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Editor's choice Wednesday, 13 March 2019

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News in Science The less expensive way to reduce the fire risk of some cladding

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It took just 90 minutes for fire to race up 20 storeys of the Grenfell Tower, thanks to its combustible aluminium composite panels. But there are ways of making buildings safe — and not all involve completely replacing cladding.

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Red beard hairs, living underwater and movies on airplanesArticle has audio

Thursday, 7 March 2019

Why do I sweat more on one side? Can smart watches cause cancer? Why is it easier to see when squinting? Dr Karl answers these questions and more, with host Linda Marigliano on triple j Mornings.

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Dr Karl: Did life begin on an invisible mountain range?

Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Could life have evolved on the longest mountain range on Earth, that is so far under the water it's invisible to most of us?

Human adventure

Elen Feuerriegel

The 'underground astronaut' in search of ancient bones

Saturday, 26 August 2017
Elen Feuerriegel risked her life to recover bones hidden in a cave below the rolling hills of South Africa. What she found helped open a new chapter in the story of human evolution.

Phone fears unfounded

Pilot on mobile phone

Smartphone myths and facts

Thursday, 24 August 2017
Do smartphones cause brain cancer? Do they really mess with a plane's navigation gear? And petrol pumps? Really??

Clever smartphones

Clever smartphones

Can our smartphones get any smarter?

Tuesday, 22 August 2017
In the year 1926, the pioneering scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla predicted a device that would allow us to communicate instantly over any distance, seeing and hearing one another as though face to face.

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First beers in a year pulled as tiny town saves beloved pub

The beer is flowing once more, thanks to cash raised from a community cropping program in a tiny WA town.