Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replication space probes.

Daniel and Kelly talk to Phil Metzger about the engineering challenges of building self-replication space probes.

Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!

Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Can we explore the galaxy with self-replicating probes?

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Daniel and Kelly discuss whether ideas from science fiction have inspired real scientific or technological progress.

Daniel and Kelly discuss whether ideas from science fiction have inspired real scientific or technological progress.

Does science fiction inspire real tech?

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about innate behaviors and what it means to "decode" a genome with help from Dr. Benjamin de Bivort.

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about innate behaviors and what it means to "decode" a genome with help from Dr. Benjamin de Bivort.

Listener Questions #35: Genetics (featuring Dr. Benjamin de Bivort)

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If a rattlesake bit an octopus, would its venom have any effect? Daniel and Kelly bring venom expert Dr. Matt Giorgianni on to the show to answer this listener question, and to talk about the evolution of snake venom.

If a rattlesake bit an octopus, would its venom have any effect? Daniel and Kelly bring venom expert Dr. Matt Giorgianni on to the show to answer this listener question, and to talk about the evolution of snake venom.

Snakes vs Octopi (featuring Dr. Matt Giorgianni)

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Can we explore the galaxy with self-replicating probes?

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