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Next up on the Radio

  • Wednesday 30th September 2026
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Sarah Cumming on ABC Gold Coast

  • Wednesday 30th September 2026
    7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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

  • Thursday 1st October 2026
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Dr Karl joins Lucy Smith on ABC Triple J Science Mornings

  • Thursday 1st October 2026
    2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

    Dr Karl joins Joel Rheinberger on ABC Hobart


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Corn in poo, Keto diets and cancer causing meats

Why do some farts smell and some don’t? What are so many people developing gluten intolerance? Can you ever be 100% healthy with food? In this food and nutrition special, Dr Karl answers these questions and more with special guests dietitian Dr Kyra Sim and USA nutrition expert Yvette d’Entremont.

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Flies in winter, seeing underwater and concussions from gigs

Why do drug addicts like chocolate milk? Does donating blood burn calories? Where did the English language come from?


Australian Geographic

Need to know: Bird poo hue

Why is most bird poo white, even though birds eat food of many different colours? The answer has two parts. One is that birds have to get rid of excess nitrogen in their diet. The other is that bird poo does actually come in different colours. Nitrogen is an element in all proteins. Sometimes there […]

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Time travel, fart temperature, eating your own hair

Will the bushfires around Chernobyl release nuclear smoke into the air? What is Coronavirus doing for climate change? Why are my farts warm? Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings, with host Lucy Smith and Science reporter Olivia Willis from ABC News.