Daniel and Kelly talk about a particularly quirky theory of dark matter that Daniel is searching for. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

On today's episode Daniel and Kelly interview the amazing @goastromo.bsky.social (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! www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly explore the structure of the Universe and examine its emptiest places, making no effort to spare the scatological humor. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Listener Questions Episode #51: Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about special relativity, organisms that eat plastic, and whether the future is already determined. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

An Extraordinary asked if animals ever make mistakes, and @weinersmith.bsky.social knew just who to ask! On today's show we chat with Kelly's PhD advisor, Dr. Andy Sih, about what animals know, how that use that information, and whether or not they make "mistakes". www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Did we just discover dark matter? On today's episode, Daniel and Kelly talk about the recent observation of a dark matter candidate: www.iheart.com/podcast/105-... (link includes audio and episode transcript)

Listener questions episode #50 is up! That's ~150 questions. Thanks for sharing your questions and curiosity with us! On LQ50, we answer questions about scent dialects, drilling through the ice above the oceans of Enceladus, & why some animals have penises. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

I listened to this episode just the other day and it's *really* interesting. This is a really great podcast.

Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe@dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 4w ago

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 don't, what drugs do to our brains in the long term, and more. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Substance abuse disorder was part of my master's course. I had to learn all the ways addiction impacted the brain down to a neurotransmitter level. The world would be a better place if more people understood this too. Addiction is a beast and I'm blown away by anyone who can beat it

Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe@dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 4w ago

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 don't, what drugs do to our brains in the long term, and more. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

TIL from @dandkuniverse.bsky.social that you can sometimes hear meteors burning up in the atmosphere *at the same time as you see them*, despite the discrepancy in the speed of light and the speed of sound. How? Here is an abstract from a relevant paper:

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 don't, what drugs do to our brains in the long term, and more. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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's eyes. Also, horse milk comes up. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Listener Questions #49 is up! Daniel and Kelly answer questions about alternatives to the Big Bang, scurvy, and supercontinents. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly talk about the differences between conservation and rewilding, and discuss some of the successes, failures, and new ideas that have come from the rewilding movement so far. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about crackpots, hearing meteors, and the age of everything. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine take on the origins of life. They discuss competing definitions for "life", whether it's even helpful to have a definition, the oldest evidence we have for life, and how we think life got started. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Should the government be hiding aliens? Daniel and Kelly review the recent movie 'Disclosure Day' and discuss some tough questions about knowledge and secrecy. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Next Sunday I'm going to be at @caveatnyc.bsky.social w/@joshgondelman.bsky.social the Comedians Interview Experts series! We're going to be talking about scientists who have purposefully infected themselves with parasites, and why the heck they would do that! caveat.nyc/events/comed...

A new listener questions episode is up! Daniel and Kelly are joined by Dr. Manuel Lerdau to answer listener questions about toxic plants, seed germination, and micropropagation. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly explain the limitations of chemical rockets and how physics can propel humans to the outer reaches of the solar system. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

The United States is dealing with an outbreak of cyclospora. Diarrhea makes people think of Kelly, so today we're dealing with the many questions Kelly has gotten about parasites in our food supplies. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Listener Questions Episode #46 is up! Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about tick-induced meat allergies, experiencing quantum effects, and fibroids. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

I'm super excited to share that I co-hosted a BBC Earth documentary called Cosmic Vistas, which airs on Friday night! I don't appear in every episode, and I'm one of a group of scientists recruited for the show. But still, this was a super fun dream come true! bbcearth.ca/shows/cosmic...

Cosmic Vistas: A New View - BBC Earth

Cosmic Vistas, Season 1, is an 8-episode documentary series that examines contemporary advancements in the realm of space exploration. Each episode looks at three different stories, using groundbreaki...

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Daniel and Kelly chat with DKEU's audio engineer, Mat Keselman, about the physics of sound and give a behind the scenes look at how Mat works his magic. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly wonder how many Extraordinaries are planning on becoming supervillains as they answer questions about how to make Jupiter explode, the changing colors of children's hair, and whether or not aliens could discover electromagnetism without iron. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

The great thing about science is sometimes it unlocks the mysteries of the universe and you see how everything is connected and it's amazing. And sometimes science will make you never want to eat salad again because you're afraid a parasite will eat your brain. Science contains multitudes.

Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe@dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Chelsea Wood about rat lungworm - a particularly unpleasant nematode parasite that is spreading way outside of its native range. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-... Chelsea's book, Netherworld, is available for pre-order now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chels...

Such a good episode. But between this and the current outbreak of the explosive diarrhea parasite, I question whether I will ever eat leafy greens again… maybe in Europe? New Zealand?

Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe@dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Chelsea Wood about rat lungworm - a particularly unpleasant nematode parasite that is spreading way outside of its native range. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-... Chelsea's book, Netherworld, is available for pre-order now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chels...

Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Chelsea Wood about rat lungworm - a particularly unpleasant nematode parasite that is spreading way outside of its native range. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-... Chelsea's book, Netherworld, is available for pre-order now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chels...