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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The mysterious sources of the Van Allen radiati...
Daniel and Jorge talk about the strange belts of particles surrounding the Earth, and the South Atlantic Anomaly
46 min
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What if the Earth Stopped Spinning
What makes planets spin, and what would happen if they stopped?
50 min
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The Quantum Physics of Solar Panels
Daniel and Jorge break down the physics and engineering behind solar panels
41 min
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A discounted dark matter discovery
Why do particle physicists discount the beautiful signal of dark matter from the DAMA experiment?
41 min
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Is all of space magnetized?
Is it possible that there are magnetic fields.... everywhere?
45 min
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Is Energy Actually Conserved?
Daniel and Jorge explore whether energy is actually a fundamental conserved quantity.
43 min
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The SF Universes of Vandana Singh
Daniel and Jorge talk about the creative science in the short stories of Vandana Singh's collection "Ambiguity Machines"
61 min
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Where do comets come from?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the vast and amazing Oort cloud, and whether it is throwing snowballs at us.
42 min
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Will the ITER experiment make fusion feasible?
Will humans figure out how to make fusion work on Earth, to provide plentiful clean power?
46 min
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New discoveries in our cosmic neighborhood
Daniel and Jorge talk about a new massive blob of galaxies discovered right around the corner.
43 min
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How can we bring rocks back from Mars?
How many robots does it take to dig up rocks from Mars and deliver them back to Earth?
52 min
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Can a black hole power a spaceship?
Daniel and Jorge tackle the physics, engineering and safety questions of using a black hole to visit nearby stars.
40 min
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Is there life on Venus?
The internet went crazy talking about phosphine on Venus! What does it mean?
42 min
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The most common listener questions!
Is there dark matter in black holes? Are gravitons and gravitational waves the same thing? Daniel and Jorge answer the most common listener questions!
42 min
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The SF Multi-verse of Adrian Tchaikovsky
Daniel and Jorge discuss the science of "The Doors of Eden", a multi-zooniverse novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
53 min
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What would happen if dark matter and dark energ...
Dark matter and dark energy are 95% of the energy in the Universe. But do we need them?
46 min
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Elinor Wonders About the Universe
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about the Universe from Jorge's daughter Elinor, and talk about their new PBS Kids TV show: "Elinor Wonders Why". Link: pbskids.org/elinor
40 min
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What is Bose Einstein Condensate
Have you heard of "Bose Einstein Condensate" but never really understood it? D&J break it down for you.
46 min
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What is Mirror Matter?
It's not anti-matter, or supersymmetric matter, but yet another way our familiar particles might be reflected, and could explain a deep mystery of the Universe.
47 min
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The SF Universe of Dr. Karen Lords
Daniel and Jorge talk about the science of the novel "The Best of All Possible Worlds" by Dr. Karen Lords.
50 min
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Listener Questions 12: Higgs Bosons, Black hole...
Does dark matter feel the Higgs? Can particles be black holes? What would happen if the Earth froze?
43 min
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How did we discover black holes?
What convinced people that black holes are real?
46 min
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What happened to the Superconducting Supercolli...
Americans had the biggest colliders in the world, until they tried to build one that was too big. Hear the super story of the superlative supercollider.
44 min
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Do protons live forever?
Electrons can hang out until the end of time. Physicists think that protons should eventually fall apart. But will they?
44 min
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Special 200th episode!
What happened in the first 200 microseconds of the Universe? What can you see within 200 light years from Earth?
47 min