Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!

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What are quantum glasses?

Episode Date: September 20, 2022

Daniel and Jorge talk about finding order among the messiness of the Universe, and the strange frustration of quantum spin glasses.  See omnystudio.co...

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What's the amplituhedron?

Episode Date: September 6, 2022

Daniel and Jorge grapple with this hard-to-say word that might make complex quantum calculations much easier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

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What is superdeterminism?

Episode Date: August 11, 2022

Daniel and Jorge talk about the lengths people will go to avoid accepting the randomness of quantum mechanics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

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What is early dark energy?

Episode Date: July 28, 2022

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the Universe got an extra boost of expansion early on, and if it's cartoonists' fault. See omnystudio.com/listener...

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Why is momentum conserved?

Episode Date: July 19, 2022

Daniel and Jorge talk about why the Universe seems to follow rules, and celebrate the birthday of the woman who revealed the this deep truth.  Se...

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What is laser fusion?

Episode Date: July 14, 2022

Daniel and Jorge break down the science of using huge lasers to zap frozen pellets of hydrogen. Or ice cream. Or cartoonists. See omnystudio.com/liste...