Listener Questions #23
Episode Date: December 2, 2025Daniel and Kelly answer questions about fingerprints, particle beam accidents, tickles and yawns!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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758 episodes transcribedDaniel and Kelly answer questions about fingerprints, particle beam accidents, tickles and yawns!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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/li...
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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Scott Solomon about ancient hominid species, and how we learn about them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about interstellar comets, evolution of parasitoids, and the nature of scientific theories.See omnystudio.com/listen...
Daniel and Kelly exercise their optimism and explore engineering solutions to the Sun's projected overheating and demise.See omnystudio.com/listener f...
Daniel and Kelly talk about the confusing aspects of quantum entanglement, and try to untangle the concepts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. John Hawdon about how parasites like hookworm, malaria, and schistosomes hide from our immune system.See omnystudio.com...
Daniel and Kelly are joined by Cat Bohannan, who answers questions about whether we can shorten gestation, superhuman feats of strength, and whether v...
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 c...
Daniel and Kelly talk about the development of the polio vaccine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly answer questions from listeners about aliens, archaea and the speed of light.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 omnystud...
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how pinworms know it's nighttime, how quarks contribute to mass, and why eating too many carrots make...
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 fo...
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 S...
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 t...
Daniel and Kelly talk about how gravity, magnetism and relativity work together to create one of the most brilliant spectacles in the Universe.See omn...
Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replication space probes.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about gravtational slingshots, megafauna and microscopic black holes!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...