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

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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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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November 7, 2024 56 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Erika Nesvold about ethical questions we should be asking as we prepare to become a multiplanetary species. 

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November 5, 2024 54 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk about the future of food in space. Do you like lukewarm cricket tacos? 

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October 31, 2024 55 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk about Toxoplasma gondii, and the "science" of ghost hunting.

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October 29, 2024 52 mins

Daniel and Kelly discuss the often less-than-delicious history of food in space. 

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October 24, 2024 56 mins

Daniel and Kelly take some time to puzzle of the nature of time, an eternally timely mystery.

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October 22, 2024 54 mins

Daniel and Kelly wrestle with the the fabric of the Universe itself. What is it, what can it do and why do we have it?

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Phil Plait about some of the ways space could wipe us all out, or at least really mess up our infrastructure. 

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October 15, 2024 59 mins

Daniel and Kelly discuss the Rare Earth Hypothesis, that argues that Earth-like life is vanishingly rare.

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October 10, 2024 61 mins

Daniel and Kelly cover some of the many reasons why it's tough to work on the Moon. 

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October 8, 2024 53 mins

Daniel and Kelly talk about why we listen to the skies, the amazing WOW signal and a recent theory for what it means.

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Check out the new show, Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe every Tuesday and Thursday!

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