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.
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.
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Seasons (24)
Season 1
9 Aug 2001 – 6 Dec 2001 · 17 episodes
1Vandalism & Pterosaurs - Robots in Space - Horse Ulcer - Proteomics (Part 1)9 Aug 2001
2Living on Mars - Bite Mark - Proteomics (Part 2) - Origins of Life16 Aug 2001
3Rock Dust - Asthma (an alternative treatment) - Space Suits for Mars - Proteomics (Part 3) - News & Information23 Aug 2001
4Dave's Head - Coma (Part 1) - News & Information - Lord Robert Winston (Sperm) - Sea Walls30 Aug 2001
5News & Information - Heart Cells - Coma (Part 2) - Lord Robert Winston (Stem Cells) - Under Keel Clearance (Port Hedland)6 Sep 2001
6News & Information - Coma (Part 3) - Terrorist Trauma - Martian Microbes - World Trade Centre Collapse20 Sep 2001
8Memory Booster - Super Cyclone - News & Information - Solar Sailor - Pain Clinic (Part 2)4 Oct 2001
9Pain Clinic (Part 3) - The Green House - The Science of Raising Children (Part 1) - Space Encounter - News & Information11 Oct 2001
10Maralinga Anniversary - News & Information - Seeking Extra Terrestrial Light - The Science of Raising Children (Part 2) - Perthquake18 Oct 2001
11Emotional Brain (Part 1) - Do you have fungus on your CDs? - The Science of Raising Children (Part 3) - News & Information - Space Rage - Rock Art25 Oct 2001
12News & Information - An interview with Sir Alec Broers - Fire Ants - Bio-Weapons - Emotional Brain (Part 2)1 Nov 2001
13Medical Miracles - Part 1: Piggy Bank8 Nov 2001
14Medical Miracles - Part 2: Body Shop15 Nov 2001
15Medical Miracles - Part 3: Send in the Clones22 Nov 2001
16Medical Miracles - Part 4: Genetics Wrongs to Rights29 Nov 2001
17Secrets of Saint Marys6 Dec 2001
Season 2
14 Feb 2002 – 26 Dec 2002 · 43 episodes
1Peruvian Mummy - The Future of Sex - New Reactor - Expanding Universe14 Feb 2002
2Missile Defence Shield - Test Tube Tiger - Gene Sport21 Feb 2002
3Internet Meltdown - Face Recognition - Science of Surf28 Feb 2002
4Magic Mud - Space Commercial - How Green Is My Dollar? - Germ Theory7 Mar 2002
5Science of Kissing - Thinking Cap - Dendrimers - Running Dry14 Mar 2002
6Science of Traffic - Genetic Gold Rush - Octopus Man21 Mar 2002
24Masking Telescope - HPV Vaccine - Land Clearing - Plastic Fantastic11 Aug 2005
25Hypnosis18 Aug 2005
26Argentine Ants - Triple P - Andy and the Space Shuttle25 Aug 2005
27The Puzzle of the Pyramid - Video Surveillance1 Sep 2005
28Body Hits: Snack Attack8 Sep 2005
29Body Hits: Nasty Niffs15 Sep 2005
30Body Hits: Sports Junkies22 Sep 2005
31Body Hits: Face Value29 Sep 2005
32Prime Minister's Prize for Science (Boger Fluid) - Dolphin Mystery - Nerve Trail6 Oct 2005
33Hobbit Update - Kakapo Crisis - Trust13 Oct 2005
34Intelligent Design - Back to the Moon20 Oct 2005
35Einstein - Banteng - Fear27 Oct 2005
36The Man Who Saved a Million Brains3 Nov 2005
37Cyclones - Ice Bird - Bite Force10 Nov 2005
38Bird Flu Surveillance - Bird Flu Vaccine17 Nov 2005
