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Voyage To The Planets
13 May 2010
This Australian documentary series of six episodes draws on the most up-to-date information we have about the solar system, its constituent planets and other objects encountered between the planets. The story is presented largely as a travelogue but it includes narration by actual scientists, video...
National Curriculum Year 5
Sea ice loss key to Arctic warming, study
29 Apr 2010
The story reports the conclusion made by two Australian scientists, Dr James Screen and Dr Ian Simmonds from the University of Melbourne, that the cause of the faster than expected temperature rises in the region are caused by the decline in sea ice. They explain this as due to the positive...
National Curriculum Year 10
Toxic Crops
06 May 2010
The program investigates recent research which shows that as carbon dioxide levels increase in the atmosphere some of the food crops will respond by becoming less nutritious and produce more toxins. Explanations for this response are presented by examining changes to photosynthesis under these...
National Curriculum Year 9
Astronomers Spy Massive Stars In The Making
29 Apr 2010
Dr Stuart Ryder, one of a team of astronomers at the Anglo-Australian observatory in Coonabarabran, NSW, describes the discovery of a massive cloud of molecular gas and dust collapsing on itself, that they believe may be the origin of a collection of giant stars. This discovery may help astronomers...
National Curriculum Year 10
Astronomers Find Earth-Like 'Waterworld'
17 Dec 2009
The article reports on the discovery of a planet outside our solar system that appears to be composed of three fourths water. This is an important find in the search of planets similar to Earth that might sustain life. The planet is too hot to sustain life as we know it but may have an atmosphere.
National Curriculum Year 10
Catalyst: Science In Profile: Professor Thomas Borody
01 Apr 2010
The program describes the working life of Professor Thomas Borody, the gastroenterologist responsible for developing the first antibiotic treatment for ulcers. Stress and lifestyle were once thought to be the primary cause of stomach and duodenal ulcers. But, in 2005 Australians Robin Warren and...
National Curriculum Year 9
Catalyst: Lidar
08 Apr 2010
The program shows research being carried out in the atmosphere more than 50 kilometres above Antarctica by Australian scientists. Using new technology, the LIDAR which is similar to radar but uses light pulses rather than radio waves, they are observing how, paradoxically, as greenhouse emissions...
National Curriculum Year 10
Copenhagen
15 Oct 2009
The Copenhagen Conference of December 2009 may be over but controversy about climate change continues. This program is an interview with ANU Climate Change Institute's Professor Will Steffen, the Australian Governments advisor on climate change and co-author of the 2009 Synthesis Report which...
National Curriculum Year 10
Catalyst: Coal Gas
22 Oct 2009
The program provides information about two new technologies being used to unlock energy from coal; underground coal gasification (UCG) and coal seam gas (CSG). These reduce the risks from mining the coal and then burning it. The technologies are being applied to coal seams in Queensland that are...
National Curriculum Year 9
Catalyst: Carbon Country Update
08 Oct 2009
The program looks at how Aboriginal rangers in West Arnhem land are using a scientific approach to pioneer a carbon trading project. It is the first of its kind in the world. The program details earlier research into how savannah burning contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and raises the...
National Curriculum Year 9
