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**Dr Karl Podcast**

Join Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Lucy Smith and their scientific guests, with a bunch of curious triple j listeners for a weekly injection of science, myth-bashing and answers!

Latest Episodes:

Left-handed kids, body bacteria & liquid nicotine Nov 23, 2017

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Why is the sky blue during sunsets? What's outside the universe? What came before the dinosaurs?

Quantum computing, future of cryptocurrency, emails to the past Nov 09, 2017

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Where does the past go? How do we keep human biases out of Artificial Intelligence? Can quantum computing help us solve p=np?

Electric shocks, bloody noses, sleep sneezing Aug 31, 2017

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Why does earwax taste bitter but snot doesn't? Can Wi-Fi be harmful? If we were to replicate the big bang, how would we contain it?

Frozen heads, period poos, looking at an eclipse Aug 24, 2017

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Could you keep moving your head to new bodies and live forever? How are birthmarks formed? Is it possible to bite or eat yourself?

Wombat poos, Beyonce flies & slow slugs Aug 17, 2017

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Why are snails and slugs so slow? Why do wombats do square poos? If i drive a Melbourne fly to Brisbane, have i ruined its life? An insect edition with special guests Dr Bryan Lessard from the CSIRO and Dr Rebecca Johnson from the Australian Museum!

Dr Karl reviews Unearthed tunes! Aug 15, 2017

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To celebrate Science Week, we recruited total ledge & Aus music lover Dr Karl to give us his hot takes on Unearthed.

Synaesthesia, multiple moons, safe AI Aug 10, 2017

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What is happening in the brain when someone experiences synaesthesia? What would happen if we had more than one moon? How fast would you need to travel to keep up with the sun?

Farting, space messages and disappearing tastebuds Aug 04, 2017

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How much farting would kill someone? Has anyone replied to our space messages? Will my tastebuds disappear if i keep cutting off my tongue ulcers?

Morning breath, scent memory, baby hiccups Jul 27, 2017

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What's the deal with morning breath? Why do babies get hiccups when they laugh? How is scent linked to memory?

Sun mirror, essentials oils, vinyl records Jul 20, 2017

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How do you get music out of a vinyl record? What would happen if you reflected the sun's light back at it? Would ants survive without their colony?