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Did the Earth ever have a ring?
Feb 13, 2025Daniel and Kelly talk about whether the Universe ever put a ring on the Earth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listener Questions #5
Feb 11, 2025Daniel and Kelly answer questions about chain reactions in space, the chemistry of life, and how a theory is accepted. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is weak hypercharge?
Feb 06, 2025Daniel and Kelly break down what it means for particles to have charge, and how that translates to charges for the weak force See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Was the Big Bang left handed?
Feb 04, 2025Daniel and Kelly dive into the left-right asymmetry of hands, life, particles and the Universe itself. (This version was edited to reflect that 2d space has handedness and methane is non-chiral.) See...
How do we defeat the dirt worms?
Jan 30, 2025Daniel and Kelly talk about what we're doing to combat soil-transmitted nematodes, which are parasite that infects up to 25% of the world's population. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...
How did we tackle Trichinella?
Jan 28, 2025Daniel and Kelly talk about how public health officials turned "the most serious parasitic disease in New England" into a disease that only afflicts about 15 people per year in the whole of the United...
Can tardigrades survive on the Moon?
Jan 23, 2025Daniel and Kelly talk about the extraordinary ability to tardigrades to survive extreme conditions, and ponder whether those abilities have kept them alive after a space craft carrying them crashed in...
Listener Questions #4
Jan 21, 2025Daniel and Kelly answer questions about binary star seasons, meat wasps and freefall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is post-quantum gravity?
Jan 16, 2025Daniel and Kelly talk to Jonathan Oppenheim about his unusual theory of unpredictable gravity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is so beautiful about string theory?
Jan 14, 2025Daniel and Kelly talk to Thomas Van Riet about how string theory unravels the puzzle of quantum gravity and whether math can be beautiful. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.