• Can antimatter help us find dark matter?
    Feb 18 2025

    Daniel and Kelly look for ways that mysteries of antimatter could shed light on the mysteries of dark matter

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    53 mins
  • Did the Earth ever have a ring?
    Feb 13 2025

    Daniel and Kelly talk about whether the Universe ever put a ring on the Earth

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    48 mins
  • Listener Questions #5
    Feb 11 2025

    Daniel and Kelly answer questions about chain reactions in space, the chemistry of life, and how a theory is accepted.

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    47 mins
  • What is weak hypercharge?
    Feb 6 2025

    Daniel and Kelly break down what it means for particles to have charge, and how that translates to charges for the weak force

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    54 mins
  • Was the Big Bang left handed?
    Feb 4 2025

    Daniel and Kelly dive into the left-right asymmetry of hands, life, particles and the Universe itself.

    (This version was edited to reflect that 2d space has handedness and methane is non-chiral.)

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    50 mins
  • How do we defeat the dirt worms?
    Jan 30 2025

    Daniel and Kelly talk about what we're doing to combat soil-transmitted nematodes, which are parasite that infects up to 25% of the world's population.

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    48 mins
  • How did we tackle Trichinella?
    Jan 28 2025

    Daniel and Kelly talk about how public health officials turned "the most serious parasitic disease in New England" into a disease that only afflicts about 15 people per year in the whole of the United States.

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    46 mins
  • Can tardigrades survive on the Moon?
    Jan 23 2025

    Daniel and Kelly talk about the extraordinary ability to tardigrades to survive extreme conditions, and ponder whether those abilities have kept them alive after a space craft carrying them crashed into the surface of the Moon.

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    51 mins