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				Catalyst			


			

				
Catalyst


				

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										2014										Documentary · News				


				
Catalyst is Australia's premier science  investigation series. Each week the team brings you stories from  Australia and around the world, meeting scientists at the forefront of  discovery.

				

							

		


					

				

	

		
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				Jane Goodall
				30m				Meet Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, world-renowned primatologist, humanitarian, conservationist and UN Messenger of Peace.			

		
				
			

									
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				Shark Behavior
				30m				Do sharks have friends? Watch and see if there is actually anything to study when we look at…			

		
				
			

									
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				Virtual Universe
				30m				Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could just sit and watch a movie about the universe and see…			

		
				
			

									
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				Polar People
				30m				Each year, over 2000 people apply for jobs in Antarctica, but few are successful. What are the physical…			

		
				
			

									
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				Voyager
				30m				Take a look at the Voyager unmanned space probes launched in the 1970's -- and where they are…			

		
				
			

									
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				Wings Of Wonder
				30m				Titanium implants are a favorite among surgeons. They're light, durable and strong and readily accepted by the human…			

		
				
			

									
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				Sun's Lost Siblings
				30m				In a family reunion like no other, astronomers reunite our sun with her long lost sibling. Dr Graham…			

		
				
			

									
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				Super Solar Cells
				30m				Dr Graham Phillips investigates new technology that is able to convert more than 40 per cent of the…			

		
				
			

									
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				Our Chemical Lives
				30m				Thousands of chemicals are used in everyday products – in our water, our food and in the air…			

		
				
			

									
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				Antivenom
				30m				Good to know as you travel to the Antipodes - Australia has the most venomous snakes and spiders…			

		
				
			

									
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				Powering The Mind
				30m				What is memory? How do our memories change from childhood to adulthood? How we can build up greater…			

		
				
			

									
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				Alien Technology
				30m				Is there anyone out there? Does the popular movie quote 'ET phone home' have any substance? Astronomers have…			

		
				
			

									
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				3D Virus
				30m				How can a supercomputer can help researchers to a better understanding of the poliovirus at an atomic level?…			

		
				
			

									
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				Future Cities
				30m				It's amazing to think that in the 1900s a mere tenth of the world's population lived and worked…			

		
				
			

									
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				Quantum Computing
				30m				The promise of quantum computers is that what would otherwise take a billion years to calculate, could be…			

		
				
			

									
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				Peacock Spider
				30m				Think spiders aren't beautiful? Then think again! The colorful and beautiful jumping Peacock Spider, native to Australia, will…			

		
				
			

									
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				Allergy Pill
				30m				In the western world there’s an epidemic of allergies. Could it be that our lifestyles are too clean?…			

		
				
			

									
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				Cardiac Implants
				30m				There’s no doubt that cardiac implants or stents save lives. They unblock arteries to prevent heart attacks. But…			

		
				
			

									
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				Honey Bees
				30m				It seems that the bee population crisis is intricately tied to the way we have changed our planet.…			

		
				
			

									
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				Extreme Weather
				30m				This special report looks at the domino effect of environmental and atmospheric factors that drive the globe to…			

		
				
			

									
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				Fast Food For Hummingbirds
				30m				By building see-through flowers, researchers at the University of Connecticut have captured high-speed, high-magnification images of the remarkable…			

		
				
			

									
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				Ancient Writing
				30m				Cuneiform documents in clay cover everything from political affairs to economic practices, from 3400BC right up to the…			

		
				
			

									
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				Tokyo Flood Prevention
				30m				Fifty meters beneath the teeming mega-city of Tokyo is an underworld river system - 6.4km of tunnels, colossal…			

		
				
			

									
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				Life Enhancing Drugs
				30m				Performance-enhancing drugs aren't limited to just sport and increasing your physical prowess. There are substances that could improve…			

		
				
			

									
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				Bioluminescence
				30m				A short video on this phenomenon of nature, particularly evident in deep ocean animals.			

		
				
			

									
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				Mega-tsunamis
				30m				By investigating the tell-tale signs of earthquakes and tsunamis written into the landscape over the last thousand years,…			

		
			



			

		
		

			

	
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