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  • Wednesday 11th March 2026
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Sarah Cumming on ABC Gold Coast

  • Wednesday 11th March 2026
    10:30 am - 11:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Susan Graham-Ryan on ABC Townsville

  • Wednesday 11th March 2026
    7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Dr Karl joins Kelly Higgins-Devine on ABC Brisbane/Queensland

  • Thursday 12th March 2026
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Rory McClaren on ABC Adelaide


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Australian Geographic

The fate of our first submarine

Dr Karl tells the story of Australia’s first submarine in World War One, the AE2. ON 31 DECEMBER, 1914, AE2 Australia’s only submarine (AE1 had been lost at sea off New Guinea two months earlier), sailed from Australia towards the Dardanelles. The plan was to trailblaze a path for the Allied fleet into the inland […]

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Farting, space messages and disappearing tastebuds

How much farting would kill someone? Has anyone replied to our space messages? Will my tastebuds disappear if i keep cutting off my tongue ulcers?


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Heart beats, sex withdrawals and itchy thighs

Is there a set amount of water on planet earth? Why do I get itchy thighs when I exercise? What goes on inside your body when your heart ‘beats out of your chest’? Can a loud noise impact the hearing of an unborn child? How long can you go without sex?

Australian Geographic

Which way does water go down a drain?

Dr Karl investigates if water really drains anti-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise Down Under. DOES WATER EMPTY down a drain hole anti-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere? The answer is – kind of, and sometimes. As a cyclone moves away from the equator, it spins clockwise in the […]