Podcast Episodes

Xenotransplantation

Over 100,000 people are on the organ transplant waitlist in the United States. Unfortunately, many of these people will not get an organ in time. Dan…

10 months ago

Unraveling misleading popular science

Daniel and Kelly uncover the real science behind some flashing recent popular science and talk about how to be an informed information consumer.

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10 months ago

Listener Questions #16

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about snowflake symmetry, flamingo burgers, and iodine protection.

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10 months, 1 week ago

What is toponium?

Daniel and Kelly explain how top quarks talk to each other and potentially form new states of matter.

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10 months, 1 week ago

Killing the Speckled Monster: How We Eradicated Smallpox

Daniel and Kelly appreciate that they've never had to worry about getting smallpox, and talk about the scientific and public health advancements that…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Listener Questions #15

Daniel and Kelly explain itches, the Oort cloud and the geometry of honeycombs!

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Can particle beams be used to treat cancer?

Daniel and Kelly talk about the practical application of particle beams: precisely targeting and killing cancer cells.

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Could stars have black holes at their cores?

Daniel and Kelly dive deep into the event horizon and discuss an outlandish theory of stars with black hole cores.

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Going under: The history and mechanisms of general anesthesia

Daniel and Kelly explore the history of general anesthesia, and what we know (or don't know) about how it works.

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11 months ago

Listener Questions #14

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about how quantum fields make bananas, how colds mutate and whether data has mass.

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11 months ago