What if dark matter is more complicated?
Daniel and Kelly talk about a particularly quirky theory of dark matter that Daniel is searching for.
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Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online c...
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20 of 852 episodesListener Questions #52
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how AI is impacting math and physics, what we really know about the wood wide web, and what...
What is creativity? (featuring Dr. Moiya McTier)
Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Moiya McTier about how we define and measure creativity, and the impacts of the modern world on creative purs...
Supervoids
Daniel and Kelly explore the structure of the Universe and examine its emptiest places, making no effort to spare the scatological humor.
Listener Questions #51
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about special relativity, organisms that eat plastic, and whether the future is already determine...
Do Animals Make Mistakes? (featuring Dr. Andy Sih)
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Andy Sih about the kinds of mistakes wild animals make, and why they make them.
Did we just discover dark matter?
Daniel and Kelly talk about the recent observation of a dark matter candidate
Listener Questions #50
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about scent dialects, drilling through the ice above the oceans of Enceladus, and why some animal...
Addiction (featuring Dr. Marcelo Wood)
Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Marcelo Wood about what addiction does to our brains, why some of us become addicted to drugs while others do...
Is dark energy a fudge factor?
Daniel and Kelly talk about whether physicists are trying to understand the expansion of the Universe, or pull the cosmic wool over everyone...
Listener Questions #49
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about alternatives to the Big Bang, scurvy, and supercontinents.
Rewilding
Daniel and Kelly talk about the differences between conservation and rewilding, and discuss some of the successes, failures, and wild ideas...
Can we simulate the Universe?
Daniel and Kelly talk about what a recent simulation project can tell us about how the Universe got so clumpy.
Listener Questions #48
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about crackpots, hearing meteors, and the age of everything.
Origins of life (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine take on the origins of life. They discuss competing definitions for "life", whether it's even helpful to have a d...
Should the government be hiding aliens?
Daniel and Kelly review the recent movie 'Disclosure Day' and discuss some tough questions about knowledge and secrecy.
Listener Questions #47 - Plant Questions (featuring Dr. Manuel Lerdau)
Daniel and Kelly are joined by Dr. Manuel Lerdau to answer listener questions about toxic plants, seed germination, and micropropagation.
How far can we go with chemical rockets?
Daniel and Kelly explain the limitations of chemical rockets and how physics can propel humans to the outer reaches of the solar system.
Cyclospora (and other diarrhea-inducing parasites)
It's July 2026, and the United States is dealing with an outbreak of cyclospora. Diarrhea makes people think of Kelly, so today we're dealin...
Listener Questions #46
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about tick-induced meat allergies, experiencing quantum effects, and fibroids.