production, and Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Leeches (featuring Dr. Anna Phillips)
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Anna Phillips about the disgusting and fascinating world of leeches. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 04, 2025•54 min
The Sexual Evolution (Featuring Dr. Nathan Lents)
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Nathan Lents about sex, gender, monogamy, and other topics from his recent book, The Sexual Evolution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 27, 2025•52 min
Listener Questions #6
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about fundamental particles, radiation-gobbling fungi, and the physics of pinball. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 25, 2025•52 min
The science of taste and smell (with Steven Munger)
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Steven Munger about phantom smells, stinky shirts, careers as a "nose", and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 20, 2025•59 min
Can antimatter help us find dark matter?
Daniel and Kelly look for ways that mysteries of antimatter could shed light on the mysteries of dark matter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 18, 2025•53 min
Did the Earth ever have a ring?
Daniel and Kelly talk about whether the Universe ever put a ring on the Earth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 13, 2025•48 min
Listener Questions #5
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about chain reactions in space, the chemistry of life, and how a theory is accepted. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 11, 2025•47 min
What is weak hypercharge?
Daniel and Kelly break down what it means for particles to have charge, and how that translates to charges for the weak force See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 06, 2025•54 min
Was the Big Bang left handed?
Daniel and Kelly dive into the left-right asymmetry of hands, life, particles and the Universe itself. (This version was edited to reflect that 2d space has handedness and methane is non-chiral.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 04, 2025•50 min
How do we defeat the dirt worms?
Daniel and Kelly talk about what we're doing to combat soil-transmitted nematodes, which are parasite that infects up to 25% of the world's population. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 30, 2025•48 min
How did we tackle Trichinella?
Daniel and Kelly talk about how public health officials turned "the most serious parasitic disease in New England" into a disease that only afflicts about 15 people per year in the whole of the United States. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 28, 2025•46 min
Can tardigrades survive on the Moon?
Daniel and Kelly talk about the extraordinary ability to tardigrades to survive extreme conditions, and ponder whether those abilities have kept them alive after a space craft carrying them crashed into the surface of the Moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 23, 2025•51 min
Listener Questions #4
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about binary star seasons, meat wasps and freefall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 21, 2025•43 min
What is post-quantum gravity?
Daniel and Kelly talk to Jonathan Oppenheim about his unusual theory of unpredictable gravity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 16, 2025•52 min
What is so beautiful about string theory?
Daniel and Kelly talk to Thomas Van Riet about how string theory unravels the puzzle of quantum gravity and whether math can be beautiful. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 1 min
DKEU Listener Questions Volume #3
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about soil on Mars, the double slit experiment, and adaptations for surviving on the Red Planet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Familes in space
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 07, 2025•55 min
Time travel fiction
Daniel and Kelly talk to authors about the science and storytelling of time-travel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 02, 2025•45 min
Space Debris (featuring Dr. Jonathan McDowell)
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 31, 2024•54 min
Winter solstice listener questions
Daniel and Katie answer a question about building super duper long structures in space See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 31, 2024•24 min
Who really wrote Maxwell's equations?
Daniel and Kelly talk to Kathy Joseph about the true, twisted history of humanity's understanding of electromagnetism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 26, 2024•56 min
Holiday Special: santa, reindeer and long-lasting lamps
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 24, 2024•45 min
Listener Questions Volume #2
Daniel and Kelly answer questions from curious listeners, about big black holes, nuking hurricanes and the philosophy of photons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 19, 2024•48 min
When animals break the law (featuring Mary Roach)
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 17, 2024•56 min
Why do planes fly?
Daniel and Kelly dig into the surprisingly controversial question of why airplanes stay in the air. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 12, 2024•55 min
The Expanse (featuring James S.A. Corey)
Daniel and Kelly talk to Daniel Abrahams and Ty Franck, the authors behind The Expanse series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 10, 2024•52 min
Do we have enough fuel for fusion?
Daniel and Kelly talk about the surprisingly difficult task of finding the fuel to make fusion work on Earth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 05, 2024•55 min
Love, fear, greed, and asteroids (featuring Martin Elvis)
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Martin Elvis about the promise and perils of space resources. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 03, 2024•55 min