Danny Decode

Episodes

1. 7

   Episode 7. What is Tidal Locking?

   The night sky is fascinating to watch with the naked eye. Billions of stars twinkle across our own galaxy and billions of other galaxies across the universe. But something else might catch your attention in the night sky: our own magnificent moon! But have you ever wondered why we always see the...

   Oct 27, 2019

   4m
2. 6

   Episode 6. Dinosaurs are still alive today

   Dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago and they left amazing fossils throughout the world as a reminder that they used to rule the Earth. But did you know that some dinosaurs are still alive today? Don’t panic, I’m not talking about dinosaurs that may try to eat you alive, like in the...

   May 24, 2019

   4m
3. 5

   Episode 5. The Early Universe

   Around fourteen billion years ago, our entire universe was very very small. How small? Well, it was roughly a million billion billion times smaller than a single atom. Sounds like not much room for all the planets, stars, and galaxies that form our universe today. In fact, way before stars…

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   Apr 11, 2019

   6m
4. 4

   Episode 4. Nature's Night Vision

   Did you know that 96% of animal species have eyes in one form or another? But when left in complete darkness, we are all left totally blind, or are we? For us humans, yes. We can only see when there is some source of light. Even cats, known to have good night vision, cannot see in absolute...

   Apr 3, 2019

   4m
5. 3

   Episode 3. The Second Earth

   Earth is the only planet that can sustain life in our solar system and maybe in the entire universe. Or is it? Over the past few years, the Kepler telescope has been looking for other planets in our galaxy that could potentially hold life and guess what? A few were actually found. They are just…

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   Mar 25, 2019

   5m
6. 2

   Episode 2. The Immortal Animal

   Picture this: an eight-legged, terrifying creature that can survive being baked in an oven, left with no food or water, submerged in any type of acid, compressed to 1,200 times the pressure you are experiencing right now, and even sent to the vacuum of space. You are picturing the tardigrade, the...

   Mar 18, 2019

   3m
7. 1

   Episode 1. The Invisible Matter

   Did you know that 85% of the matter in our universe is totally invisible? Not like air or germs that are invisible to our own eyes. I’m talking about matter that is completely undetectable. Scientists call it "dark matter". Sounds spooky, isn’t it?

   Mar 12, 2019

   2m