Dr Karl: Need to Know
Popular sunscreen chemical can kill baby corals
Consider wearing zinc or covering up next time you’re snorkeling, says Dr Karl – one popular sunscreen chemical can be toxic for baby corals.
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Dr Karl: Need to Know
Could cows produce strawberry-flavoured milk?
We do know cows’ diets affects the flavour of their milk.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
Dr Karl: The truth about Uluru
The phrase ‘world’s largest monolith’ makes a nice story for tourists visiting Australia’s iconic Uluru. Just don’t say it near a geologist.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
Why does your dog wag its tail?
Dr Karl uncovers the curious hidden meanings behind your dog’s tail wagging.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
Killer heat waves
Dr Karl investigates the growing global trend of heat waves, which have killed more Australians than all other natural disasters combined.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
The thorny devil lizard’s drinking habits
How the thorny devil takes “flat out like a lizard drinking” to the extreme.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
The Australian pedestrian button
Dr Karl’s ode to the ergonomic and elegant design of the pedestrian button.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
The Fred Hollows Foundation’s Arclight
Dr Karl looks at how the Foundation’s portable and cheap ophthalmoscope is helping save lives and prevent avoidable blindness across the developing world.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
Australian breakthroughs: the Bionic Ear
Dr Karl takes a look at how the Bionic Ear – developed with the help of Australian expertise – helps nearly 300,000 people worldwide hear again.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
The invention that saved soldiers’ lives in WWI
Australian physicist William Lawrence Bragg located enemy artillery with a makeshift infrasound reader.