About this episode

Dr Karl answers various scientific questions on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.

Do soap suds affect cleanliness? How does salt in the ocean form? How many mushrooms would it take to decompose a human body? Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.

People in this episode

Host: Dr Karl

Guest: Lucy Smith

Topics covered

• cleanliness
• ocean salt formation
• decomposition
• breast milk
• mushrooms

Keywords

• soap suds
• cleanliness
• salt
• ocean
• mushrooms
• decompose
• human body
• breast milk

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Organizations: triplej

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