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Covid-19 - The Tests with Prof Eddie Holmes
Season 3 Episode 19
Lockdowns are a rational first response to a pandemic but what happens while we wait for a vaccine or treatment to be developed ? Dr Karl joins Prof …
6 years, 1 month ago
Covid-19 - The Numbers with Prof. Eddie Holmes
Season 3 Episode 18
Pandemics are complex so we rely on statistics to manage them. So how come the numbers vary so much around the world? Dr Karl asks Virology Professor…
6 years, 1 month ago
Covid-19 - Viral History withProf Eddie Holmes
Season 3 Episode 17
Virology and evolutionary biologist Professor Eddie Holmes takes Dr Karl time travelling to visit a deadly virus. Many of today's treatments took tho…
6 years, 1 month ago
Covid 19's chemical enemy
Season 3 Episode 16
A-Prof Alice Motion explores the chemistry and properties of the 29th element for Dr Karl. This persistent contact killer is amazingly passive (noth…
6 years, 1 month ago
When Stars are born, they Shake
Season 3 Episode 15
Dr Simon Murphy explains to Dr Karl the extraordinary behaviour of a star in the early stages of life. Observed only recently, it widens our unders…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Great Attractor
Season 1 Episode 14
We can't see the Great Attractor but we've measured its presence. We're falling into Virgo and Virgo can't resist its force. Is Dark Energy involved?…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook Or How to Beat the Big Bang
Season 3 Episode 13
Dr Karl & Prof G. Lewis discuss the gaps and guesses that string together our understanding of the Cosmos. So what happens if we find a mistake in on…
6 years, 2 months ago
Squeezing Stars with Prof Geraint Lewis part two
Season 3 Episode 12
It's part two of the Neutron star exploration with Professor G. Lewis. He takes Dr Karl layer by layer down to the core. Things are so squashed in th…
6 years, 2 months ago
Squeezing Stars with Prof Geraint Lewis part one
Season 3 Episode 11
What happens when you squeeze a star ? Dr Karl gets inside one with Professor G. Lewis. They travel from the subatomic level up with the latest on N…
6 years, 3 months ago
Stellar tides with Prof Don Kurtz & Dr Simon Murphy
Season 3 Episode 10
To study the stars, look to the ocean. Water ebbs and flows under the influence of gravity. Astronomers see tides in moons, stars and around black ho…
6 years, 3 months ago