Podcast Episodes

Must there be a single unified theory of physics?

Daniel and Kelly talk to Ethan Siegal about whether we should expect physics to be explained by a single unified theory.

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

How might aliens perceive the Universe?

Daniel and Kelly talk about how aliens might experience the Universe and how it might shape their science, a topic from Daniel's new book "Do Aliens …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Why do we age? (featuring Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan)

Daniel and Kelly get answers to listener questions about why we age from Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, author of "Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Relativistic beaming

Daniel and Kelly talk about how gravity, magnetism and relativity work together to create one of the most brilliant spectacles in the Universe.

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Can we explore the galaxy with self-replicating probes?

Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replication space probes.

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Listener Questions #18

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about gravtational slingshots, megafauna and microscopic black holes!

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6 months ago

What came before the Big Bang?

Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Halper about the many mysteries of the origins of the Universe.

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6 months ago

The Mysteries of Magnetism

Daniel and Kelly dig into the mysteries of magnetism, explaining how magnets work and what they reveal about the Universe.

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6 months, 1 week ago

Does physics have to be causal and local?

Daniel and Kelly talk to Sean Carroll about where some of the basic assumptions we make about the Universe come from, and whether we need them.

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6 months, 1 week ago

Zombie ants

Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind the "zombie ants".

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6 months, 2 weeks ago