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    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Fasting, bluebottles and magnetic poles

Dr. Karl answers all your science questions, including; Is fasting good for you? How do bluebottles procreate? Are the magnetic poles changing places?

Great Moments in Science

How equal is an equinox?

If an equinox is truly equal, it should fall on a day when there’s just as much darkness as there is daylight. But that’s not always exactly the case, so what’s going on?


Great Moments in Science

Mapping DNA to save lives

DNA can help us work out family trees, catch bad guys and now as a tool in emergency medicine.

Australian Geographic

Popular sunscreen chemical can kill baby corals

Consider wearing zinc or covering up next time you’re snorkeling, says Dr Karl โ€“ one popular sunscreen chemical can be toxic for baby corals. ON A TRIP TO the Galapagos Islands, our guide asked us not to use sunscreen at one reef. He told us it was very fragile, and quite small, and that the […]