Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 46m. Bisher sind 595 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint alle 2 Tage.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 19 days 3 hours 7 minutes

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Are there stars made of dark matter?

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Daniel and Jorge talk about what it takes to make a star and whether dark matter could pull it off


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 June 22, 2021  44m
 
 

Where are all the medium-sized black holes?

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Daniel and Jorge search for the missing black holes that are not too small or too big, but right in the middle!


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 June 17, 2021  46m
 
 

How was the cosmic microwave background discovered?

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Daniel and Jorge go through the crazy story of missed opportunties, accidental observations that led to one of the greatest science discoveries of all time.


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 June 15, 2021  48m
 
 

How many Higgs bosons are there?

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Daniel and Jorge explain why our Universe might have more than just one Higgs boson, and what they should be called.


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 June 10, 2021  45m
 
 

Where did the Earth's atmosphere come from?

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Daniel and Jorge explain where the air you breathe came from, and whether there's hope for deep breaths on exoplanets.


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 June 8, 2021  47m
 
 

What did we learn from the Arecibo Radio Telescope?

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Daniel and Jorge tell the story of the construction, the scientific insights and the collapse of the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico


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 June 3, 2021  44m
 
 

Why does measuring a quantum object change it?

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Daniel chats with Adam Becker about the "measurement problem" in quantum mechanics: does the wavefunction collapse, and what causes it?


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 June 1, 2021  59m
 
 

Can there be life INSIDE a black hole?

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Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin talk about astro-blackhole-biology and whether it's possible to have life evolve inside a black hole.


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 May 27, 2021  52m
 
 

Listener Questions: the expanding observable Universe, what it's like to be a photon and the age of the Universe

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 May 25, 2021  40m
 
 

What is Frame Dragging?

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Daniel and Jorge explain how space can get twisted up around spinning objects.


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 May 20, 2021  42m