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Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.
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Episodes
What did the night sky look like to the dinosaurs? 09.05.2023 57:20
Daniel and Kelly talk about what the night sky would look like if you travelled back to the time of the dinosaurs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Could spacetime be a fluid? 04.05.2023 1:03:15
Daniel and Jorge explore the question of the nature of space itself, and whether it might flow and bubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Could black holes help form stars? 02.05.2023 57:35
Daniel and Jorge talk about the delicate process of star formation and how black holes may be able to contribute. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What weird thing in space is pulsing every 20 minutes? 27.04.2023 1:05:16
Daniel and Katie talk about things in the sky that pulse, and a recent discovery of a puzzling set of pulses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is a glueball? 25.04.2023 1:02:50
Daniel and Jorge explore the sticky subject of the strong force and one of its still unverified predictions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How do we measure the gravitational constant? 20.04.2023 58:11
Daniel and Jorge talk about the number that controls the strength of gravity and why it's so hard to measure. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listener Questions about rogue planets and black holes! 18.04.2023 1:00:18
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why can't two electrons be in the same place? 13.04.2023 1:04:05
Daniel and Jorge explore the Pauli exclusion principle: why some particles avoid each other and how it affects the nature of our Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What can we learn from dwarf galaxies? 11.04.2023 58:10
Daniel and Jorge talk about how the smaller galaxies might hold the secrets to understanding the structure of the Universe and the truth about dark matter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why didn't we evolve around a red dwarf star? 06.04.2023 1:02:06
Daniel and Jorge discuss the 'Red Dwarf Paradox' and what it would be like to live under a cooler, redder star. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How does carbon dating work? 04.04.2023 59:08
Daniel and Kelly talk about how cosmic rays and carbon decay let us put dates on ancient deaths! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is there a better way to accelerate particles? 30.03.2023 1:01:08
Daniel and Jorge talk about why its so expensive to build a super collider and how plasma technology might make it all better, faster, cheaper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What does the Antikythera Mechanism do? 28.03.2023 56:50
Daniel and Katie explore the puzzle of the "world's first computer", and what it might have calculated. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listener Questions 37: quantum cats, heat death and dark multiverses! 23.03.2023 58:28
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about quantum mechanics, the end of the Universe, and the multiverse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Would the Universe be different with a zero Higgs field? 21.03.2023 1:03:33
Daniel and Jorge explore how the Higgs field shapes our Universe and what it would be like to live without it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Could we spot an alien nuclear blast? 16.03.2023 1:06:45
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether we have the technology to spot a nuclear war on other planets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Could some particles have tiny electric charges? 14.03.2023 1:06:35
Daniel and Jorge wonder about why particles have charge, and whether particles could exist with tiny electrical charge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How can we measure the curvature of space? 09.03.2023 1:02:50
Daniel and Jorge bend their minds (and yours) around the curvy topic of bent space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How do space telescopes point themselves? 07.03.2023 1:03:13
Daniel and Jorge talk about how our great space eyeballs know where they are looking and how they turn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listener Questions 36 02.03.2023 59:00
Daniel and Jorge talk about 3-armed galaxies, the color of the Universe and its phases. https://tinyurl.com/3cf7hvu3 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Could black holes be making the Universe expand faster? 28.02.2023 1:05:00
Daniel and Jorge discuss a brand new result that suggests that black holes might be driving the unexplained expansion of the Universe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Do gravitational waves leave a mark on the Universe? 23.02.2023 1:00:15
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether gravitational waves cause permanent distortions of space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Can the Parker solar probe shed light on the Sun? 21.02.2023 59:24
Daniel and Jorge talk about the daring and dangerous mission of the Parker Solar Probe and what it might reveal about the Sun. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What's the problem with the Standard Model? 16.02.2023 1:03:12
Daniel and Jorge talk about the holes in the current theory of the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Science Fiction Universe of "A Half Built Garden" by Ruthanna Emrys 14.02.2023 1:02:44
Daniel and Kelly talk about a novel where aliens give humans advice about climate change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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