It's never too late to overcome chronic lateness
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: Dr Karl discovers the four kinds of personalities that are especially prone to being chronically late-and what might help to change these habits.
View ArticleThe science of autophagy or self cannibalisation
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: The 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology was awarded for research into autophagy - the process where your cells eat and recycle themselves. Dr Karl takes a closer look...
View ArticleThe science of exotic states and molecular machines
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: This year's Nobel Prizes saw scientists recognised for their work on unusual states of matter and the world's smallest machines. Dr Karl explains what these discoveries mean.
View ArticleCould there be life on Saturn's moon Enceladus?
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: When the ancients looked to the stars and wondered if they were alone, they probably never imagined the possibility that Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus might host a strange...
View ArticleWhy do books smell the way they do?
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: Books, new and old, have a particular smell, but what we call that 'new book smell' isn't always the same from book to book or even from publisher to publisher, as Dr Karl...
View ArticleThe earworms you can't get out of your head
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: If you've ever had a song stuck in your head, you'll know it's annoying. But as Dr Karl explains, it might be an evolutionary way of keeping us alert.
View ArticleCoral polyps: the reef builders that generate their own water currents
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: At first glance, coral polyps seem to be totally at the mercy of their environment. Dr Karl explains how they survive when they can't move.
View ArticleIt's complicated: The sex life of coral
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: Stuck in one spot, waiting for the full moon to pass and the perfect temperature to arrive, and your choice of mate left to the tide: when you're coral, reproduction is...
View ArticleThe collective intelligence of animals
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: The collective intelligence of a flock helps protect and save energy, keep them on track when migrating and share food discoveries, as Dr Karl explains.
View ArticleWhat would happen if the Earth stopped rotating?
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: The good news is that if the Earth's rotation stopped, we wouldn't fall off, but it would be a very inhospitable place, Dr Karl explains.
View ArticleWhy we need a leap second added to our clocks
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: As New Year's Eve ticked over to 2017, scientists added an extra second to atomic clocks to compensate for the Earth's variable rotation. Dr Karl explains the pros and cons of...
View ArticleHow lightning happens: a step-by-step guide
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: It takes a unique series of weather factors to create the awesome power of lightning, explains Dr Karl.
View ArticleCould we capture and store energy from lightning?
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: Could lightning power the planet instead of fossil fuels? Dr Karl does the numbers and the answer is surprising.
View ArticleHow humankind has changed our planet
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: Many factors have contributed to how Earth has changed over time, but humankind has been a major contributor in a relatively short period of time, writes Dr Karl.
View ArticleFreezing in the office? It's because air conditioning standards are sexist
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: For 50 years, air conditioning in commercial buildings has been set using the standards designed for 40-year-old men in business suits. That's left women out in the cold,...
View ArticlePaying service to the human lip
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: With hundreds of muscles and multiple layers of cells, the human lip serves a much greater role than we give them credit for, says Dr Karl.
View ArticleWhat we know about misophonia, the 'hatred of sounds'
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: A condition called misophonia-where people adversely react to particular sounds, often with feelings of rage, terror, fear and panic-was first identified 20 years ago, but is...
View ArticleHow the gold Nobel Prize medals were hidden from the Nazis
CLEVER CHEMISTRY: Sending gold out of Hitler's Germany was illegal so how did Nobel prize winners keep their medal's safe?
View ArticleHow do you clean up 60 years of space junk?
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: There's 60 years of space junk floating around the earth's orbit crashing into itself. How do you clean it up?
View ArticleCan you get pregnant during a pregnancy?
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: It's a phenomenon known as superfetation, and while it's rare, it can happen, says Dr Karl.
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