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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Why does the Universe have antiparticles?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the Universe would make sense without antimatter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Could we reveal quantum gravity in a tabletop experiment?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about how clever experiments might provide a breakthrough in the effort to understand the quantum nature of space-time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Kelly talk about how the gravitational dance of the Earth and Moon, and other objects in and out of our Solar System. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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What's the best way to measure the expansion of the Universe?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about how to use different cosmic rulers to measure the expansion of the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 39: gravitons, antimatter and unified forces!
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Submit your question to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Will our supercluster be torn apart?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about the deep future fate of our cosmic neighborhood. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Do black holes have a maximum electric charge?
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Daniel and Jorge explore whether its possible to crack open a black hole by overcharging it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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What did the night sky look like to the dinosaurs?
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Daniel and Kelly talk about what the night sky would look like if you travelled back to the time of the dinosaurs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Jorge explore the question of the nature of space itself, and whether it might flow and bubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Could black holes help form stars?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about the delicate process of star formation and how black holes may be able to contribute. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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What weird thing in space is pulsing every 20 minutes?
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Daniel and Katie talk about things in the sky that pulse, and a recent discovery of a puzzling set of pulses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Jorge explore the sticky subject of the strong force and one of its still unverified predictions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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How do we measure the gravitational constant?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about the number that controls the strength of gravity and why it's so hard to measure. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions about rogue planets and black holes!
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Why can't two electrons be in the same place?
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Daniel and Jorge explore the Pauli exclusion principle: why some particles avoid each other and how it affects the nature of our Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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What can we learn from dwarf galaxies?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about how the smaller galaxies might hold the secrets to understanding the structure of the Universe and the truth about dark matter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Why didn't we evolve around a red dwarf star?
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Daniel and Jorge discuss the 'Red Dwarf Paradox' and what it would be like to live under a cooler, redder star. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Kelly talk about how cosmic rays and carbon decay let us put dates on ancient deaths! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Is there a better way to accelerate particles?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about why its so expensive to build a super collider and how plasma technology might make it all better, faster, cheaper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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What does the Antikythera Mechanism do?
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Daniel and Katie explore the puzzle of the "world's first computer", and what it might have calculated. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Listener Questions 37: quantum cats, heat death and dark multiverses!
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions about quantum mechanics, the end of the Universe, and the multiverse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Would the Universe be different with a zero Higgs field?
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Daniel and Jorge explore how the Higgs field shapes our Universe and what it would be like to live without it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe


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Could we spot an alien nuclear blast?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about whether we have the technology to spot a nuclear war on other planets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe


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Could some particles have tiny electric charges?
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Daniel and Jorge wonder about why particles have charge, and whether particles could exist with tiny electrical charge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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How can we measure the curvature of space?
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Daniel and Jorge bend their minds (and yours) around the curvy topic of bent space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.De către iHeartPodcasts
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