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Listener Questions #16
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about snowflake symmetry, flamingo burgers, and iodine protection.
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7 months, 3 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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7 months, 3 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…
8 months ago
Listener Questions #15
Daniel and Kelly explain itches, the Oort cloud and the geometry of honeycombs!
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8 months 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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8 months, 1 week 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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8 months, 1 week 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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8 months, 2 weeks 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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8 months, 2 weeks 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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8 months, 3 weeks ago
Should we be worried about overpopulation or depopulation?
Daniel and Kelly talk to the authors of "After The Spike", who argue that humanity is on a dangerous path to depopulation.
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8 months, 3 weeks ago