Daniel and Kelly take a detour into the fascinating world of chemistry to explore why mercury is liquid at room temp. The answer is relatively surprising!

Daniel and Kelly take a detour into the fascinating world of chemistry to explore why mercury is liquid at room temp. The answer is relatively surprising!

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

Why is mercury liquid at room temperature?

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Daniel and Kelly talk about interspecific brood parasites - which are species that sneak their eggs into the nests of other, unsuspecting species. How do they get away with this?

Daniel and Kelly talk about interspecific brood parasites - which are species that sneak their eggs into the nests of other, unsuspecting species. How do they get away with this?

What is interspecific brood parasitism?

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about black holes, duplicate organs and bubble Universes!

Daniel and Kelly answer questions about black holes, duplicate organs and bubble Universes!

Listener Questions #28

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Daniel and Kelly slow down to understand what velocity really means, and how much we have of it.

Daniel and Kelly slow down to understand what velocity really means, and how much we have of it.

How fast are we moving?

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Why is mercury liquid at room temperature?

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