Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Daniel and Kelly talk about why particle physicists are excited about a muon collider.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2026

Daniel and Kelly talk about a brain-infecting parasite of California Killifish, and discuss how the parasite might be altering the fish's behavior to its own ends.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 January 2026

Daniel and Kelly take a tour through the various singularities that are predicted by general relativity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 January 2026

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about tornadoes, water purification, and massive moons in the sky.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 January 2026

Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine discuss what happens during menopause, why evolutionary biologists think menopause occurs, and our current knowledge of the risks of hormone therapy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 30 December 2025

Daniel and Kelly dive into the hearts of blue giants, massive planets, and neutron stars to reveal a surprising limit on cosmic density.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 25 December 2025

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about kissing bugs, magnetic fields in the Sun, and microbiomes in space.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2025

Daniel and Kelly answer a question from a listener about planets without stars and stars without galaxies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2025

Microplastics are everywhere. How did they get there, and should we worry?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2025

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about Jupiter and circadian rhythms.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2025

Daniel and Kelly explain how physics predicts the future rain and shine, and all of the incredible science involved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025

Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine chat about how mosquitos find us, and what we can do to protect ourselves from the diseases they transmit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 4 December 2025

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about fingerprints, particle beam accidents, tickles and yawns!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2025

Daniel and Kelly shine a light on the mysterious every day physics of shadows, including whether they can move faster than light.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2025

Hello Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe listeners. We want to share a great show, Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman. ( Neuroscientist and Author)   Join David and Daniel as they explore the Brain and the Universe. “Imagine we eventually meet some alien scientists. If they can see electrons or smell photons, would their science look like ours? Is physics a universal language, or just a local dialect of the human brain? Would aliens use math, or might their truths be organized unrecognizably? Are the “laws of nature” really laws, or simply our interpretations? “   Listen Here and subscribe to Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman: on the iHeartRadio App or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2025

Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Scott Solomon about ancient hominid species, and how we learn about them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2025

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about interstellar comets, evolution of parasitoids, and the nature of scientific theories.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2025

Daniel and Kelly exercise their optimism and explore engineering solutions to the Sun's projected overheating and demise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2025

Daniel and Kelly talk about the confusing aspects of quantum entanglement, and try to untangle the concepts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2025

Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. John Hawdon about how parasites like hookworm, malaria, and schistosomes hide from our immune system.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2025

Daniel and Kelly are joined by Cat Bohannan, who answers questions about whether we can shorten gestation, superhuman feats of strength, and whether viruses are ever good for us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2025

Daniel and Kelly are joined by Andy Warner, the co-author and illustrator of Daniel's new book, Do Aliens Speak Physics, and talk about how we might chat about science with aliens.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2025

Daniel and Kelly talk about the development of the polio vaccine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2025

Daniel and Kelly answer questions from listeners about aliens, archaea and the speed of light.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2025

Daniel and Kelly get concrete about whether physics is the map or the territory, the topic of Daniel's new book "Do Aliens Speak Physics?"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 23 October 2025

Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how pinworms know it's nighttime, how quarks contribute to mass, and why eating too many carrots makes your skin yellow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2025

Daniel and Kelly talk to Ethan Siegal about whether we should expect physics to be explained by a single unified theory.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 16 October 2025

Daniel and Kelly talk about how aliens might experience the Universe and how it might shape their science, a topic from Daniel's new book "Do Aliens Speak Physics?"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 9 October 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2025

Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replication space probes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 2 October 2025

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about gravtational slingshots, megafauna and microscopic black holes!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2025

Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Halper about the many mysteries of the origins of the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 25 September 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 18 September 2025

Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind the "zombie ants".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 11 September 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 9 September 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 4 September 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2025

Daniel and Kelly chat with Katrine Whiteson about how we can enlist viruses to kill infectious bacteria.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 28 August 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 21 August 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 14 August 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 7 August 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2025

Daniel and Kelly appreciate that they've never had to worry about getting smallpox, and talk about the scientific and public health advancements that saved humanity from this ancient scourge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 31 July 2025

Daniel and Kelly explain itches, the Oort cloud and the geometry of honeycombs!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2025