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Listener Questions #11
Listener Questions #11

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about black holes, animal coloration, the big bang and time dilation.

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10 months ago

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How and why do trees get so old?
How and why do trees get so old?

Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind aging trees, and why some trees live so long. 

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10 months ago

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Is the standard model of dark energy in trouble?
Is the standard model of dark energy in trouble?

Daniel and Kelly talk about recent measurements that leave us confused about the expansion of the Universe.

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10 months, 1 week ago

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Do microbes help or hurt you? (featuring Katrine Whiteson)
Do microbes help or hurt you? (featuring Katrine Whiteson)

Daniel and Kelly talk to Katrine Whiteson (a Whiteson Prize laureate) about the complex relationship between humans and microbes

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10 months, 1 week ago

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Introducing: Kill Switch
Introducing: Kill Switch

Were we sleeping when everything changed? Seems like the technologically driven future is already here. On kill switch, we explain the right NOW of o…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Listener Questions #10
Listener Questions #10

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about prions, playing music near a black hole, and medical maggots. 

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Why is mercury liquid at room temperature?
Why is mercury liquid at room temperature?

Daniel and Kelly take a detour into the fascinating world of chemistry to explore why mercury is liquid at room temp. The answer is relatively surpri…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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How did intelligence arise?
How did intelligence arise?

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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10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Can we see what's inside the electron?
Can we see what's inside the electron?

Daniel and Kelly explore the nature of of matter and whether we can crack it open without spending billions on bigger colliders

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Listener Questions #9
Listener Questions #9

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about space within the atom, picky parasites, and speed-of-light particles.

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

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