Keeping Cool ep1 with Prof Jay (421)
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Summer heat waves are increasing - so AC or fan, what is best? The answer becomes unclear when air temperatures are in the high 30s. Professor Jay takes Dr Karl inside your sweat glands to discover the physics of keeping cool.
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G-Planes and Hoops with Dr Bloom (420)
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Physics on both galactic and personal scales are explored and answered with Dr Jessica Bloom and Dr Karl. .
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Sexy Talk with Dr Ann Jones (417)
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A shameless piece of cross promotion for ABC podcast 'What the Duck' with Dr Ann Jones about plant and animal reproduction. Contains names of body parts, fluids, graphic descriptions and one swear word.
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Meet the Novas with Dr Sara Webb (419)
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We are so lucky to be alive. Dr Sara Webb's 'The Little book of Cosmic Catastrophes' looks at dangerous galactic neighbours. So what are the chances of finding Earth 2.0 ?
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Beating Cancer with Professor Richard Scolyer (405)
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Professor Richard Scolyer is the 2024 joint Australian of the Year. Dr Karl probes skin cancer therapies and immunotherapies with a researcher who has put his life on the line.
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Dr Matt Agnew's guide to AI 404
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Phones made today are super smart. Fast and versatile they can be so powerful to be spooky. Dr Matt joins Dr Karl to peel back the AI layers for a set of rules for the future.
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Dr Matt Agnew's extraordinary life so far 403
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Mining Engineer, Reality TV star, Astrophysicist, Author - What's left for Dr Matt?
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Observable and Infinite with Prof Lewis (402)
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If we need to fully understand space we need more time - lots of it. Beyond the Hubble sphere things gets lumpy.
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Deceit starts with D with Prof Mann (401)
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Dr Karl asks a fellow physicist for the telltale signs when powerful people spread untruths. They are easy to spot and nasty.
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Hot Data with Prof Mann (400)
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The graph points skywards. A thousand of years of data says "stop burning carbon". Prof Mann tells Dr Karl of how the USA responded to his articles in the early 1990s.
info_outlineDr Karl learns a new German word 'dunkelflaute'. Rare in Australia yet it plays havoc in colder countries. Yet another reason why atomic reactors are a poor choice for Australia as Dr Barnes explains.