Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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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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Daniel answers questions from listeners like you! Got questions? Come to Daniel's public office hours: https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/public-office-hours/

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What's a Time Crystal? Feb 09, 2021

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Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin talk about the crazy and real science of time crystals

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What's the biggest star in the Universe? Feb 04, 2021

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Daniel and Jorge talk about mind-blowingly huge balls of burning gas.

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Daniel answers Listener Questions about closed time-like curves, force fields, and the lifetime of the Earth's magnetic field Feb 02, 2021

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How do we know the mass of stars? Jan 28, 2021

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Daniel talks about how astronomers can measure or deduce the mass of a star, and why it controls its fate.

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Listener Questions 14: Black holes, aliens and zombies! Jan 26, 2021

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Daniel and Jorge talk about what kind of elements are inside a black hole, how to respond to aliens and whether physicists are useful or useless in a zombie apocalypse.

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Can a planet be bigger than its star? Jan 21, 2021

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What counts as a planet and is it possible for it to outweigh or outsize its parent star?

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Daniel answers Listener Questions about how to read science headlines, gravitational slingshots, lorentz symmetry and the speed of light! Jan 19, 2021

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