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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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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".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Relativistic beaming

Relativistic beaming

2025-10-0757:29

Daniel and Kelly talk about how gravity, magnetism and relativity work together to create one of the most brilliant spectacles in the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replication space probes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listener Questions #18

Listener Questions #18

2025-09-3059:53

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about gravtational slingshots, megafauna and microscopic black holes!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Halper about the many mysteries of the origins of the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly dig into the mysteries of magnetism, explaining how magnets work and what they reveal about the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Zombie ants

Zombie ants

2025-09-1659:59

Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind the "zombie ants".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly discuss the future of computing and talk to Adam Becker about what it all means.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly chat with Katrine Whiteson about how we can enlist viruses to kill infectious bacteria.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listener Questions #17

Listener Questions #17

2025-08-2601:06:15

Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about screwworm at the southern border, life without the Moon, and the status of synthetic blood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly talk about recent mathematical innovations that suggest a third category of particles beyond matter and forces.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation

2025-08-1458:40

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly uncover the real science behind some flashing recent popular science and talk about how to be an informed information consumer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listener Questions #16

Listener Questions #16

2025-08-0748:41

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about snowflake symmetry, flamingo burgers, and iodine protection.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is toponium?

What is toponium?

2025-08-0557:251

Daniel and Kelly explain how top quarks talk to each other and potentially form new states of matter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Comments (192)

Peyman

One of the best explanations of time!!

Nov 13th
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snosaer

boy has this podcast been there for me. super grateful that it exists. can’t believe how time goes. i remember when the first episode came out and how excited i was to learn some physics. its been a journey and i am looking forward for daniel’s next podcast.

Oct 13th
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Shawna

Great episode!!!

Jun 22nd
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Shawna

the Universe is not boring ✨️

Jan 2nd
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snosaer

I loved this episode!

Sep 20th
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mohammadsadegh ashrafpoor

thank you it was so intersting . i like to listen it several times ❤

Jul 31st
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Zengie

It won't make any sound.

Jun 23rd
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Nafiseh Shakib

I really enjoy your fruitfull podcasts. Thanks 🌹

May 8th
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snosaer

Totally asked Daniel this question and he quickly responded with the link to this episode🌹☀️

Apr 10th
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Shawna

you guys are the best!! love listening to your episodes

Feb 18th
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Steven Parfitt

Sturm and Drang! Was that a Destiny reference, or a German lit reference?

Dec 24th
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TInfinite

I hope so!

Sep 27th
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TInfinite

I bet it is!

Sep 20th
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TInfinite

And back to listen this !

Sep 19th
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Nigel Hill

I don’t understand why we need dark matter to explain spiral galaxies. Seems very simple to me the arms have become gravitationally locked and they are pulling arms along much like spinning a rope round in a circle. How far does our sun gravity hold influence? What’s furthest object that’s orbiting us? I can see things being spread out just enough so gravity just keeps hold. Anyway I expect simple explanation make me look stupid

Jul 11th
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snosaer

episode title is such a good question 🤯

Jul 3rd
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snosaer

sea foam mermaid tears-gosh i love katie-her little touch to daniels scripted cold opening

May 5th
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Anderson Galvao

Do you guys ever wonder if astronomical objects like black holes or even stars aren't intelligent? As Daniel said, intelligence may be difficult to define, let alone understand. some sometimes I think that we are being deceived by our own nature thinking that out human nature as a model somehow. maybe it's the exception.

Apr 10th
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Walter Pelissero

Worst part of this potcast is the frequent and lengthy advertisement, blaring at several decibels above the podcast volume level. Worse than annoying, bordering the harassment.

Nov 23rd
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George Evans

Wow, particle physics doesn't even make his top 3 for funding. Who'd have thought 😄

Oct 9th
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