Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

Apr 17 2024 21.1k
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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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Can element 115 be used for anti-gravity?

Apr 17 2024 44 mins  
Daniel and Jorge talk about real science of element 115 and whether it aligns with the spectacular story of anti-gravity alien ships at Area 51.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 53: Strong force, primordial atoms and infinities

Apr 15 2024 41 mins  
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How metallic is the Sun?

Apr 10 2024 44 mins  
Daniel and Jorge explore the enduring mystery of how much heavy metal sits in our Sun.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 52

Apr 08 2024 51 mins  
Daniel and Jorge talk about aliens, answer a question from a high school class, and advise a listener about destroying the moon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are physics and religion in harmony or conflict?

Apr 03 2024 60 mins  
Daniel talks to Rabbi Jack Schlacter, a physicist at Los Alamos, about the movie Oppenheimer and the connections and conflicts between physics and judaism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The most promising particle physics anomalies

Apr 01 2024 74 mins  
Daniel talks to Harry Cliff, author of the new book "Space Oddities", about the most intriguing unexplained particle physics experiments and what they might mean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 51

Mar 28 2024 50 mins  
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about the speed of light, entanglement and time!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happened to M33's black hole?

Mar 26 2024 46 mins  
Daniel and Jorge talk about the mystery of the missing mysterious black hole at the heart of M33See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 50: Dark matter, photon wavelengths and rainbows!

Mar 21 2024 48 mins  
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How does electricity work?

Mar 18 2024 59 mins  
Daniel and Katie explain how electric current, lightning and static electricity emerge from the strange quantum nature of electrical charge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.