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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What is membrane theory?
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Daniel and Katie use their p-branes to explore a theory of everything build on vibrating membranes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 64: Phase of the Universe, particle interactions and Universe-sized black holes!
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Do black holes have magnetic fields?
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Daniel and Jorge try to resist the magnetic attraction of the mysteries of black holes, and fail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 63: Hawking radiation, mass, and anti-strings
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the tricky question of the length of a photon, and end up talking about hotdogs and meatballs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Could humans live in the clouds of Venus?
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Daniel and Kelly talk to Guillermo Sohnlein about life in the Venutian clouds See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 62: Single photons, moon gold and particle interactions.
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Listener Questions 61.0158: Black holes, gold asteroids and gravitational waves in time!
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Do neutrinos get redshifted?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about what happens to neutrinos as the Universe expands. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Is the length of a day changing?
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Daniel and Katie spin a tale of how the velocity of the Earth's surface is changing under our feet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 60,491: Mini solar systems, greek physics and black holes!
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Can supernovas cause ice ages?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about how the greatest cosmic fireballs might trigger ice ages here on Earth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 59: Interstellar probes and fractional electrons
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions about travel to and from other stars and whether scientists have split the electron. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Does dark matter have an anti-particle?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about the relationship between matter, dark matter and anti-matter! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Why don't we have nuclear powered airplanes?
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Daniel and Kelly talk about whether planes could be powered by nuclear reactors and whether that would be a bad idea, or a very bad idea. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 58: Donuts, disaster and discoveries!
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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The science fiction Universe of "Constellation"
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Daniel talks to Peter Harness, screenwriter for "Constellation", about the quantum rules of his fictional Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 57: Philosophy, Quantum Mechanics and Beta Decay!
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Who was the most influential scientist?
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Daniel talks to Ananyo Bhattacharya, author of "The Man From the Future" about the life and impact of John von Neumann See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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What's the electric charge of the Universe?
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Daniel and Katie reveal the shocking truth about the balance between positive and negative particles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 56: Neutron Stars, Dense matter and shared atmospheres!
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What mysteries are hiding in the extra-galactic background light?
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Daniel and Jorge explore the challenges of detecting light from outside the Milky Way, and the secrets it might reveal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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What’s the largest asteroid impact in Earth’s history?
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Daniel and Kelly review the most cataclysmic impacts in our planet's history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 55: Time and waves!
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What is quantum biology?
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Daniel and Kelly explore how biological systems rely on the quantum nature of matter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Door iHeartPodcasts
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