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Globular Mysteries with Prof Geraint Lewis
Season 4 Episode 36
Globular clusters are spherical collections of stars. The Milky Way has 150. Most galaxies have them. Professor Lewis gives an update on these freaky…
4 years, 4 months ago
Baryonic vision with Prof Geraint and Dr Karl
Season 4 Episode 35
Did the Big Bang make a noise? Can we measure the acoustics of a star?
Neutrons or Protons - which lasts longest ? A 20-year experiment has answers t…
4 years, 4 months ago
DrKarls Q&A school
Season 4 Episode 34
On Wednesdays Dr Karl meets with school students around Australia (and sometimes overseas). He loves hearing what the curious young minds are thinkin…
4 years, 4 months ago
CUAVA-1 - Australia's Blue Carbon Space mission (250)
Season 4 Episode 33
Dr Karl investigates Australia's latest CubeSat mission. It's called "CUAVA-1" and aims to measure blue carbon from space. Geosciences Associate Prof…
4 years, 5 months ago
The INSPIRE-2 CubeSat incident
Season 4 Episode 32
Dr Karl uncovers a truly Australian "Apollo 13" story . It includes a fishing line, amateur radio enthusiasts and a clever ground crew who "worked th…
4 years, 5 months ago
Gravitational Waves & Black Holes with Professor Susan Scott (248)
Season 4 Episode 31
In 2015 our observable universe unofficially added a new dimension. Dr Karl talks with ANU Professor Susan Scott about why she had to keep the discov…
4 years, 5 months ago
Gravitational Waves & Neutron Stars with Professor Susan Scott
Season 4 Episode 30
In 2016 our observable universe officially added a new dimension : Gravitational waves. On that international LIGO team was an Australian theoretical…
4 years, 5 months ago
Extreme Sailing with Lisa Blair
Season 4 Episode 29
The fastest circumnavigation route by sea is via the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. It is also the most dangerous. Australian solo sailer, Lisa Bl…
4 years, 6 months ago
Matthew Evans & Soil Symbiosis
Season 4 Episode 28
At best, Earth is 1/3 soil. In recent years much has turned to dirt. This too-little-reported extinction crisis threatens us all. Chef and Farmer Ma…
4 years, 6 months ago
Utes & Unis with Dr Richard Denniss
Season 4 Episode 27
Budgets are economic planning documents. Spending will feed growth. Cuts cause shrinkages. So what do Australian budgets say about the future ? Dr K…
4 years, 6 months ago