Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is one of Australia’s 100 National Living Treasures with a media career spanning more than 30 years. He has authored 38 books to date – his latest being Dr Karl’s Short Back & Science.

His accolades range from the Ig Nobel Prize from Harvard University for his ground-breaking research into belly button fluff and why it is almost always blue, to being one of the first Australian AppleMasters, of which there are only 100 worldwide.

A lifetime student, Karl has earned degrees in Physics and Maths, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine and Surgery.  He now serves as the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at Sydney University, where his ‘mission’ is to spread the good word about science and its benefits.

Dr Karl caught up with Dean Beck ahead of his Secular Sermon on misinformation at The School Of Life in Melbourne recently.