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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 19h

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 1d

Relativistic Beaming -

Daniel and Kelly talk about how gravity, magnetism and relativity work together to create one of the most brilliant spectacles int he Universe.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 6d

Can we explore the galaxy with self-replicating probes?

Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replicating space probes.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks!! :) So glad you enjoy the show!

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 8d

Listener Questions #18 is up!

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about gravtational slingshots, megafauna and microscopic black holes!

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 13d

What came before the Big Bang?

Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Halper about the many mysteries of the origins of the Universe.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 15d

The Mysteries of Magnetism

Daniel and Kelly dig into the mysteries of magnetism, explaining how magnets work and what they reveal about the Universe.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 17d

Ha! CC @danielwhiteson.bsky.social

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 20d

Locality and causality! Very important ideas in physics, but not things that usually get the podcast treatment. I hop on @danielwhiteson.bsky.social and @weinersmith.bsky.social's Extraordinary Universe to do something different.

Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 20d

Does physics have to be causal and local?

Daniel and Kelly talk to @seanmcarroll.bsky.social about where some of the basic assumptions we make about the Universe come from, and whether we need them.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 20d

@danielwhiteson.bsky.social - do you want to weigh in?

Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 20d

Does physics have to be causal and local?

Daniel and Kelly talk to @seanmcarroll.bsky.social about where some of the basic assumptions we make about the Universe come from, and whether we need them.

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 20d

Physics World did a lovely review of @danielwhiteson.bsky.social and Andy Warner's new book, Do Aliens Speak Physics! Here it is --

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 22d

Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind the "zombie ants".

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 28d

So what I glean about this Mars announcement is that chemicals were found on Mars that on Earth are due to life, and no one knows any other way to make them on Mars. However, this is very far from knowing they *were* made by life. Reminds me of phosphine on Venus; "we don't know" doesn't mean life.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 27d

Daniel and Kelly shine a light on the inner workings of one of the crucial parts of the scientific process: peer review.

How does it work? Who are these peers? Can peer-reviewed papers be wrong, & does that mean that all of science is questionable?

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 29d

Daniel and Kelly explore how scientific discoveries are made, digging into fun stories, the history of science with @profess.bsky.social, and the lessons of Nobel Prize winners with @drbriankeating.bsky.social.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · Sep 7

Ah! So cool! (CC'ing @danielwhiteson.bsky.social so he sees too)

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · Sep 4

How long will Moore's Law continue boosting computing power? (featuring Dr. Adam Becker)

Daniel and Kelly discuss the future of computing and talk to @adambecker.bsky.social about what it all means.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks so much for the kind words! We're glad you enjoy the show!

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · Sep 2

Is the Universe Fine-tuned for life?

Daniel and Kelly grapple with the implications of arbitrary numbers in our theory, whether they could have had different values, and what it all means.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thanks so much for listening, and recommending the show! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

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Still here 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🫀🫁❤️‍🩹 @canam1954.bsky.social · Aug 30

Great podcast. I listened to regularly now. Daniel is a particle physicist while Kelly is a parasitologist. This episode features Katrine Whiteson discuss phage therapy as an alternate form of fighting bacterial infections over antibiotics

10 out of 10

Good follows
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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great news!

Katrine Whiteson, Director for Wetlab Science Not Just Stuff On The Computer at the Whiteson Institute for Advanced Science, is back on the show! Daniel & Kelly chat with Dr. Whiteson about how we can enlist viruses to kill infectious bacteria.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 28

Ha! Maybe for a bonus episode or something. It's a great idea. :)

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great news!

Katrine Whiteson, Director for Wetlab Science Not Just Stuff On The Computer at the Whiteson Institute for Advanced Science, is back on the show! Daniel & Kelly chat with Dr. Whiteson about how we can enlist viruses to kill infectious bacteria.

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks for the book recommendation!