Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

615 - Why don't we have nuclear powered airplanes?

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) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.

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615 - Why don't we have nuclear powered airplanes?

Thu, 06 Jun 2024
614 - Listener Questions 58: Donuts, disaster and discoveries!

Tue, 04 Jun 2024
613 - The science fiction Universe of "Constellation"

Thu, 30 May 2024
612 - Listener Questions 57: Philosophy, Quantum Mechanics and Beta Decay!

Tue, 28 May 2024
611 - Who was the most influential scientist?

Thu, 23 May 2024
610 - What's the electric charge of the Universe?

Tue, 21 May 2024
609 - Listener Questions 56: Neutron Stars, Dense matter and shared atmospheres!

Thu, 16 May 2024
608 - What mysteries are hiding in the extra-galactic background light?

Tue, 14 May 2024
607 - What’s the largest asteroid impact in Earth’s history?

Thu, 09 May 2024
606 - Listener Questions 55: Time and waves!

Tue, 07 May 2024
605 - What is quantum biology?

Thu, 02 May 2024
604 - What is gravitoelectromagnetism?

Tue, 30 Apr 2024
603 - Physics of the Internet

Thu, 25 Apr 2024
602 - Listener Questions 54: String cosmology, cosmic strings, and alien numbers

Tue, 23 Apr 2024
601 - Can element 115 be used for anti-gravity?

Thu, 18 Apr 2024
600 - Listener Questions 53: Strong force, primordial atoms and infinities

Tue, 16 Apr 2024
599 - How metallic is the Sun?

Thu, 11 Apr 2024
598 - Listener Questions 52

Tue, 09 Apr 2024
597 - Are physics and religion in harmony or conflict?

Thu, 04 Apr 2024
596 - The most promising particle physics anomalies

Tue, 02 Apr 2024
595 - Listener Questions 51

Thu, 28 Mar 2024
594 - What happened to M33's black hole?

Tue, 26 Mar 2024
593 - Listener Questions 50: Dark matter, photon wavelengths and rainbows!

Thu, 21 Mar 2024
592 - How does electricity work?

Tue, 19 Mar 2024
591 - Physics of Chocolate

Thu, 14 Mar 2024
590 - Listener Questions 49: Black Holes, Neutrinos and Gravitational waves!

Tue, 12 Mar 2024
589 - Is the Universe made of waves (Part 2)

Thu, 07 Mar 2024
588 - Is the Universe made of waves (Part 1)

Tue, 05 Mar 2024
587 - Are there charm quarks in the proton?

Thu, 29 Feb 2024
586 - Why is quantum gravity so hard?

Tue, 27 Feb 2024
585 - What is cold welding?

Thu, 22 Feb 2024
584 - How is general relativity wrong?

Tue, 20 Feb 2024
583 - Listener Questions 48: Vacations, Destruction and Anti-matter Black Holes

Thu, 15 Feb 2024
582 - Have interstellar meteors hit the Earth?

Tue, 13 Feb 2024
581 - Can we see inside things using muons?

Thu, 08 Feb 2024
580 - Why do some galaxies have bars?

Tue, 06 Feb 2024
579 - What is quantum relativity?

Thu, 01 Feb 2024
578 - Were all the forces once one?

Tue, 30 Jan 2024
577 - What is the dark flow?

Thu, 25 Jan 2024
576 - Listener Questions 47: Gravity, Time, Photons

Tue, 23 Jan 2024
575 - What are octonions?

Thu, 18 Jan 2024
574 - What's hidden inside planets?

Tue, 16 Jan 2024
573 - How do particles carry forces?

Thu, 11 Jan 2024
572 - How can we find life on other planets?

Tue, 09 Jan 2024
571 - What are land tides?

Thu, 04 Jan 2024
570 - What is a symmetron?

Tue, 02 Jan 2024
569 - Does hot or cold water freeze faster?

Thu, 28 Dec 2023
568 - Listener Questions 46: Mountains, ether and time!

Tue, 26 Dec 2023
567 - What is the electrical charge of the moon?

Thu, 21 Dec 2023
566 - Can planets share an orbit?

Tue, 19 Dec 2023