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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
The Winners Guide To The Nobel Prize
27 Mar 2010
The film accompanies Australian scientists Barry Marshall and Robin Warren to Stockholm to collect the 2005 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. The nature and significance of their discovery that stomach ulcers are caused by helicobacter pylori is discussed as well.
National Curriculum Year 9
Sea Urchins 'Bulldozing' Tasmanian Reef
08 Dec 2009
This article presents a report from a team of Australian scientists, which describes the impact on the (Tasmanian) reefs of the interaction between climate change and the decline in the number of lobster predators due to overfishing.
National Curriculum Year 8
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
Roos May Hold Key To Blocking Skin Cancers
01 Dec 2009
The article reports on the investigations of a team of scientists from Australia and Austria into an enzyme present in kangaroos that appears to repair damage to their DNA caused by UV rays. They are investigating whether a cream containing such an enzyme is a feasible solution for the prevention...
National Curriculum Year 10
Mystery Mountain Range Explained
10 Dec 2009
This article presents the geological formation of the Petermann Ranges in central Australia from the viewpoint of a scientist solving a problem. It provides a solution put forward by an Australian geophysicist Dr Alan Aitken.
National Curriculum Year 10
Mixed Messages On Gene Patenting
23 Apr 2010
A US district court ruling that genes are a product of nature and not made or invented makes them ineligible to be patented. The article canvases a range of Australian opinions and possible implications for scientific research and the development of treatments for genetic diseases if the decision...
National Curriculum Year 10
"Father Of Wi-Fi" Awarded PM Prize
28 Oct 2009
This article refers to the Prime Ministers awards in science for 2009 providing the name for the Science Prize of the Year, the Malcolm Macintosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year, the Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year and the Prime Minister's Prizes for Excellence...
National Curriculum Year 7
Charles Darwin
14 Feb 2009
Alan Saunders and Natasha Mitchell co-host a discussion between a number of scientists and philosophers about the impact of Darwinism on our society as a whole, as part of a series of events celebrating 200 years since Darwin's birth. Individuals point out the links between philosophy and...
National Curriculum Year 10
Catalyst: Weedy Seadragons
10 Sep 2009
The program details a research project about one of the most visually striking animals in the sea, the Weedy Seadragon. It lives in the waters off southern Australia and very little is known about it. The program describes how this long term project is being carried out, why it is important and...
National Curriculum Year 7
