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Catalyst

Season 14 2013
TV-G

  • 2013-02-06T13:00:00Z on ABC
  • 30m
  • 12h 30m (25 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Documentary, News
Catalyst is a program that sees science as a dynamic force changing our world. Each week Catalyst will bring a mixture of Australian and international stories, from science breakthroughs investigating the implications, the ethics, and the politics of the particular issue, to stories about how scientists work in the field.

25 episodes

Electric Cars Part One
The team kick off their scientific trek with an electric car trial out of Perth.

Land Speed Record
Dr Derek Muller ditches electric cars in favour of a rocket vehicle.

Electric Cars Part Two
Simon Pampena discovers his sporty electric Lotus can't quite go the distance.

Leaning Tower
Dr Derek Muller turns watermelons into fruit salad in the name of physics.

Future Farm
Our trio measure how much methane sheep actually burp and a clever way to reduce their emissions.

Part 1: Blasting for Gold
The team go underground gold mining in Kalgoorlie.

Part 2: Comedy Gold
Simon Pampena performs comedy using mathematics in Kalgoorlie, but will his numbers add up?

Part 3: Salt Satellites
The trio "sail" on Lake Lefroy and meet scientists using the salt lakes to keep satellites accurate.

Part 1: Weebubbie Cave
After a quick round of golf, Anja Taylor joins a team of scientists for a spell-binding diving expedition into the Nullarbor's deepest cave.

School of the Air
Derek and Simon stage a physics and maths roadshow for School of the Air students who live on the Nullarbor.

Part 2: Weebubbie Cave
On her second dive, Anja teams up with Dr Stefan Eberhard to discover the microscopic crustacea that inhabit the cave.

Eucla Sand Hills
The team reveal the surprising origin of the sandhills using just a touch of vinegar.

Nullarbor safari
Anja,Derek and Simon join critter-wrangler, Harald Ehmann and find more Nullarbor wildlife than they bargained for.

Measuring Our Coastline
Derek and Simon unpack the "coastline paradox" as they gaze out over the stunning Bunda Cliffs.

Yalata Mulloway
The team go fishing for Mulloway and discover a satellite tagging project aimed at protecting this iconic fish.

Diprotodon Dig
The team join a fossil dig in the badlands of South Australia and discover the world's largest marsupial.

Coorong Wetlands
The team check on the health of the Lower Lakes and Coorong following the Big Dry.

Technoviticulture
Technology has become indispensable to modern wine making.

Penguin Patrol
In a world first, Maremma sheepdogs are protecting penguins from hungry foxes.

Mapping Underwater Victoria
Anja and Derek hit the high seas to find out what lies beneath Victoria's coastal waters.

Cape Otway Lighthouse

Koalas
In the Great Otway National Park and surrounding private land, there are as many as 18 koalas per hectare – the highest density ever recorded.

Hot Air Balloon Finale
Our On the Road team head to the Melbourne skies on a Hot Air Balloon.

Fire Tornado
How does a bushfire turn into a fire tornado?

Flies for Food
Maggots…they make you squirm…but what a healthy meal of pure protein they’d be! Graham Phillips explores a scheme to supply fly feed to agriculture and aquaculture.

Dog Empathy
Do dogs really care?

Sustainable Fishing
A look at the science involved in managing Australia's largest fishery.

Cyber Attack
How vulnerable is critical infrastructure to cyber attacks?

Smart Arm
A Smart Arm is helping stroke patients recover mobility.

Dengue Fever
Dr Maryanne Demasi reveals Australian research which may help to eliminate Dengue Fever.

Scramspace
A world leading Australian research team is preparing to launch a hypersonic scramjet.

Voyager
What has Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object, discovered?

Doping to Win
Do "performance enhancing" drugs really work and what are the side effects?

Life Enhancing Drugs
There are substances that could improve your mind power and help you learn faster or improve your memory.

Extreme Weather
This special report looks at the domino effect of environmental and atmospheric factors that drive the globe to wetter, hotter, drier and colder extremes.

Underwater Optics
Cinematographer Pawel Achtel has developed a camera housing that brings ultra high definition underwater images to the big screen.

2013-07-10T13:30:00Z

14x12 Chiropractors

14x12 Chiropractors

  • 2013-07-10T13:30:00Z30m

Chiropractors
Are chiropractors putting babies at risk?

Rainbow Children
Mark examines the evidence from social scientists and whether more research matters to the growing numbers of children from same sex couples.

Sundrop Farm
Anja and Simon visit an unlikely location for a sustainable energy world first, a huge greenhouse on the edge of the desert in South Australia.

Air Operations Simulator Research Centre
Ruben takes flight at the Air Operations Simulator Centre in Melbourne.

Algorithm of Love
Simon takes a look at how dating websites use complex maths to find you your perfect match.

14x14 The Chemistry of Attraction

  • 2013-07-24T13:30:00Z30m

The Chemistry of Attraction
Catalyst pulls back the covers on the science of attraction.

Southern Surveyor
Join Mark Horstman aboard the Southern Surveyor as she embarks on her last science voyage.

Ancient Teeth
Dr Graham Phillips looks at what ancient teeth reveal about our dental health today.

Future Music
How are computers changing the composition of music?

Toxic Sugar?
Is sugar in the diet driving the obesity crisis?

Water Fluoridation
Ruben reports on the benefits of fluoride and the controversy behind adding fluoride to our water supplies.

Energy Drinks
Anja Taylor reveals the hidden dangers of energy drinks.

3D Virus
Simon Pampena explores how a supercomputer can help researchers to better understand the poliovirus at an atomic level.

Military Uniform
Dr Graham Phillips goes deep inside a climate controlled defence chamber to test chemical warfare suits.

14x18 Coal Dust - Quantum Computing

  • 2013-08-21T13:30:00Z30m

Coal Dust
Mark Horstman heads to Newcastle to reveal the efforts that are underway to identify potentially harmful concentrations of coal dust particulates.

Quantum Computing
Dr Graham Phillips delves into the world of the very very small to reveal the huge potential of quantum computing.

In a Catalyst special we explore the possibilities of Gravity waves. Einstein predicted them and now a telescope may have found evidence they exist, supporting the idea that there may be many universes.

Fossils Exposed
Engineers unearthed a remarkable treasure trove of fossils beneath Brisbane.

Wings of Wonder
Anja Taylor reports on how the amazing properties of insect wings could offer new hope for surgical implants.

Eureka Prizes Interviews
Catalyst asks some of our eminent scientists about the most important scientific issues facing Australia.

Anja Taylor looks at the controversial issue of recreational hunters shooting feral animals as an effective management technique; do sharks choose their friends? And do men look sexier with a guitar?

Teaching drones to think for themselves; looking at ways to combat the super-bug gonorrhoea; and what causes bike rage?

14x23 HIV Cure - Ancient Writing

  • 2013-10-02T13:30:00Z30m

Will the 21st century be remembered for the eradication of HIV? It's possible. Dr Maryanne Demasi reports. And Dr Graham Phillips sees how 3D printing is being used to bring history within our grasp.

In this Catalyst special, Dr Maryanne Demasi investigates the science behind the long established claims that saturated fat causes heart disease by raising cholesterol.

In the second episode of this two-part Catalyst special, Dr Maryanne Demasi uncovers the tactics used by drug companies to distort the data to make cholesterol lowering medications seem more effective than they are.

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