8 Oct 2026 · 44 min
What if dark matter is more complicated?
Daniel and Kelly talk about a particularly quirky theory of dark matter that Daniel is searching for. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Podcast · Tech & Science
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
by iHeartPodcasts · English · Tech & Science
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!
- New episodes
- Several times a week
- Typical length
- 55 min
- Latest
- 8 Oct 2026
- Language
- English
Latest episode
Earlier episodes 29 most recent
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6 Oct 2026 · 48 min
Listener Questions #52
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about how AI is impacting math and physics, what we really know about the wood wide web, and what happens when matter annihilates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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1 Oct 2026 · 54 min
What is creativity? (featuring Dr. Moiya McTier)
Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Moiya McTier about how we define and measure creativity, and the impacts of the modern world on creative pursuits. Check out her new book, Mothers of Invention. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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29 Sep 2026 · 48 min
Supervoids
Daniel and Kelly explore the structure of the Universe and examine its emptiest places, making no effort to spare the scatological humor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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24 Sep 2026 · 49 min
Listener Questions #51
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about special relativity, organisms that eat plastic, and whether the future is already determined. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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22 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
Do Animals Make Mistakes? (featuring Dr. Andy Sih)
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Andy Sih about the kinds of mistakes wild animals make, and why they make them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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17 Sep 2026 · 52 min
Did we just discover dark matter?
Daniel and Kelly talk about the recent observation of a dark matter candidate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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15 Sep 2026 · 51 min
Listener Questions #50
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about scent dialects, drilling through the ice above the oceans of Enceladus, and why some animals have penises. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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10 Sep 2026 · 58 min
Addiction (featuring Dr. Marcelo Wood)
Daniel and Kelly interview Dr. Marcelo Wood about what addiction does to our brains, why some of us become addicted to drugs while others don't, what drugs do to our brains in the long term, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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8 Sep 2026 · 55 min
Is dark energy a fudge factor?
Daniel and Kelly talk about whether physicists are trying to understand the expansion of the Universe, or pull the cosmic wool over everyone's eyes. Also, horse milk comes up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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3 Sep 2026 · 52 min
Listener Questions #49
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about alternatives to the Big Bang, scurvy, and supercontinents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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1 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Rewilding
Daniel and Kelly talk about the differences between conservation and rewilding, and discuss some of the successes, failures, and wild ideas that have come from the rewilding movement so far. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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27 Aug 2026 · 54 min
Can we simulate the Universe?
Daniel and Kelly talk about what a recent simulation project can tell us about how the Universe got so clumpy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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25 Aug 2026 · 49 min
Listener Questions #48
Daniel and Kelly answer questions about crackpots, hearing meteors, and the age of everything. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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20 Aug 2026 · 55 min
Origins of life (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine take on the origins of life. They discuss competing definitions for "life", whether it's even helpful to have a definition, the oldest evidence we have for life, and how we think life got started. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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18 Aug 2026 · 56 min
Should the government be hiding aliens?
Daniel and Kelly review the recent movie 'Disclosure Day' and discuss some tough questions about knowledge and secrecy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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13 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
Listener Questions #47 - Plant Questions (featuring Dr. Manuel Lerdau)
Daniel and Kelly are joined by Dr. Manuel Lerdau to answer listener questions about toxic plants, seed germination, and micropropagation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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11 Aug 2026 · 49 min
How far can we go with chemical rockets?
Daniel and Kelly explain the limitations of chemical rockets and how physics can propel humans to the outer reaches of the solar system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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6 Aug 2026 · 59 min
Cyclospora (and other diarrhea-inducing parasites)
It's July 2026, and the United States is dealing with an outbreak of cyclospora. Diarrhea makes people think of Kelly, so today we're dealing with the many questions Kelly has gotten about parasites in our food supplies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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4 Aug 2026 · 57 min
Listener Questions #46
Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about tick-induced meat allergies, experiencing quantum effects, and fibroids. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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30 Jul 2026 · 58 min
Sound (featuring audio wizard Mat Keselman)
Daniel and Kelly chat with DKEU's audio engineer, Mat Keselman, about the physics of sound and give a behind the scenes look at how Mat works his magic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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28 Jul 2026 · 55 min
What is a space-time interval?
Daniel and Kelly break space, twist time, and then put it back together to explain the most important concept in relativity you've never heard of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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23 Jul 2026 · 47 min
Listener Questions #45
Daniel and Kelly wonder how many Extraordinaries are planning on becoming supervillains as they discuss how to make Jupiter explode, the changing colors of children's hair, and whether or not aliens could discover electromagnetism without iron. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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21 Jul 2026 · 53 min
Rat lungworm (featuring Dr. Chelsea Wood)
Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Chelsea Wood about rat lungworm - a particularly unpleasant nematode parasite that is spreading way outside of its native range. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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16 Jul 2026 · 57 min
Is dark matter a fudge factor?
Daniel and Kelly talk about what it means to be a physics fudge factor and whether DM is fudgy or solid science. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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14 Jul 2026 · 57 min
Listener Questions #44 - How fast can animals go, and how fast can animals grow? (featuring Dr. John Hutchinson)
Dr. John Hutchinson is back to help Kelly and Daniel answer listener questions about how fast animals can grow, how fast animals can go, and whether animal size impacts average lifespans. Also, cheese. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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9 Jul 2026 · 53 min
Of lice and men
Daniel and Kelly explore what lice can teach us about human evolution, and the role lice have played in some of humanity's most devastating wars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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7 Jul 2026 · 54 min
Did aliens put satellites into Earth's orbit pre-Sputnik?
Daniel and Kelly dissect the evidence presented in recent peer-reviewed science papers for pre-Sputnik artificial satellites in Earth orbit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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2 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Listener Questions #43
Daniel and Kelly marinate in ethanol and saltwater, and reflect on the symmetries of antiparticles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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30 Jun 2026 · 55 min
The science of bathing (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine talk about what bathing does to your microbiome, and weigh up the pros and cons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
About Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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!
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe is a English tech & science podcast from iHeartPodcasts. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.
- Publisher
- iHeartPodcasts
- Language
- English
- Category
- Tech & Science
- New episodes
- Several times a week
- Typical length
- 55 min
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
- Feed
- RSS — paste into any podcast app
- Apple Podcasts
- podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1436616330
- Rights
- 2026 iHeartMedia, Inc. © Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for…
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