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  • Wednesday 18th September 2024
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Sarah Cumming on ABC Gold Coast

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    3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

    Dr Karl joins Katherine Feeney on ABC Brisbane

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    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Dr Karl joins Lucy Smith on ABC Triple J Science Mornings

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    2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

    Dr Karl joins Michael Tetlow for ABC Perth


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Great Moments in Science

Infertility and COVID-19 vaccines Part 1

We have several pretty good COVID-19 vaccines. They have enormously reduced the risks against getting sick, or dying from COVID. So why are people saying “no” to COVID vaccines? It seems the main reason for avoiding the very protective vaccines is wave after wave of misinformation and dis-information in social media. Let’s make some aspects easier to understand.

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Muscle memory, buttery sweat and our robot overlords

Where does the wind come from? Can we affect other peoples dreams? Why do some people smell like butter when they sweat?


Great Moments in Science

Wood for the future

Wood has a loads of potential—from it we can make semi-conductors, batteries, steel, concrete, even plastics. It does need a lot of processing but we already do that with materials like steel, glass and concrete.

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Kiss the Sun: part two

After hearing about the Parker Solar Probe’s mission to the Sun, now Dr Karl is taking a closer look at how it’ll survive this fiery journey.