9:30 am - 10:00 am
Why does earwax taste bitter but snot doesn’t? Can Wi-Fi be harmful? If we were to replicate the big bang, how would we contain it?
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.
How do you test sewerage for drugs? Did a hash brownie bring back my sense of smell? Why can’t I burp? These science questions get answered this week, by science journo Bianca Nogrady and Uni of Sydney researcher Dr Alice Motion.
We still don’t understand how birds fly in flocks and make patterns that look so obviously organised. After all, they don’t get together beforehand to agree on a series of manoeuvres once they reach altitude! Nevertheless, this collective behaviour emerges from the combined actions of thousands of independent creatures. How? The birds follow three simple […]