AustroPalaeo
The original Antipodean lion
With each passing year we learn more and more about Australia’s most formidable marsupial predator.
On This Day
Centenary of the Battle of Fromelles
It’s been 100 years since the darkest day in Australian military history, which saw the most casualties in 24 hours of any Australian battle.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
Killer heat waves
Dr Karl investigates the growing global trend of heat waves, which have killed more Australians than all other natural disasters combined.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
The thorny devil lizard’s drinking habits
How the thorny devil takes “flat out like a lizard drinking” to the extreme.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
The Australian pedestrian button
Dr Karl’s ode to the ergonomic and elegant design of the pedestrian button.
Events
On This Day: Aboriginal flag first flown
A potent symbol of Aboriginal Australia recognised the world-over, this flag first ruffled in the wind in Adelaide in 1971.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
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.
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The invention that saved soldiers’ lives in WWI
Australian physicist William Lawrence Bragg located enemy artillery with a makeshift infrasound reader.
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The fate of our first submarine
Dr Karl tells the story of Australia’s first submarine in World War One, the AE2.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
Which way does water go down a drain?
Dr Karl investigates if water really drains anti-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise Down Under.