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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 #40
2d 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?
1w 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?
1w ago00:51:14Tap 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
2w ago01:00:09Tap 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.
Transcribe →The Deep Seabed (featuring Dr. Andrew Thaler)
2w ago01:15:54Tap to summarizeOver 50% of Earth's surface is the deep seabed. Dr. Andrew Thaler joins Daniel and Kelly to talk about the amazing diversity of life on the deep seabed, the resources found here, and the rules that govern this region.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →How do signals get jammed?
3w ago00:49:01Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly explain how signals get jammed, how to avoid being jammed, and whose music makes the best jam.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Listener Questions #38
3w ago01:01:49Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly answer questions about aliens watching Earth, about lone species, and about the size limits of intelligence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →The discovery of parasite life cycles
4w ago00:59:03Tap to summarizeParasites can have amazingly complicated life cycles - moving through a series of host species, and looking quite different while residing within each type of host. Frankly, this stumped scientists for a long time. In today's episode, Daniel and Kelly take a stroll through the history of science to explore how we finally started to figure parasite life cycles out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Can we use zero point energy?
May 500:52:19Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly explain the nature of the quantum vacuum, whether its real or philosophical, and if it's possible to use to make your toast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Listener Questions #37
Apr 3000:56:11Tap to summarizeDaniel and Kelly explain how cells in a fetus or in an adult know what they're supposed to do, and discuss whether opposable thumbs are necessary for the development of tools and technology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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