Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

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Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe episodes

August 31, 2023 Why do scientists do simulations?
Daniel and Jorge explain how simulation lets scientists answer new kinds of questions about the Universe.
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1 hr 9 min
August 29, 2023 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.
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1 hr 13 min
August 24, 2023 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.
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1 hr 1 min
August 22, 2023 The Science Fiction Universe of "Meru" by SB Divya
Daniel and Kelly talk to the author of "Meru" about a future which blurs the line between humans and machines.
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1 hr 1 min
August 17, 2023 What is the maximum vacuum?
Daniel and Jorge talk about what is revealed if you empty space of all possible particles.
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1 hr 2 min
August 15, 2023 The Science Fiction Universe of "Orbital Cloud"
Daniel and Kelly talk to Tayio Fujii, author of "Orbital Cloud"
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55 min
August 10, 2023 What does the center of the galaxy look like?
Daniel and Jorge turn their eyes to the center of the galactic action and give us a sense for where we are.
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59 min
August 08, 2023 How fast can a black hole spin?
Daniel and Katie get their heads spinning as they spiral into the center of spinning black holes
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1 hr 2 min
August 03, 2023 How can we look for magnetic monopoles?
Daniel and Jorge talk about a particle with a pure magnetic charge and how to look for it using a cubic kilometer of ice.
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59 min
August 01, 2023 How massive is a neutrino?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the mysterious mass of the neutrino and how we can measure it.
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1 hr 5 min

About Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

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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)…