Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Daniel and Kelly talk about the symbioses! We talk about the symbiotic interaction that made us who we are, a symbiosis that produces soil, and symbioses that are many layers deep.

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Daniel and Kelly explain how triplets of particles can be entangled, and how it allows for a smoking-gun proof of quantum mechanics.

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Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about algal blooms in the Reflecting Pool, the difference between memory and consciousness, and banana slugs.

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Daniel and Kelly are joined by Phil Plait to explore conspiracy theories about the end of the world, demons at CERN, and the face on Mars.

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Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris about her new book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about how particles are detected, the heavy proton discovery, and de Sitter space.

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Daniel and Kelly dive into the history of medicine. Syphilis arrived with a bang in Europe in 1493, but where did it come from?

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Daniel and Kelly talk about a particularly quirky theory of dark matter that Daniel is searching for.

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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 happens when matter annihilates.

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Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Moiya McTier about how we define and measure creativity, and the impacts of the modern world on creative pursuits. Check out her new book, Mothers of Invention.

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Daniel and Kelly explore the structure of the Universe and examine its emptiest places, making no effort to spare the scatological humor.

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Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about special relativity, organisms that eat plastic, and whether the future is already determined.

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Andy Sih about the kinds of mistakes wild animals make, and why they make them.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about the recent observation of a dark matter candidate

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Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about scent dialects, drilling through the ice above the oceans of Enceladus, and why some animals have penises.

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Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Marcelo Wood about what addiction does to our brains, why some of us become addicted to drugs while others don't, what drugs do to our brains in the long term, and more.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about whether physicists are trying to understand the expansion of the Universe, or pull the cosmic wool over everyone's eyes. Also, horse milk comes up.

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about alternatives to the Big Bang, scurvy, and supercontinents.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about the differences between conservation and rewilding, and discuss some of the successes, failures, and wild ideas that have come from the rewilding movement so far.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about what a recent simulation project can tell us about how the Universe got so clumpy.

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