Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
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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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Oct 31, 2023 • 59min
Listener Questions 44: Deep questions from listeners like you!
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the Earth's tilt, steampunk atoms and fundamental pixels of rad.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 26, 2023 • 1h 30min
Which force(s) power the human senses?
Daniel and Katie talk about how we experience the Universe and what physics underlies our senses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 24, 2023 • 1h 2min
Could we see moons around exoplanets?
Daniel and Jorge are over the moon about the possibility of spotting alien moons.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 19, 2023 • 1h 13min
Could we seed exoplanets with life?
Daniel and Kelly wrangle with the tricky science and ethics of sending microbes to distant worlds.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 17, 2023 • 57min
Do Black Holes Have Hair?
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the hairy question of what's happening inside and on the surface of black holes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 12, 2023 • 1h 15min
Was the interstellar visitor oumuamua natural or artificial?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the claims that 'Oumuamua might have been alien space junk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2023 • 53min
Could dark matter be making flashes of light?
Daniel and Jorge break down a new study that looks for dark matter using both gravity and light.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 5, 2023 • 55min
Where is all the missing matter?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the effort to track down all the quarks in the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 3, 2023 • 1h 6min
How does gravity escape a black hole?
Daniel and Katie warp their minds around the question of what gravitational information really is and what we know about a black hole.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 28, 2023 • 53min
Listener Questions 43: Light, heat and vision
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send in your questions to questions@danielandjorge.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
