Shirtloads of Science

Dr Karl’s a curious optimist – a great combination for a science lover. Join him and his guests for weird facts, amazing conversation and remember, it’s never too late for a happy childhood. https://drkarl.com/

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 23m. Bisher sind 362 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

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episode 43: Science + Quiz = Comedy National Science Week 2017


To celebrate National Science Week in Australia, we all got together under the umbrella of the Sydney Science Festival to have a fun night called SquizCo – in other words, Science Plus Quiz = Comedy. We had two teams of top-notch scientists battling...


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 August 14, 2017  1h14m
 
 

Why Great physics is Messy with Dr Helen Czerski (42)


Dr Karl and Dr Helen - talking about ..World's longest echo, how to photograph the molecules inside an explosion, Oceans, Coffee rings and climate change. Dr Helen Czerski describes Physics today as "messy" and "complex" and she loves it. 


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 August 6, 2017  20m
 
 

Spider Webs, The Shape of Eggs & On The Road with Bertha Benz (41)


In this episode - just about, almost on-the-verge of becoming Doctor Jessica on the physics of chemical bonding in spider's silk and how it might help us to build better stuff. Dr Alice on computer modelling predicting the shape of eggs. Dr Karl tells...


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 July 30, 2017  23m
 
 

Ultra Marathon AstroPhysics with Professor Lisa (40)


Making sense of the Heavens above is extreme science. Add radio telescopes and that becomes multi dimensional. Then apply stresses that destroy 4 wheel vehicles in the desert and you have this week's Shirtloads guest.  Dr Karl and Professor Lisa...


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 July 23, 2017  24m
 
 

Mice in Space, Battery & Plane Travel, Blue Pigment (39)


This week the team are all in the wild blue yonder. Dr Alice talks about mice pups and space and burying sperm deep under the lunar surface. Dr Karl dreams of carbon free plane travel and passengers making space for the lightest element in the...


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 July 16, 2017  16m
 
 

White Coffee & Meringues - Prof Claire Collins on the foamy Science of proteins (38)


What makes white coffee so foamy and delicious. That delightful crunch when you bite into the perfect meringue. Scientifically they're both made of the same stuff - protein.  Prof Claire Collins takes us on a journey beyond the taste buds to...


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 July 9, 2017  18m
 
 

Con Artists, Cold Spots and Stradivarius violins (37)


Things are not always how they seem: Dr Karl explains how to be buff, good looking and scientifically believable in order to con the gullible. Almost Dr Jessica explains how a statistical quirk could look like a collision with another...


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 July 2, 2017  23m
 
 

Climate Science Debate (36)


Why has Climate Science become so contested ?  Dr Karl discusses with two authors. Dr Christopher Wright has written about the past 30 years of Climate Change in "Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations: Processes of Creative...


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 June 25, 2017  19m
 
 

Dr. Michael Mann & the Hockey Stick Graph. (35)


This podcast is about Science and a chart. Team leader, Professor Michael Mann, drew it 20 years ago using good science. It's been named "The Hockey Stick Graph" because of the way it shoots up. It had no new information. Instead it drew on an...


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 June 18, 2017  19m
 
 

The Artificial Uterus, Schroedinger's Cat & Bacteriophages (34)


Blue Sky Science. This week the lamb in a bag - Dr Alice on the research that may help save premature babies.  Almost Dr Jessica with a cat in a box wanted dead and/or alive. And Dr Karl on the viruses that eats bacteria - maybe there is a...


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 June 11, 2017  22m