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Next up on the Radio

  • Wednesday 1st July 2026
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Sarah Cumming on ABC Gold Coast

  • Wednesday 1st July 2026
    10:30 am - 11:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Susan Graham-Ryan on ABC Townsville

  • Wednesday 1st July 2026
    7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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

  • Thursday 2nd July 2026
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Rory McClaren on ABC Adelaide


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Australian Geographic

Could cows produce strawberry-flavoured milk?

WE KNOW THAT human breast milk can be flavoured by what the mother eats, and the same holds for cow’s milk. So can cows produce strawberry-flavoured milk? One study involved 18 nursing human mothers eating capsules of concentrated flavour. Within hours, the babies were enjoying flavoured milk from their mother’s breasts. The time varied for […]

National Geographic Kids

Digging a Hole Through Earth

Dr Karl imagines digging a hole through Earth to the other side of the world. Have you ever thought of digging a hole in your backyard deep enough to take you to the other side of the world? Suppose you really could drill a hole right though the centre of the Earth. What would happen […]


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Black holes, quantum computing and oncoming doom

Could our universe be a hologram? Can colliding black holes create musical notes? Will our universe collapse in on itself? Dr Karl and Professor Patrick Hayden from Stanford University answers these questions and more.

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Blocking phone signals, vinegar-soothed sunburn and popping a yawn

Do microwave ovens block mobile phone reception? Will vinegar sooth sunburn? How can you ‘pop’ a yawn?