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11:00 am - 12:00 pmDr Karl joins Lucy Smith on ABC Triple J Science Mornings
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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 […]
Great Moments in Science Future Hamburgers
Would you eat a hamburger patty that was grown in a lab? What about fake meat that looks and tastes just like the real thing?
Great Moments in Science What happens when a black hole eats a neutron star?
Astronomers have measured something amazing – a black hole eating a neutron star. In fact, they found this happening twice in just 10 days.
We have found dozens of black holes smashing into each other, and we’ve found a handful neutron stars smashing into each other, but a black hole eating a neutron star – well that’s new!
Great Moments in Science Why spiders don’t go commando
Spiders dropping down on their silk thread never get caught twisting in the breeze, like abseiling commandos do. Because … chemistry.
