Great Moments In Science

Great Moments In Science episodes

August 27, 2019 Diseases stink!
Joy Milne has a superpower. She can smell Parkinson's disease - years before it's diagnosed.
8 min
August 20, 2019 Dead brains revived!
Tabloids love using 'Frankenstein' in headlines about science research. But this time, they weren't completely wrong.
8 min
August 13, 2019 Mirror Universe: part two
A nine second difference between physics experiments could have big implications. A whole universe worth of them!
7 min
August 06, 2019 Mirror Universe: part 1
As if our regular universe isn't crazy enough - there might be a completely different 'mirror' universe lurking amongst us!
8 min
July 30, 2019 Running out of sand: part two
The future of sand is ... recycled plastic?
7 min
July 23, 2019 Running out of sand, part one
How could something as common as sand possibly be running low?
7 min
July 16, 2019 Marco Polo and spaghetti: part two
There's plenty of evidence that Marco Polo didn't introduce pasta from China. So where did that myth start?
6 min
July 09, 2019 Marco Polo and spaghetti: part one
We all know that Marco Polo brought spaghetti to the western world from his travels in China. Or did he?
6 min
July 02, 2019 Tobacco denialism: part two
A meeting in 1953 created the formula for a smokescreen that's still playing out today. And it's gone way beyond tobacco.
8 min
June 25, 2019 Tobacco denialism: part one
When the science is certain, how do you push a product that kills? Ask Big PR.
7 min

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From the ground breaking and life saving to the wacky and implausible, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki reveals some of the best moments in science.