
The Australian pedestrian button
Dr Karl’s ode to the ergonomic and elegant design of the pedestrian button.
Dr Karl’s ode to the ergonomic and elegant design of the pedestrian button.
A potent symbol of Aboriginal Australia recognised the world-over, this flag first ruffled in the wind in Adelaide in 1971.
Dr Karl looks at how the Foundation’s portable and cheap ophthalmoscope is helping save lives and prevent avoidable blindness across the developing world.
Australian physicist William Lawrence Bragg located enemy artillery with a makeshift infrasound reader.
Dr Karl tells the story of Australia’s first submarine in World War One, the AE2.
Dr Karl investigates if water really drains anti-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise Down Under.
Did you know cane toads in Australia get arthritis and have weaker immune systems? Dr. Karl teaches us more about the toxic toads spreading across the nation.
This year is the 40th anniversary of Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras and follows on from the official legalisation of marriage equality in Australia.
Two hundred years ago liquor was downed to celebrate the founding of one of Sydney’s icons – now home to almost 9000 plant species.
In 1629 a group of men murdered more than half the survivors of the Batavia wreck on deserted islands off WA, but 45 fought back and won.