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Dr Bloom and women in science
Season 4 Episode 41
October 15th is Ada Lovelace Day and celebrates women in science, tech, engineering, and math. Ada was Lord Byron's daughter but most significantly …
4 years, 9 months ago
Australia's Chief Scientist, Doctor Cathy Foley
Season 4 Episode 40
Doctor Karl talks with the Chief Scientist of Australia. Superconductors, Sunscreen, LEDs, Phonons, Vaccines - is anything off limits? In an age whe…
4 years, 9 months ago
What's eating Professor Davies? (256)
Season 4 Episode 39
Dr Karl and cosmologist professor Paul Davies discuss what we are still learning about the Universe. Antigravity, inflation, Olbers' paradox, extrat…
4 years, 9 months ago
A Cycling Universe with Professor Geraint Lewis
Season 4 Episode 38
Is our universe one of a long cycle of repeating universes? Or is it something different? Dr K takes a ride with Prof Geraint through concepts of cyc…
4 years, 10 months ago
Marsupial Immunity with Professor Kathy Belov
Season 4 Episode 37
130 million years ago marsupials roamed the earth along with dinosaurs. Today only marsupials survive. Dr Karl meets Professor Kathy Belov to disco…
4 years, 10 months ago
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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months ago