Listener Questions #31
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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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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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Hart podcast. |
| 0:02.9 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:12.2 | I hear so many contradictory stats about DNA. |
| 0:16.6 | It makes my head spin. |
| 0:18.4 | I'm 99% similar to a chimp, but only 50% similar to my fraternal twin? |
| 0:25.0 | Black holes boast mass, spin, and charge so fine. Yet why not color or weak charge in their design? |
| 0:33.9 | Yeah, Daniel, I think that your rhymes need to be much longer so that people have trouble remembering what the rhyme is supposed to be. |
| 0:40.7 | Here, check out my next one, ready? Okay. |
| 0:44.4 | Oh, I have a high fever and I'm suffering through the flu. |
| 0:49.0 | Can I lower the fever with meds or is the fever helping? |
| 0:53.2 | What should I do? |
| 0:56.6 | Longer's better, Daniel, probably. |
| 0:58.4 | More moaning is better also. |
| 1:00.0 | Yeah, that's right. |
| 1:00.8 | Whatever questions keep you up at night, |
| 1:03.0 | Daniel and Kelly's answers will bring your fever down |
| 1:05.8 | and make it all right. |
| 1:07.7 | Welcome to Daniel and Kelly's extraordinary universe. |
| 1:12.4 | This is listener questions episode number 31. Hi, I'm Daniel. I'm a particle physicist, and I particularly love to answer questions from everybody out there. |
| 1:33.2 | Hello, I'm Kelly Wienersmith. I study parasites and space, and I also love answering questions, in part because it helps me figure out what I actually didn't understand, because nothing helps you understand something better than trying to explain it to someone else. |
| 1:47.0 | I saw my daughter have that experience. I explained a little bit of math to her last week. And then she came home and said, hey, I explained this to all my friends at lunch. And now I really understand it. |
| 1:58.1 | Oh, nice. And also, how exciting that your daughter is explaining math to her |
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