Need To Know with Dr Karl
Arthritic cane toads?
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.
On This Day
A history of Sydney’s Mardi Gras
This year is the 40th anniversary of Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras and follows on from the official legalisation of marriage equality in Australia.
On This Day
On this day: Happy 200th to Sydney’s Botanic Gardens
Two hundred years ago liquor was downed to celebrate the founding of one of Sydney’s icons – now home to almost 9000 plant species.
On This Day
On this day: The Batavia is fatefully wrecked
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.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
Australian breakthroughs: the invention of wi-fi
Dr Karl looks at the story behind how Australian black hole researchers invented wi-fi.
On This Day
On this day: $2 coins replace green notes
Did you know Australia once had its own mean, green paper note? That was until 1988, when the $2 coin rolled in.
AustroPalaeo
Digging for dinosaurs in the Gobi Desert
Join the Australian Geographic Society on a thrilling adventure in Central Asia to hunt for fossils with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
History & Culture
On this day: Queen Victoria Building’s first block laid
It was a modest outdoor market that became one of Sydney’s grandest buildings.
On This Day
On this day: Tassie’s Jewish homeland plan
Was Tasmania a viable Jewish homeland option during WWII? A young Melbournite Critchley Parker thought so.
AustroPalaeo
Northern lights dinosaur was savage predator
An Australian palaeontologist has led the discovery of a new Velociraptor relative that lived within the Arctic Circle.