Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchProf Graint Lewis's Dark Matter Quest
Season 1 Episode 87
So you want to solve the Dark Energy conundrum ? Then you need to be patient. It'll be clumpy, relativistic and you'll be seeing double at times. It…
8 years, 1 month ago
DIET is a 4 Letter word - but it doesn't have to be Dr Karl has soluions
Season 1 Episode 86
95 % of diets fail. By middle age you will try over 60 diets and 19 times out of 20 you will not lose weight. Australia is now the 5th fattest nation…
8 years, 1 month ago
Galactic Archaeology with professor Lewis RPT
Season 6 Episode 5
Prof Geraint Lewis takes you back to the birth of our stars. He uses Optic fibres, Robotic observations, Grisms, Hermes and Galah. It all happens at …
8 years, 1 month ago
How to get a PhD in Whale Watching ?
Season 1 Episode 84
Meet one hardworking Sydney Uni student, Vanessa Pirotta. She works with a boat and a drone. Off Sydney (and in Antarctic waters) she has developed a…
8 years, 1 month ago
Top 10 researcher in the World (Prof. Jennifer Byrne, the Australian who did it in her spare time)
Season 1 Episode 83
When Nature magazine published the top 10 researchers of 2017 there was one Australian. A radio astronomer ? no. A paleontologist? no.
She is a prof…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Aussie Space Program - it's Hypersonic. Prof Michael Smart shares his vision with Dr Karl.
Season 1 Episode 82
Hypersonic space injection is different. It's fast like a Kangaroo, Air breathing like a lungfish and reusable like a keepcup. UQ's Professor Michael…
8 years, 2 months ago
Dangerous Diet Supplements - The health risks with Weight Loss powders and drinks.
Season 1 Episode 81
Dr Karl and Dietetics Professor Claire Collins measure popular weight-loss supplements against the scientific literature. She finds one supplement yo…
8 years, 2 months ago
Stealthy Critters - Dr Alice Williamson discovers three Stealthy innovations from the Living world.
Season 1 Episode 78
Infrared Invisibility from Polar Bears, Secret Elephant Sounds and Tentacle Camouflage.
8 years, 3 months ago
SOS_76 Kit Chapman Elements pt 2. Kit Chapman introduces Dr Karl to the people behind 20 or so unpronounceable names at the bottom of the periodic table.
Season 1 Episode 77
Before the Space Race there was a race to find and name new elements. Atom smashers and reactors were the tools to make new super-heavy metals - unkn…
8 years, 3 months ago
Superheavy Elements 1- Kit Chapman introduces Dr Karl to the people behind 20 or so unpronounceable names at the bottom of the periodic table.
Season 1 Episode 76
Before the Space Race began there was a chemistry race - the hunt for new elements. The Russians may have organised the periodic table but it was the…
8 years, 3 months ago