Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

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What are boson stars? Mar 09, 2021

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Daniel and Jorge talk about whether its possible to have stars made out of bosons!

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Daniel answers Listener Questions about the smell of space, the electroweak force and spotting distant aliens. Mar 04, 2021

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What are globular clusters? Mar 02, 2021

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Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin explore the mysteries of these weird, ancient blobs of stars.

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What is a Quantum Dot? Feb 25, 2021

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Daniel and Jorge break down the quantum world into tiny dots that have amazing properties.

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Daniel answers Listener Questions about diamond rain on Jupiter, travel near the speed of light and the tilt of Uranus. Feb 23, 2021

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Can we see evidence of a previous Universe? Feb 18, 2021

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Daniel and Jorge explain Roger Penrose's Conformal Cyclic Cosmology and what it means about the origins of the Universe.

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Can we build an invisibility cloak? Feb 16, 2021

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Daniel and guest host Kelly Weinersmith break down the science and science-fiction of invisibility.

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Daniel answers Listener Questions about hawking radiation, 5G networks and wireless phone chargers! Feb 11, 2021

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