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Triple J Science with Dr Karl

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Next up on the Radio

  • Thursday 16th July 2026
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Rory McClaren on ABC Adelaide

  • Thursday 16th July 2026
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Dr Karl joins Lucy Smith on ABC Triple J Science Mornings

  • Thursday 16th July 2026
    2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

    Dr Karl joins Alice Matthews on ABC Canberra

  • Thursday 16th July 2026
    2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

    Dr Karl joins Jess Ong on ABC Darwin

  • Thursday 16th July 2026
    3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

    Dr Karl joins Prue Bentley on ABC Regional Victoria

  • Thursday 16th July 2026
    4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

    Dr Karl joins Ali Moore on ABC Melbourne


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Musical Stockholm Syndrome, chip sweats, asthma itches

Comedian, actor and science enthusiast Bill Bailey helps Dr Karl answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings! Why do I get an itchy chin when I have asthma? Should we drive faster or slower when hitting a pothole? Can you develop Stockholm Syndrome for music genres?

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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Dr Karl reviews Unearthed tunes!

To celebrate Science Week, we recruited total ledge & Aus music lover Dr Karl to give us his hot takes on Unearthed.

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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?