And one from today...

A collection of some of my (Kelly's) favorite fun, but not always flattering, random photos captured by Riverside in 2025. :)

How many rogue planets and stars are there? Daniel and Kelly answer a question from a listener about planets without stars and stars without galaxies. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Microplastics are everywhere. How did they get there, and should we worry? www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

A listener pointed us to this project where the Wolbachia method we talk about in the show is being used to help conserve native birds in Hawaii. The mosquitos there carry avian malaria, and some of the endangered native birds lack resistance. More info here: www.birdsnotmosquitoes.org/iit

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about Jupiter and circadian rhythms. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly explain how physics predicts the future rain and shine, and all of the incredible science involved. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Are you a faculty member at a two-year college? Are you interested in experiencing life aboard a research vessel? Do you want to see Alaska, & sail underneath the Golden Gate Bridge? Please apply to join me + 3 coleaders on the 2nd STEMSEAS 2YC faculty professional development cruise - in May! ⚒️🌊

Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine chat about how mosquitos find us, and the science and ethics behind new tools we have for controlling mosquito populations. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

This #GivingTuesday, use your voice to give back to science 🔬 Join the Voices for Good Challenge to vote for your favorite podcasters and the organizations they are supporting. Thanks to @dandkuniverse.bsky.social#GivingTuesdayfor supporting AAAS. Vote now! https://bit.ly/4pDhh18

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about fingerprints, particle beam accidents, tickles and yawns! www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly shine a light on the mysterious every day physics of shadows, including whether they can move faster than light. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

We're thrilled to welcome @scottsolomon.bsky.social back on the show! This time around we chatted with Scott about ancient hominid species, and how we learn about them. PS - Scott has a podcast too! Check it out: @wildworldshow.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Our 22nd Listener Questions episode is now live! Daniel and Kelly answer questions about interstellar comets, evolution of parasitoids, and the nature of scientific theories. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Can we engineer the sun? Daniel and Kelly exercise their optimism and explore engineering solutions to the Sun's projected overheating and demise. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly talk about the confusing aspects of quantum entanglement, and try to untangle the concepts. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. John Hawdon about how parasites like hookworm, malaria, and schistosomes hide from our immune system. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly are joined by the amazing Dr. @catbohannon.bsky.social, who answers questions about whether we can shorten gestation, superhuman feats of strength, and whether viruses are ever good for us. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly are joined by Andy Warner, the co-author and illustrator of Daniel's new book, Do Aliens Speak Physics, and talk about how we might chat about science with aliens.

Two great things in one! Mindscape is a terrific podcast that covers everything from quantum mechanics to black holes and Daniel Whiteson (physics prof, science communicator, and all round smartie pants) hosts the brilliant @dandkuniverse.bsky.social podcast.

This is a really interesting episode!

On today's episode, Daniel and Kelly chat about the development of the polio vaccine. And now seems like a great time to remind folks to get a flu vaccine, if you're able! www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

A new Listener Questions episode is live! Daniel & Kelly answer questions about aliens and "the great filter", Sukunaarchaeum (an organism said to possibly be a link between life & not life) and what would happen in the speed of light was suddenly halved. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Thanks so much to @blackiebooks.bsky.social for publishing @smbccomics.bsky.social and my book A City on Mars in Spanish! blackiebooks.org/producto/kel...

A new episode is up! Daniel and Kelly get concrete about whether physics is the map or the territory, the topic of Daniel's new book "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

A new listener questions episode is up! *Pinworms lay eggs on your anus @ night, but how does a pinworm know it's nighttime? *A proton is made of up & down quarks which are light, how much would I weigh if my protons were made of top quarks? *Why does eating too many carrots turn your skin yellow?

Must there be a single unified theory of physics? Daniel and Kelly talk to @startswithabang.bsky.social about whether we should expect physics to be explained by a single unified theory. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

How might aliens perceive the Universe? Daniel and Kelly talk about how aliens might experience the Universe and how it might shape their science, a topic from Daniel's new book "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly get answers to listener questions about why we age from Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, author of "Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality". www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Relativistic Beaming - Daniel and Kelly talk about how gravity, magnetism and relativity work together to create one of the most brilliant spectacles int he Universe. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Can we explore the galaxy with self-replicating probes? Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replicating space probes. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Listener Questions #18 is up! Daniel and Kelly answer questions about gravtational slingshots, megafauna and microscopic black holes! www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

What came before the Big Bang? Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Halper about the many mysteries of the origins of the Universe. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

The Mysteries of Magnetism Daniel and Kelly dig into the mysteries of magnetism, explaining how magnets work and what they reveal about the Universe. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Locality and causality! Very important ideas in physics, but not things that usually get the podcast treatment. I hop on @danielwhiteson.bsky.social and @weinersmith.bsky.social's Extraordinary Universe to do something different.

Does physics have to be causal and local? Daniel and Kelly talk to @seanmcarroll.bsky.social about where some of the basic assumptions we make about the Universe come from, and whether we need them. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Physics World did a lovely review of @danielwhiteson.bsky.social and Andy Warner's new book, Do Aliens Speak Physics! Here it is -- physicsworld.com/a/if-you-met...

Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind the "zombie ants". www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

So what I glean about this Mars announcement is that chemicals were found on Mars that on Earth are due to life, and no one knows any other way to make them on Mars. However, this is very far from knowing they *were* made by life. Reminds me of phosphine on Venus; "we don't know" doesn't mean life.

Daniel and Kelly shine a light on the inner workings of one of the crucial parts of the scientific process: peer review. How does it work? Who are these peers? Can peer-reviewed papers be wrong, & does that mean that all of science is questionable? www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Daniel and Kelly explore how scientific discoveries are made, digging into fun stories, the history of science with @profess.bsky.social, and the lessons of Nobel Prize winners with @drbriankeating.bsky.social. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

How long will Moore's Law continue boosting computing power? (featuring Dr. Adam Becker) Daniel and Kelly discuss the future of computing and talk to @adambecker.bsky.social about what it all means. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Is the Universe Fine-tuned for life? Daniel and Kelly grapple with the implications of arbitrary numbers in our theory, whether they could have had different values, and what it all means. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Great podcast. I listened to regularly now. Daniel is a particle physicist while Kelly is a parasitologist. This episode features Katrine Whiteson discuss phage therapy as an alternate form of fighting bacterial infections over antibiotics 10 out of 10 Good follows #PodcastScience

Great news! Katrine Whiteson, Director for Wetlab Science Not Just Stuff On The Computer at the Whiteson Institute for Advanced Science, is back on the show! Daniel & Kelly chat with Dr. Whiteson about how we can enlist viruses to kill infectious bacteria. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

A new listener questions episode is up! Daniel and Kelly answer listener questions about screwworm at the southern border, life without the Moon, and the status of synthetic blood. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

I'm signing books at the @barnesandnoble.com store in Glen Allen Virginia for the next few hours! Come say "hi". :D

Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Gina Poe about sleep and dreams - including whether mushrooms sleep, what Daniel's dog is doing in the middle of the night, and what rats dream about. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

What are paraparticles? Daniel and Kelly talk about recent mathematical innovations that suggest a third category of particles beyond matter and forces. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

We have signings coming up this weekend in Virginia! This Sat @zachweinersmith.bsky.social & I will be at the @barnesandnoble.com in Charlottesville. On Sunday I'll be in Glen Allen, and I'll be bringing stickers signed by Zach as well, so your book can still get both signatures. :)