Explain the Universe: Behind the Scenes
To mark the 500th episode, Daniel gives a tour of the podcast's history and production process, including candid interviews with the co-hosts, Sean Carroll and other podcasters.See omnystudio.com/list...
19 Sep 20231h 38min
How big is the smallest habitable planet?
Daniel and Kelly talk about what it would take to live away from Earth, and whether a small planet could host humanity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener f...
14 Sep 202357min
Why do moving objects look shorter?
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the weird consequences and hard questions of special relativity!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12 Sep 20231h
How do we measure the Higgs boson mass?
Daniel and Jorge talk about why the Higgs mass is such an important number and how physicists weigh such a fleeting particle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/list...
7 Sep 202359min
Listener Questions 42: Life, the Universe and Ghosts!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
5 Sep 202358min
Why do scientists do simulations?
Daniel and Jorge explain how simulation lets scientists answer new kinds of questions about the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
31 Aug 20231h 8min
Have we seen more or fewer gravitational waves than expected?
Daniel and Katie talk about what physicists expected when they turned on a new kind of ear for listening to the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener...
29 Aug 20231h 12min
Why is space so flat?
Daniel and Jorge talk about what it means for space to be curved, how we measure it and why the answer is a puzzle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
24 Aug 20231h