39Butterfly City - Real Oil Crisis24 Nov 2005
Season 6
30 Mar 2006 – 23 Nov 2006 · 30 episodes
1Coriolis - Jack the Ripper - Microbats30 Mar 2006
2Dementia - Light Pipes - Map Test6 Apr 2006
3Choice - Dark Energy - Karaoke King13 Apr 2006
4Lungfish - Time Challenge - Virus Busters20 Apr 2006
5Fusion - Information Overload - Possum Bridges27 Apr 2006
6Dirty Little Secrets4 May 2006
7Adobe House - Caffeine Challenge - Wonky Holes18 May 2006
8Hair Regrowth - Tipping Point - Uphill Water25 May 2006
9Desert Diggers - Smile Test - Stem Cell Promise1 Jun 2006
10Snowy River - Soccer Test - Whale Science8 Jun 2006
11To Catch a Liar13 Jul 2006
12Malaria - Omega 3 - Phi Challenge20 Jul 2006
13Coral Crisis - Lane Change Challenge - Solar Future27 Jul 2006
14Frog Glue - Memory Challenge - Storm Chasers3 Aug 2006
15Geosequestration - The Flight of the Weta10 Aug 2006
16Thylacoleo "The Beast of the Nullarbor"17 Aug 2006
17An Unbreakable Code - Dementia - Reptile Hero24 Aug 2006
18Eco Footprint - Transplant Hope - Willandra Footprints31 Aug 2006
19Wonders of the Brain - Part 1 "Brain Man"7 Sep 2006
20Wonders of the Brain - Part 2 "Brain Man"14 Sep 2006
21Wonders of the Brain - Part 3 "The Man who Slept for 19 years"21 Sep 2006
22Wonders of the Brain - Part 4 "The Man who Slept for 19 years"28 Sep 2006
23Panda Pioneer - The New Science of Wisdom5 Oct 2006
24Celestial Navigation - The Ethanol Alternative - Tomatoes fight Asthma12 Oct 2006
25Carbon Country - Devils Own Disease - Science Behind TV Viewing19 Oct 2006
26Diamonds Forever? - Shark Attacks - Smart Drugs26 Oct 2006
27Evolution River - Falling Down: The Science Behind Staying Upright - The A to Z of Therapeutic Cloning2 Nov 2006
28Anti-oxidant supplements - Ediacara – Australia's own geological period - From the Toilet to the Tap9 Nov 2006
29Border Control - Cheating Sleep - Eyes; windows to your health?16 Nov 2006
30Anarchy in the hive - Chinasaurs - Dr. Bogle & Mrs Chandler - Did Hydrogen Sulphide really kill them?23 Nov 2006
Season 7
15 Feb 2007 – 15 Nov 2007 · 39 episodes
11000 year drought - Meeting Tracey Rogers - Oyster Killer Revisited - Srini's Bees15 Feb 2007
2Excercise Pill - Fire Ant update - Meet Phil Hansbro (the bloke in the soggy hat) - Nuclear China22 Feb 2007
3Beyond Petrol - Meeting the Shine Brothers - Poincare's Conjecture - Songbirds Update1 Mar 2007
4Antechinus Update - Deep Brain Stimulation - Meeting Michelle Simmons (working with atoms) - Sliver Cells8 Mar 2007
5Groundwater - Meeting Ian Frazer - Schizophrenia Update - The last Yangtze dolphin15 Mar 2007
6The Science of Dating: "How to Catch a Mate"22 Mar 2007
7Sucess The Science of Business "How to make it Big"29 Mar 2007
822 years of the Bionic Ear - Addiction Vaccines (Can science win the war on drug addiction?) - Burning Cars - Meet forensic anatomist, Meiya Sutisno5 Apr 2007
9Fish Schools (teaching the little tackers how to survive) - Meeting Jenny Graves - Painting Forensics - Seeing is Believing12 Apr 2007
