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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!

Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

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 chat about science with aliens.

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Do Aliens Speak Physics, with Andy Warner

Daniel and Kelly talk about the development of the polio vaccine.

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How was the polio vaccine developed?

Daniel and Kelly answer questions from listeners about aliens, archaea and the speed of light.

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Listener Questions #20

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?"

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Is physics discovered or invented?

Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how pinworms know it's nighttime, how quarks contribute to mass, and why eating too many carrots makes your skin yellow.

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Listener Questions #19

Daniel and Kelly talk to Ethan Siegal about whether we should expect physics to be explained by a single unified theory.

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Must there be a single unified theory of physics?

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 Speak Physics?"

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How might aliens perceive the Universe?

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 the Quest for Immortality".

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Why do we age? (featuring Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan)

Daniel and Kelly talk about how gravity, magnetism and relativity work together to create one of the most brilliant spectacles in the Universe.

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Relativistic beaming

Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replication space probes.

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Can we explore the galaxy with self-replicating probes?

Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how we measure and define intelligence, hypotheses for why it arises, and why flies are so dumb. 

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How did intelligence arise?

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