Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

840 episodios

Origins of life (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
20/08/2026 | 54 min
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.
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Should the government be hiding aliens?
18/08/2026 | 56 min
Daniel and Kelly review the recent movie 'Disclosure Day' and discuss some tough questions about knowledge and secrecy.
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Listener Questions #47 - Plant Questions (featuring Dr. Manuel Lerdau)
13/08/2026 | 1 h 9 min
Daniel and Kelly are joined by Dr. Manuel Lerdau to answer listener questions about toxic plants, seed germination, and micropropagation.
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How far can we go with chemical rockets?
11/08/2026 | 48 min
Daniel and Kelly explain the limitations of chemical rockets and how physics can propel humans to the outer reaches of the solar system.
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Cyclospora (and other diarrhea-inducing parasites)
06/08/2026 | 58 min
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.
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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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