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  • Wednesday 18th March 2026
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Sarah Cumming on ABC Gold Coast

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    7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Dr Karl joins Kelly Higgins-Devine on ABC Brisbane/Queensland

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Deep sea climate change, enviro bags, over-fishing

It’s a Marine Science Special! Professor Emma Johnson joins Dr Karl and Zan Rowe to help answer your ocean-based science questions.

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Big dinosaurs, sun flames, four seasons in one day

How does addiction work? Why were dinosaurs so big? Does stress shorten your life?


Australian Geographic

Could cows produce strawberry-flavoured milk?

WE KNOW THAT human breast milk can be flavoured by what the mother eats, and the same holds for cow’s milk. So can cows produce strawberry-flavoured milk? One study involved 18 nursing human mothers eating capsules of concentrated flavour. Within hours, the babies were enjoying flavoured milk from their mother’s breasts. The time varied for […]

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Hand washing, active cases, hot chooks

How long does an asymptomatic person stay asymptomatic? Should we be worried about the fumes from hand sanitizer? How long can I eat my hot chicken leftovers for? Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings, with host Lucy Smith and Science reporter Olivia Willis from ABC News.