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.
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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.
Nature & Wildlife
Land of white cockroaches
Imagine if cockroaches invaded your kitchen, and then ate it up. That’s not a far-fetched scenario, given recent evidence that termites are really tiny social cockroaches.
On This Day
On this day: former PM Alfred Deakin was born
Among the things you might not know: is that Alfred Deakin helped create the first minimum wage and was prime minister three times
Creatura with Bec Crew
The kōkako, endangered and terrible at flying
The iconic but ungainly kōkako is easy pickings for rats, cats and stoats
On This Day
On this day in history: 2004 Boxing Day tsunami
In 2004 the Boxing Day tsunami took hundreds of thousands of lives. Today, Australia spearheads a warning system for the Indian Ocean.
History & Culture
On this day in history: Cyclone Tracy
In 1974, Territorians had to pitch in together on Christmas morning after raging Cyclone Tracy flattened 70 per cent of Darwin.
On This Day
On this day: Gough Whitlam becomes Prime Minister
Few Australian Prime Ministers have been as polarising as Whitlam.
AustroPalaeo
Prehistoric platypuses with bite
The discovery of a prehistoric, supersized, carnivorous platypus helps to fill in the family history of this unusual and iconic Aussie species.