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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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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!

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  • Yesterday · 51 min

    Listener Questions #50

    Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about scent dialects, drilling through the ice above the oceans of Enceladus, and why some animals have penises. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • Thursday · 57 min

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 8 · 55 min

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 3 · 51 min

    Listener Questions #49

    Daniel and Kelly answer questions about alternatives to the Big Bang, scurvy, and supercontinents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • September 1 · 1 hr 2 min

    Rewilding

    Daniel and Kelly talk about the differences between conservation and rewilding, and discuss some of the successes, failures, and wild ideas that have come from the rewilding movement so far. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 27 · 54 min

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 25 · 49 min

    Listener Questions #48

    Daniel and Kelly answer questions about crackpots, hearing meteors, and the age of everything. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 20 · 54 min

    Origins of life (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 18 · 56 min

    Should the government be hiding aliens?

    Daniel and Kelly review the recent movie 'Disclosure Day' and discuss some tough questions about knowledge and secrecy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 11 · 48 min

    How far can we go with chemical rockets?

    Daniel and Kelly explain the limitations of chemical rockets and how physics can propel humans to the outer reaches of the solar system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 6 · 58 min

    Cyclospora (and other diarrhea-inducing parasites)

    It's July 2026, and 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • August 4 · 56 min

    Listener Questions #46

    Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about tick-induced meat allergies, experiencing quantum effects, and fibroids. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • July 30 · 58 min

    Sound (featuring audio wizard Mat Keselman)

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • July 28 · 55 min

    What is a space-time interval?

    Daniel and Kelly break space, twist time, and then put it back together to explain the most important concept in relativity you've never heard of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • July 23 · 47 min

    Listener Questions #45

    Daniel and Kelly wonder how many Extraordinaries are planning on becoming supervillains as they discuss how to make Jupiter explode, the changing colors of children's hair, and whether or not aliens could discover electromagnetism without iron. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • July 21 · 53 min

    Rat lungworm (featuring Dr. Chelsea Wood)

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • July 16 · 57 min

    Is dark matter a fudge factor?

    Daniel and Kelly talk about what it means to be a physics fudge factor and whether DM is fudgy or solid science. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • July 9 · 53 min

    Of lice and men

    Daniel and Kelly explore what lice can teach us about human evolution, and the role lice have played in some of humanity's most devastating wars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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