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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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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!
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Listener Questions #42
3d ago00:55:50Tap to summarizeZach joins Daniel and Kelly for a segment on art and science communication. Then Daniel and Kelly explore the concept of absolute hot, and what makes some rocks glow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →The curious lives of social amoeba
1w ago00:54:59Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly talks about a species of social amoeba that will die to help others. Why the heck does it do that? And bonus: the amoeba are farmers!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →What are JWST's little red dots?
1w ago00:52:37Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly talk about the James Webb Telescope and something mysterious it sawSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Listener Questions #41
2w ago00:53:48Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly answer questions from listeners about earthworms, the origins of the galaxy, and snails!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →What is a species? (featuring Dr. Scott Egan)
2w ago01:05:21Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly talk to Prof. Scott Egan about the meaning of species in modern biology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Could the Earth be at the center of the solar system?
3w ago00:49:41Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly explain the bizarre Tychonic model of the solar system, which for centuries stood as a valid theory alongside the Copernican model.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Listener Questions #40
3w ago00:52:15Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly answer questions about relativistic paradoxes, parasitoid wasp viruses, and detector technologies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Are rural raccoons becoming domesticated?
4w ago00:56:52Tap to summarizeA recent paper found tantalizing evidence that rural raccoons are showing evidence of domestication. So how long until we all have pet raccoons? And how well do we really understand the domestication process anyway?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →What is quantum contextuality?
May 2600:51:14Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly dig into the mysterious concept of quantum contexuality: how measurements depend on each other.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Listener Questions #39
May 2101:00:09Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly answer questions about muscle memory, water-less showers, and why everyone can't be ambidextrous.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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