Dr Karl Podcast

Is it bad to rub your eyes? What do birds get up to during migration? And which hair colour is the strongest? Zoe Kean answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Sam Lane. Got a question for Dr Karl - submit it here https://ab.co/askKarl

A lively dive into Artemis II launch plans, trajectory and reentry concerns. Practical talk about spacecraft toilets, food and waste handling. Exploration of breast milk's healing and immune properties. Troubleshooting smelly compost and how fungi help decomposition. Why soap suds do not equal cleaning power and what keeps ocean salt mixed.

Jackson Liebeck, spacecraft systems engineer and former flight director for the Blue Ghost lunar mission, shares tales from rocket testing to lunar landings. He talks mission control pressures, Van Allen belt radiation tradeoffs, spacecraft design surprises and creative problem solving. They also explore faster-than-light concepts, AI aiding lunar operations and why a Moon base could change space logistics.

Dr Laura Driessen, astronomer who studies radio transients and cosmic structure. She discusses mysterious slow radio flashes and possible white dwarf origins. They explore supervoids and how multiwavelength maps reveal empty cosmic regions. Conversation covers satellite radio interference and techniques to mitigate it, plus how spacecraft safely cross the sparse asteroid belt.

Does light travel forever? Why does the dancefloor get so sweaty? And can your friends match your freak?Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith. 

Why are chocolate and coffee the perfect pair? What's the point of having hairy feet? And how do you make the perfect frozen marg?Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith. 

Does a plucked hair grow back?  Why does nicotine suppress your appetite? And how high is the sky?Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith

Doctors, here's a sneak peek of a brand new podcast co-hosted by Dr Karl.

Where is the centre of the universe? What would happen if the speed of light increased? And what is Dr Karl's favourite maternity fact?Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith. 

Would we die without dioxygen? Where did spiders come from? And can you learn to hack the cold?Dr Karl and Zoe Kean (OAM!) answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.