Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

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Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe episodes

April 07, 2022 Is it dangerous to send messages to aliens?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether attempts to communicate with extra terrestrial civilizations are worth the risk.

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1 hr 26 min
April 05, 2022 Are there particles that don't have anti-particles?
Daniel and Jorge discuss whether Majorana particles are real, and crack a real life mystery about the fate of Ettore Majorana.

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1 hr 2 min
March 31, 2022 How big can a comet get?
Daniel and Katie talk about the biggest possible scoop of solar-system gelato, and what it might mean for the future of humanity!

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1 hr 2 min
March 29, 2022 What could aliens teach us about the Universe?
Daniel talks to Noam Chomsky about how to communicate with aliens?

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1 hr 3 min
March 24, 2022 What will the new probes to Venus reveal?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the mysteries of Venus and what the next generation of probes might teach us.

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56 min
March 22, 2022 Could we build a particle collider on the moon?
Daniel and Katie talk about what such a huge collider could reveal, and whether it would be a good idea.

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1 hr 7 min
March 17, 2022 Can molton salt reactors produce electricity safely?
Daniel and Jorge talk about alternative designs for fission plants that could produce electricity much more safely.

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57 min
March 15, 2022 How to take over the world
Daniel and Jorge talk to Ryan North about how to use science to become a supervillain

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1 hr 10 min
March 10, 2022 Can we put black holes to work for us?
Daniel and Jorge discuss how the twisted spacetime around a spinning black hole can be used to pull energy from a black hole.

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1 hr 1 min
March 08, 2022 Why do stars twinkle?
Daniel and Jorge sing a scientific
song about the many reasons a star might twinkle.

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1 hr 2 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)…