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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 14 hours 15 minutes
episode 35: Omicron & Beyond with USYD Prof Holmes
2022 looked safe -then it wasn't . Dr Karl nvestigates with Usyd prof Eddie Holmes. He was the first western source of the Wuhan genome. How could Omicron fool the world? How can we avoid being fooled again ?
episode 6: Electricity & Magnetism with Professor Lewis
We are counting on an electrified future to cut carbon emissions. Greener futures, as we plan them, depend on electricity and electro-magnetism. Dr Karl explores the physics of electricity and generators with Professor Lewis.
episode 5: Probiotics and Prebiotics with Professor Collins (274)
Every week new supplements are announced and promoted. Some can be useful additions to your diet but what about probiotics and prebiotics ? Dietetics professor Collins explains what they claim, what is in them and if they help.
episode 4: Electricity & electrons in a wire with Professor Lewis (273) with Professor Lewis
Electricity is a great foundation for sustainable energy but Dr Karl discovers how little he knows about the physics of electrons. We all have much to learn about the source of power from Professor Lewis.
episode 3: Stellar Lifecycles #2 with Professor Lewis
What colour is our Sun? (or Sol as local folks call it). How long will it stay that way? Professor Lewis resumes his fascinating journey in time space and consciousness. We pick up where things are now and go forward to the end. How does it all...
episode 2: Stellar Lifecycles #1 with Professor Lewis
For some stars, life begins at 10 billion years. Professor Lewis leads Dr Karl on a trillion year expedition from birth to a young adult expanding universe. The first part of a fascinating journey in time, space and consciousness.
episode 1: Nuyina - Australia's new Antarctic Traveller
Australia has a new Antarctic Vessel. Jono Reeve takes Dr Karl on a virtual tour of the features of the RSV Nuyina.
episode 52: James Webb telescope with Dr Jessica Bloom
There were high hopes for the Hubble space telescope. Eventually they were realised with pictures of galaxies beyond our widest visions. This century the James Webb promises both time and space with a different universal perspective. Dr...
episode 51: Forever Young with Dr Bloom
The diseases of ageing are already overwhelming health care facilities. In the decades ahead, our older populations will put even more pressure on health unless there are medical breakthroughs. These diseases are proving stubborn to medicate and cures...
episode 50: Primordial Black Holes with professor Lewis
In 1966, two Soviet cosmologists proposed the existence of primordial black holes. 55 years on, evidence mounts that these ancient bodies actually exist. They are the stem cells of the cosmos scattered on a universal matrix and may be pre-atomic....