If you don’t understand something, the fault is often in the explanation. This week’s podcast is for those, who, like this writer distance themselves from the world of science for the simple reason of incomprehension. The problem is always the jargon or academic language.

A scientist’s way of explaining can seem dreary. But the presence of a cartoonist could possibly reduce the sense of feeling overwhelmed. The podcast Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe is one step in that direction. Daniel Whiteson, physicist at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire), along with Jorge Cham, the creator of popular online comic, Piled Higher, come together to explain scientific terms and phenomena that are generally considered too complicated. While Whiteson adds to the podcast the seriousness and focus the subjects deserve, Cham makes it light-hearted with his 
timely jokes and unexpected juxtapositions.