10C02 Tree Capture - Council House Two - Epigenetics - Meeting Professor John Aitken19 Apr 2007
11Lizard Sex - Meeting Sir Gustav Nossal - Why We Buy (the science of shopping) - Zebra Fish26 Apr 2007
12Brain Chaos - Drought Wheat - Microgeneration - Professor Harry Messel3 May 2007
13Beverly Uranium Mine - Black Holes - Natural Sequence Farming - Panda Granny - Jaye Allan profile17 May 2007
14Catalyst Extra: "People Power" - The Time of Our Lives (Part 1)24 May 2007
15The Time of Our Lives (Part 2)31 May 2007
16"Don't Die Young" Episode 1 – "Kidneys"7 Jun 2007
17"Don't Die Young" Episode 2 – "Lungs"14 Jun 2007
18"Don't Die Young" Episode 3 – "Heart"21 Jun 2007
19"Don't Die Young" Episode 4 – "Eyes"28 Jun 2007
20"Don't Die Young" Episode 5 – "Skin"5 Jul 2007
21"Don't Die Young" Episode 6 – "Brain"12 Jul 2007
36Attack of the Heavy Metal Invaders - Dr Angela Mole's Secret World of Plants - The Tuberculosis Resurgence - The Ultimate Mammal Family Tree23 Oct 2008
37Artificial Shark Birth - Cracked Soils - Marijuana Madness - Too Cold for Cane Toads30 Oct 2008
38Borneo Live Reef Fish Trade - Ladybirds - Seahorses6 Nov 2008
39Don't Die Young : Bones13 Nov 2008
40Don't Die Young : The Whole Body20 Nov 2008
Season 9
2 Feb 2009 – 29 Oct 2009 · 32 episodes
1Aerial Orang Utans - Melbourne Recital Centre - Planes Trains and Autism2 Feb 2009
2Equitana - Sea Mounts - Rat Nav19 Feb 2009
3Diseased Bats - Ancient DNA - Argo Floats26 Feb 2009
4World's oldest mummies - Electron microscope - Climate seals5 Mar 2009
5Water Recycling - Vitamin D - Rob Harcourt12 Mar 2009
6Unforgettable memories - Sexual selection - Diamond magic - Kristian Lang19 Mar 2009
7Risky Business - Bubble Engineering - Richard Jefferson26 Mar 2009
23Eureka Prizes People's Choice Award finalists - Skating on the Edge - Science Yacht - Angry Frogs29 Jul 2011
24Brain Freeze - Drunken Worms - The Hole Truth - Shock Salt5 Aug 2011
25Polypharmacy - Rat Wars - Born Again Batteries12 Aug 2011
26Scientists in Schools - Interrupted Sleep - A Blast from the Past - Truckie Scientist19 Aug 2011
27Australian Museum Eureka Prizes - Hidden Treasures at Australian Museum - Zebra Finch - Penguin winners and losers26 Aug 2011
28In Defence of the Flying Fox - Indoor Air - Fundamentals with Bernie Hobbs: The Einstein diet - Mysteries of the Emperors2 Sep 2011
29Fatherhood: Secrets of the Superdads9 Sep 2011
30Cosmology - The history of the world - Climate change - Memorable moments Dr Joncia Newby - Memorable moments Dr Maryanne Demasi16 Sep 2011
31Fertiltiy decade - Memorable moments: Dr Graham Phillips - The decade of the brain - Memorable moments: Mark Horstman - Astronomy - Memorable moments: Dr Paul Willis23 Sep 2011
Season 11
17 Feb 2011 – 29 Oct 2011 · 32 episodes
1Swimming in it - SKA - Birth of Radio Astronomy - Snail Whisperer - Animal Action: Clever Crows17 Feb 2011
2Exercise Overdose - Robot Wars - Mars Rover - Einstein's Mistake24 Feb 2011
3Jaws - Synthetic Skin - GPS - Dog Brain - Wolf Behaviour - Underwater locomotion3 Mar 2011