Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Will AI solve physics? Apr 23, 2026

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Daniel and Kelly explain the role of AI in physics and speculate about its future impact on discoveries and curiosity.

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Listener Questions #36 Apr 21, 2026

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about Odderon particles, Langerhans cells, and black holes within black holes.

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Biofilms (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson) Apr 16, 2026

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Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine talk about biofilms, and how they can be delicious, adorable, and bad. For the bad ones, we discuss current tactics for overcoming them.
Show links:

1. Nature's cutest symbiosis: The Bobtail Squid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ivMSCi-Y2Q

2. The Joyful Microbe's guide to Kombucha: https://joyfulmicrobe.com/kombucha/(Notice the lighthearted joy, no fear mongering here!)

3. Beautiful image of a phenazine mutant of Pseudomonas: https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/883781

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Does science fiction inspire real tech? Apr 14, 2026

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Daniel and Kelly discuss whether ideas from science fiction have inspired real scientific or technological progress.

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Listener Questions #35: Genetics (featuring Dr. Benjamin de Bivort) Apr 09, 2026

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about innate behaviors and what it means to "decode" a genome with help from Dr. Benjamin de Bivort.

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Snakes vs Octopi (featuring Dr. Matt Giorgianni) Apr 07, 2026

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If a rattlesake bit an octopus, would its venom have any effect? Daniel and Kelly bring venom expert Dr. Matt Giorgianni on to the show to answer this listener question, and to talk about the evolution of snake venom.

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Does consciousness come from quantum processes in the brain? Apr 02, 2026

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Daniel and Kelly explore Penrose's Orchestrated Objective Reduction Theory that aims to explain consciousness, quantum measurements, quantum gravity and anaesthesia!

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Listener Questions #34 Mar 31, 2026

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Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about what creates the morning fog, why bats don't get dizzy, and the cauchy horizon.

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How cholera kills you and how we kill it Mar 26, 2026

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Daniel and Kelly talk about what Vibrio cholerae does to your body, and the methods we have to combat it. They also talk about some of the really bad methods we tried using in the past. Like, real bad.

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To swill or to smell: How John Snow determined the cause of cholera Mar 24, 2026

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Daniel and Kelly dive into the history of medicine, and discuss the data John Snow collected to argue that cholera is transmitted through contaminated water and not foul-smelling air. These data bolstered the emerging germ theory of disease.

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