How did intelligence arise?
Episode Date: May 8, 2025Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how we measure and define intelligence, hypotheses for why it arises, and why flies are so dumb. ...
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!
779 episodes transcribedDaniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how we measure and define intelligence, hypotheses for why it arises, and why flies are so dumb. ...
Daniel and Kelly explore the nature of of matter and whether we can crack it open without spending billions on bigger collidersSee omnystudio.com/list...
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about space within the atom, picky parasites, and speed-of-light particles.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...
Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. John Hutchinson about how large animals move. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly talk about what energy is, how it flows, and whether it has to come from anywhere!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Scott Solomon about how we measure evolution, and whether or not humans are still evolving. See omnystudio.com/lis...
Kelly talks to Dr. Michael Yassa about how memories are formed, comparing brains to computers, brain-computer interfaces, and more! See omnystudi...
Daniel and Kelly try to organize their thoughts about the disorderly topic of entropy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly talk to Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, author of "Atomic Dreams", a new book that tracks the complex relationship between environmentalism and...
Daniel and Kelly talk about how nuclear reactors work and explore the new techologies that try to limit the risks.See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
Does nature keep evolving crabs? Is the crab body plan the peak of evolution? Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Jo Wolfe to discuss some misconceptions abo...
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about electron spin, quantum fields, and cellular vaults!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly talk to Prof. Megan Peters about the inner workings of the mind, and how much we do and don't understand itSee omnystudio.com/listene...
Daniel and Kelly explore the oft-forgotten scientific contributions of Dr. Nettie Stevens, who discovered that chromosomes are responsible for determi...
Daniel and Kelly talk about the life and underappreciated contribution of mathematician and accidental physicist Emmy NoetherSee omnystudio.com/listen...
Daniel and Kelly chat with Creature Feature's Katie Goldin about babies and how much to care for them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
Daniel and Kelly try to unravel some popular mis-explanations about the wonders of special relativity, potatoes and photons.See omnystudio.com/listene...
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about the Big Bang, figs and Higgs!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Katrine Whiteson about diabetes, the history of insulin production, and Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff. See omnystudio.c...
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Anna Phillips about the disgusting and fascinating world of leeches. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...