Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about the expanding universe, how sleep aids impact sleep quality, and what characteristics might make aliens better adapted for interstellar travel.

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Daniel and Kelly welcome Dr. Scott Solomon back on the show to talk about his new book Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change our Bodies and Minds.

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Daniel and Kelly discuss Elon Musk's recent announcement that SpaceX has shifted focus from a self-sustaining settlement on Mars to a self-growing city on the Moon.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about how it can both be true that humans share 98.7% of their DNA with bonobos and that fraternal twins share 50% of their DNA, why black holes don't have color charges, and whether or not you could treat a fever or let it ride.

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Daniel and Kelly revel in the amazing multiplicity of moons in our solar system and what they reveal about our cosmic history.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about the evolution of cooperation, and why humans struggle so much with isolation.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about sentience, chicken eggs, and the early Universe!

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Daniel and Kelly dive into one of the most important but mysterious principles of physics: least action.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about rabies, which results in very few deaths in the United States but is a neglected tropical disease - taking approximately 60,000 lives globally each year.

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Here’s an episode of a show we think you’ll love. It’s History Daily which tells the fascinating stories of what happened “on this day” in history. New episodes come out every weekday. In this episode, it’s March 11, 1918. A US army cook becomes the first person diagnosed with the Spanish Flu, setting off the deadliest pandemic in modern history.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about bark beetles, ambipolar fields, and gray hairs!

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Daniel and Kelly talk about how computers store information, and how cosmic rays might flip some vital bits.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about interspecific brood parasites - which are species that sneak their eggs into the nests of other, unsuspecting species. How do they get away with this?

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about black holes, duplicate organs and bubble Universes!

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Daniel and Kelly slow down to understand what velocity really means, and how much we have of it.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about the problem of time in quantum mechanics and how the past might depend on the future.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about birthing multiple species, mental imagery, and face mites!

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Daniel and Kelly talk about why particle physicists are excited about a muon collider.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about a brain-infecting parasite of California Killifish, and discuss how the parasite might be altering the fish's behavior to its own ends.

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Daniel and Kelly take a tour through the various singularities that are predicted by general relativity.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about tornadoes, water purification, and massive moons in the sky.

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Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine discuss what happens during menopause, why evolutionary biologists think menopause occurs, and our current knowledge of the risks of hormone therapy.

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Daniel and Kelly dive into the hearts of blue giants, massive planets, and neutron stars to reveal a surprising limit on cosmic density.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about kissing bugs, magnetic fields in the Sun, and microbiomes in space.

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Daniel and Kelly answer a question from a listener about planets without stars and stars without galaxies.

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Microplastics are everywhere. How did they get there, and should we worry?

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about Jupiter and circadian rhythms.

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Daniel and Kelly explain how physics predicts the future rain and shine, and all of the incredible science involved.

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Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine chat about how mosquitos find us, and what we can do to protect ourselves from the diseases they transmit.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about fingerprints, particle beam accidents, tickles and yawns!

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Daniel and Kelly shine a light on the mysterious every day physics of shadows, including whether they can move faster than light.

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Hello Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe listeners.

We want to share a great show, Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman. ( Neuroscientist and Author)

Join David and Daniel as they explore the Brain and the Universe.

“Imagine we eventually meet some alien scientists. If they can see electrons or smell photons, would their science look like ours? Is physics a universal language, or just a local dialect of the human brain? Would aliens use math, or might their truths be organized unrecognizably? Are the “laws of nature” really laws, or simply our interpretations? “

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and subscribe to Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman: on the iHeartRadio App or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Scott Solomon about ancient hominid species, and how we learn about them.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about interstellar comets, evolution of parasitoids, and the nature of scientific theories.

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Daniel and Kelly exercise their optimism and explore engineering solutions to the Sun's projected overheating and demise.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about the confusing aspects of quantum entanglement, and try to untangle the concepts.

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. John Hawdon about how parasites like hookworm, malaria, and schistosomes hide from our immune system.

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Daniel and Kelly are joined by Cat Bohannan, who answers questions about whether we can shorten gestation, superhuman feats of strength, and whether viruses are ever good for us.

