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To your second airline, was it like this?

Hi Dr Karl, huge fan (as both an Australian, a scientist, and an owner of a ridiculously long surname). Your books were a staple of my reading collection as a kid!

Two questions;

1) Do you have any relatives in WA... I met a girl with the exact same last name as you, figured it was rare enough that you would probably be at least somehow connected.

and the main question...

2) How did you get into science outreach and education? Do you think it's worth going through established programs (Questacon etc.), or just trying to take a job in something close and work toward it?

I'm currently in the 3rd year of my PhD... and seriously starting to doubt academia is for me. My favourite parts were tutoring and spruiking science on the open days, so I figure that might be worth chasing...

Streeeeetcccchhh SNAP

My great uncle was grey and bald before chemo, ended up with a full head of brown hair again. I don't know how the hell it works, but surviving chemo seems to do magic things to the scalp.

You're right. No C-C bonding, and it's not organic!