Daniel and Jorge talk about the incredible, ironic brightness of black holes. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 54: String cosmology, cosmic strings, and alien numbers

17 hours ago 1h

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can element 115 be used for anti-gravity?

6 days ago 44m 21s

Daniel and Jorge talk about real science of element 115 and whether it aligns with the spectacular story of anti-gravity alien ships at Area 51.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 53: Strong force, primordial atoms and infinities

8 days ago 52m 54s

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How metallic is the Sun?

13 days ago 54m 27s

Daniel and Jorge explore the enduring mystery of how much heavy metal sits in our Sun.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 52

15 days ago 1h

Daniel and Jorge talk about aliens, answer a question from a high school class, and advise a listener about destroying the moon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are physics and religion in harmony or conflict?

20 days ago 1h 11m

Daniel talks to Rabbi Jack Schlacter, a physicist at Los Alamos, about the movie Oppenheimer and the connections and conflicts between physics and judaism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The most promising particle physics anomalies

22 days ago 1h 14m

Daniel talks to Harry Cliff, author of the new book "Space Oddities", about the most intriguing unexplained particle physics experiments and what they might mean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 51

27 days ago 1h

Daniel and Jorge answer questions about the speed of light, entanglement and time!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happened to M33's black hole?

29 days ago 46m 17s

Daniel and Jorge talk about the mystery of the missing mysterious black hole at the heart of M33See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 50: Dark matter, photon wavelengths and rainbows!

Mar 21st, 2024 58m 22s

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How does electricity work?

Mar 19th, 2024 59m 7s

Daniel and Katie explain how electric current, lightning and static electricity emerge from the strange quantum nature of electrical charge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Physics of Chocolate

Mar 14th, 2024 1h 13m

Daniel and Jorge talk about the deep but tenuous connection between physics and chocolate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 49: Black Holes, Neutrinos and Gravitational waves!

Mar 12th, 2024 50m 41s

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners and get stuck in philosophical rabbit holes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is the Universe made of waves (Part 2)

Mar 7th, 2024 53m 17s

Daniel talks to Matt Strassler about how everything is vibrating, and his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea" (Part 2)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is the Universe made of waves (Part 1)

Mar 5th, 2024 52m 39s

Daniel talks to Matt Strassler about how everything is vibrating, and his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea" (Part 1)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are there charm quarks in the proton?

Feb 29th, 2024 1h

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the cozy story of the proton might need to be updated to describe all of its true charm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why is quantum gravity so hard?

Feb 27th, 2024 58m 7s

Daniel and Jorge explain why the two theories of physics are so at odds with each other.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is cold welding?

Feb 22nd, 2024 56m 34s

Daniel and Kelly talk about how its possible to merge metals without melting!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How is general relativity wrong?

Feb 20th, 2024 57m 12s

Daniel and Jorge talk about why we think Einstein was wrong about the nature of the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 48: Vacations, Destruction and Anti-matter Black Holes

Feb 15th, 2024 1h 8m

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners and try to avoid giving marriage advice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have interstellar meteors hit the Earth?

Feb 13th, 2024 1h 4m

Daniel and Kelly analyze recent claims of the recovery of iron spheres from interstellar meteors.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can we see inside things using muons?

Feb 8th, 2024 1h 1m

Daniel and Jorge talk about the weirdness of muons and how they can let us see inside things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why do some galaxies have bars?

Feb 6th, 2024 56m 31s

Daniel and Jorge explain what we know about the bars at the center of galaxies, and what mysteries they might hide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is quantum relativity?

Feb 1st, 2024 1h 9m

Daniel and Katie grapple with an effort to explain how quantum mechanics could arise from relativity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.