Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Listener Questions #10 May 15, 2025

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

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Why is mercury liquid at room temperature? May 13, 2025

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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 surprising!

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How did intelligence arise? May 08, 2025

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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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Can we see what's inside the electron? May 06, 2025

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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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Listener Questions #9 May 01, 2025

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

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Was the Tyrannosaurus rex fast or slow? (Featuring Dr. John Hutchinson) Apr 29, 2025

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Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. John Hutchinson about how large animals move.

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Where does energy come from? Apr 24, 2025

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Daniel and Kelly talk about what energy is, how it flows, and whether it has to come from anywhere!

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Are Humans Still Evolving? (Featuring Scott Solomon) Apr 22, 2025

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Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Scott Solomon about how we measure evolution, and whether or not humans are still evolving.

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How Does Memory Work? (Featuring Dr. Michael Yassa) Apr 17, 2025

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Kelly talks to Dr. Michael Yassa about how memories are formed, comparing brains to computers, brain-computer interfaces, and more!

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What is Entropy? Apr 15, 2025

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Daniel and Kelly try to organize their thoughts about the disorderly topic of entropy.

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