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Daniel and Kelly are joined by Andy Warner, the co-author and illustrator of Daniel's new book, Do Aliens Speak Physics, and talk about how we might chat about science with aliens.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about the development of the polio vaccine.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions from listeners about aliens, archaea and the speed of light.

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Daniel and Kelly get concrete about whether physics is the map or the territory, the topic of Daniel's new book "Do Aliens Speak Physics?"

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Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how pinworms know it's nighttime, how quarks contribute to mass, and why eating too many carrots makes your skin yellow.

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Daniel and Kelly talk to Ethan Siegal about whether we should expect physics to be explained by a single unified theory.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about how aliens might experience the Universe and how it might shape their science, a topic from Daniel's new book "Do Aliens Speak Physics?"

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Daniel and Kelly get answers to listener questions about why we age from Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, author of "Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality".

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Daniel and Kelly talk about how gravity, magnetism and relativity work together to create one of the most brilliant spectacles in the Universe.

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Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replication space probes.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about gravtational slingshots, megafauna and microscopic black holes!

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Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Halper about the many mysteries of the origins of the Universe.

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Daniel and Kelly dig into the mysteries of magnetism, explaining how magnets work and what they reveal about the Universe.

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Daniel and Kelly talk to Sean Carroll about where some of the basic assumptions we make about the Universe come from, and whether we need them.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind the "zombie ants".

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Daniel and Kelly shine a light on the inner workings of one of the crucial parts of the scientific process: peer review. How does it work? Who are these peers? Can peer-reviewed papers be wrong, and does that mean that all of science is questionable?

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Daniel and Kelly explore how scientific discoveries are made, digging into fun stories, the history of science with Prof. Lydia Patton and the lessons of Nobel Prize winners with Prof. Brian Keating.

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Daniel and Kelly discuss the future of computing and talk to Adam Becker about what it all means.

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Daniel and Kelly grapple with the implications of arbitrary numbers in our theory, whether they could have had different values, and what it all means.

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Katrine Whiteson about how we can enlist viruses to kill infectious bacteria.

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Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about screwworm at the southern border, life without the Moon, and the status of synthetic blood.

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Gina Poe about sleep and dreams - including whether mushrooms sleep, what Daniel's dog is doing in the middle of the night, and what rats dream about.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about recent mathematical innovations that suggest a third category of particles beyond matter and forces.

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Over 100,000 people are on the organ transplant waitlist in the United States. Unfortunately, many of these people will not get an organ in time. Daniel and Kelly talk about the science and ethics behind using transgenic pigs to fill the shortfall.

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Daniel and Kelly uncover the real science behind some flashing recent popular science and talk about how to be an informed information consumer.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about snowflake symmetry, flamingo burgers, and iodine protection.

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Daniel and Kelly explain how top quarks talk to each other and potentially form new states of matter.

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Daniel and Kelly appreciate that they've never had to worry about getting smallpox, and talk about the scientific and public health advancements that saved humanity from this ancient scourge.

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Daniel and Kelly explain itches, the Oort cloud and the geometry of honeycombs!

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Daniel and Kelly talk about the practical application of particle beams: precisely targeting and killing cancer cells.

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Daniel and Kelly dive deep into the event horizon and discuss an outlandish theory of stars with black hole cores.

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Daniel and Kelly explore the history of general anesthesia, and what we know (or don't know) about how it works.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about how quantum fields make bananas, how colds mutate and whether data has mass.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about whether or not dinosaurs had parasites, how often parasitism has popped up in the tree of life, and more. 

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Daniel and Kelly talk to the authors of "After The Spike", who argue that humanity is on a dangerous path to depopulation.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about warty comb jellies, white holes, and humpback whale navigation.

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Daniel and Kelly trace the history of how we figured out what elements the stars are made of, featuring naked Greeks, hiking Scots, and villainous Harvard profs.

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

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

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

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Scott Solomon about how we measure evolution, and whether or not humans are still evolving. 

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Kelly talks to Dr. Michael Yassa about how memories are formed, comparing brains to computers, brain-computer interfaces, and more! 

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Daniel and Kelly try to organize their thoughts about the disorderly topic of entropy.

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Daniel and Kelly talk to Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, author of "Atomic Dreams", a new book that tracks the complex relationship between environmentalism and nuclear power.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about how nuclear reactors work and explore the new techologies that try to limit the risks.

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