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Jupiter with Professor Geraint Lewis
Season 5 Episode 24
Jupiter is a huge planet. It is more than twice as massive as all the others combined. So what stops it from catching fire and becoming a star ? Prof…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sleep with Professor Siobhan Banks (292)RPT
Season 5 Episode 23
There are many sleep myths. Dr Karl clears up some with sleep researcher Professor Banks. So are there links between bad sleep and inflammatory dise…
3 years, 7 months ago
Babylon spreadsheets with Dr Daniel Mansfield (291)
Season 5 Episode 22
Babylonian clay tablets are not always as they seem. What looked like a Pythagorean spreadsheet turned out to be much more. An Australian mathematici…
3 years, 7 months ago
Four ingredients for Health with Prof. Clare Collins
Season 5 Episode 21
Dietetics Professor Collins has found four ingredients to improve our health. They are inexpensive, easy to prepare and natural. She has even road te…
3 years, 7 months ago
Prof Holmes & the COVID-19 Origin (289)
Season 5 Episode 20
Virologists now agree on the area where the COVID-19 epidemic began in Wuhan, China. Dr Karl asks Professor Holmes how they arrived at this conclusio…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Matter of Everything with Dr Suzie Sheehy (288)
Season 7 Episode 33
Observe, Ask, Explain, Predict , Test. These are the steps scientists use to improve our knowledge. Dr. Suzie Sheehy is a particle physicist. She tal…
3 years, 8 months ago
Hunting Exoplanets with Prof. Glazebrook
Season 5 Episode 18
Earth-like planets are rare but the hunt for more is on. Professor Glazebrook is Principal Investigator for the James Webb telescope and introduces D…
3 years, 8 months ago
Dr Adrian Brown : An Australian on Mars (286)
Season 5 Episode 17
Dr Karl talks with an Aussie who works full time on the surface of Mars. Meet Dr Adrian and his RC explorer "Percy". They are looking for water on th…
3 years, 8 months ago
Kilonovas with Professor Tara Murphy #3 (285)
Season 5 Episode 16
Heard of Kilonovas ? Prof Murphy works with them all the time. What about Supernovas ? In an expanding universe do things always get bigger ? Dr Karl…
3 years, 9 months ago
Missing Gold with Prof. Tara Murphy
Season 5 Episode 15
Once you find gravity waves, what's next ? Gold ! The most stable and heavy element we know of lies central to our interpretation of our cosmos. Coin…
3 years, 9 months ago