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  • Wednesday 24th April 2024
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Matt Webber on ABC Gold Coast

  • Thursday 25th April 2024
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

    Dr Karl joins Rebecca Levingstone on ABC Brisbane

  • Thursday 25th April 2024
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Dr Karl joins Lucy Smith on ABC Triple J Science Mornings

  • Thursday 25th April 2024
    2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

    Dr Karl joins Christine Layton for ABC Perth


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Celebrating 30 years of science talkback with Dr Karl

Previous ‘Mornings’ presenters drop by to share their favourite Dr Karl moments from the last 30 years on triplej. Plus: Karl’s favourite organ; his first comments on radio re-enacted; and the five most-common science questions asked by listeners.

Great Moments in Science

Carrots & Night Vision

Do carrots really help you see in the dark? Or is it just a trick to get kids eating more veg?


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 […]

Great Moments in Science

Mirror Universe: part two

A nine second difference between physics experiments could have big implications. A whole universe worth of them!