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We love learning about this extraordinary universe.

And we love sharing what we've learned.

And on our podcast, Daniel and Kelly's extraordinary universe, that's what we're going to do.

I'm Daniel.

I'm a particle physicist, and I think our universe is absolutely extraordinary.

I'm Kelly Weiner-Smith.

I study parasites.

And there's just endless things about this universe that I

find fascinating.

Basically, we're both nerds.

Each Tuesday and Thursday, we take an hour-long

dive into some science topic.

Learn all about our amazing and beautiful

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Hey, welcome to the Short Stuff. I'm Josh, and there's Chuck, and this is Short Stuff, the Mysteries of Genetic Mutations Edition.

That's right, because we're going to talk about the X-Men.

Yeah, a mutation.

I mean, I don't know if it would help you join X-Men, but there are mutations that alter people, sometimes in positive ways.

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