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Thursday 5th February 2026
11:00 am - 12:00 pmThursday 5th February 2026
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmDr Karl joins Joel Rheinberger on ABC Hobart
Thursday 5th February 2026
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmDr Karl joins Alice Matthews on ABC Canberra
Thursday 5th February 2026
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmDr Karl joins Jess Ong on ABC Darwin
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Panic-buying, human extinction, hand washing
What’s the science behind all this toilet paper buying bullshit? Dr Karl answers this question and more on triple j Mornings, with host Lucy Smith.
Australian Geographic Australian breakthroughs: dark energy
Dr Karl outlines what we do and don’t know about the mysteriously named dark energy, which makes up around 70 per cent of the entire universe. THE LATEST AUSTRALIAN discovery that impresses the heck out of me is really, really weird. We can’t see it or touch it – and yet, it makes up about […]
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Dry hands, nervous weeing and resetting your sense of smell
Do you have a fear of belly buttons? Why does your tummy grumble when you’re hungry? If human’s didn’t interact with each other, would we walk like monkeys?
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Bad apples and the strange sounds our body can make
Does cold storage affect how food metabolises and germinates? Plus: why do some people’s eyes squeak when they rub them?; and why can some people make their ears ‘crack’ when they press them?
