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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!

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Episodes
  • Biofilms (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)

    Biofilms (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
    Apr 16 2026

    Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine talk about biofilms, and how they can be delicious, adorable, and bad. For the bad ones, we discuss current tactics for overcoming them.

    Show links:


    1. Nature's cutest symbiosis: The Bobtail Squid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ivMSCi-Y2Q


    2. The Joyful Microbe's guide to Kombucha: https://joyfulmicrobe.com/kombucha/(Notice the lighthearted joy, no fear mongering here!)


    3. Beautiful image of a phenazine mutant of Pseudomonas: https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/883781



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    58 mins
  • Does science fiction inspire real tech?

    Does science fiction inspire real tech?
    Apr 14 2026

    Daniel and Kelly discuss whether ideas from science fiction have inspired real scientific or technological progress.

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    50 mins
  • Listener Questions #35: Genetics (featuring Dr. Benjamin de Bivort)

    Listener Questions #35: Genetics (featuring Dr. Benjamin de Bivort)
    Apr 9 2026

    Daniel and Kelly answer questions about innate behaviors and what it means to "decode" a genome with help from Dr. Benjamin de Bivort.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
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