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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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Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Listener Questions #16
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about snowflake symmetry, flamingo burgers, and iodine protection.
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Published on 4 months, 2 weeks 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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Published on 4 months, 2 weeks 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 saved humanity from this ancient scourge.
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Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Listener Questions #15
Daniel and Kelly explain itches, the Oort cloud and the geometry of honeycombs!
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Published on 4 months, 3 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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Published on 5 months 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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Published on 5 months 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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Published on 5 months, 1 week 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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Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
How to become a parasite
Daniel and Kelly talk about whether or not dinosaurs had parasites, how often parasitism has popped up in the tree of life, and more.
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Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago