Great Moments In Science - with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Podcast
1) Chlorophyll Water — part 2
Chlorophyll water has re-emerged as a darling of the wellness world - but does it stand up to the hype?
2) Chlorophyll Water - part 1
Chlorophyll water has re-emerged as a darling of the wellness world - but does it stand up to the hype?
3) Sleep update
It's not a good plan to skimp on sleep. A regular seven to nine hours a night puts you in a better position to live longer, and better.
4) Development of vaccines
Vaccines are not a new invention. One of the very first effective vaccinations against disease came from China about 1,500 years ago - and was widely used there to combat Smallpox.
5) Animal navigation
Today’s technology has given us an avalanche of information about how, and where, animals travel. We have radar, motion-activated cameras, drones, DNA sequencing, as well as battery-powered geo-locati...Show More
6) Elements of you
Our modern periodic table has 118 known chemical elements. About 94 of them occur naturally and the rest were manufactured by us. An element is a pure substance made of atoms that have the same number...Show More
7) First known computer, Pt 3
Dr Karl still has more to tell us about the first known computer - this week it's Part 3. After its discovery it took a little while to clean up - and for the conservators to see what was on the insid...Show More
8) First known computer, Pt 2
Going deeper into the Antikythera Mechanism - a box with 30 bronze gears inside connected to three dials outside. It predicted the movements of a bunch of astronomical data. But let's start with eclip...Show More
9) First known computer, Pt 1
We tend to think of computers as being a fairly recent invention. But the world’s oldest known computer is actually a few thousand years old. It’s called the Antikythera Mechanism
10) Staring into empty space
Gazing off into empty space or being the target of a ‘stare bear’, it can happen to us all. Staring into the middle distance can be relaxing and head-clearing, but fixing our eyes on nothing at all fo...Show More