Catalyst Season 18

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18x01 Meet The Avatars aired Aug 15, 2017

Imagine you could make a copy of a loved one. A digital clone with a life of its own – their Avatar.

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18x02 Can Seaweed Save the World? aired Aug 22, 2017

Professor Tim Flannery investigates how seaweed is helping to save the world - from growing the foods of the future, helping clean polluted water and even co... read more

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18x03 Closing in the Hunt for Alien Life aired Aug 29, 2017

Will we soon find evidence of alien life? Scientists are currently in the throes of an unprecedented search for ET - and an answer to this long-pondered ques... read more

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18x04 Secrets of the Dinosaur Crater aired Sep 05, 2017

A group of world-renowned scientists are on a quest to uncover the secrets of the most significant day in our planet's history: the day that killed the dinos... read more

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18x05 Heartbeat: The Miracle Inside You aired Sep 12, 2017

Dr Nikki Stamp takes us into the amazing world of our hearts -- revealing how they function, how we can look after them and shows us the latest science she u... read more

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18x06 Death Dive: Into The Rings Of Saturn aired Sep 19, 2017

After a 20 year mission, space probe Cassini crashed into the surface of Saturn last week. Astronomer Associate Professor Alan Duffy was at Tidbinbilla Deep ... read more

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18x07 Sit Back, Relax; The Dawn Of The Driverless Car aired Sep 26, 2017

Catalyst looks at the fast-emerging world of self-driving vehicles on our roads. The dream of the driverless car has always felt like it belonged in the real... read more

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18x08 Can we Save the Reef? aired Oct 03, 2017

The Great Barrier Reef as we know it - home to thousands of marine species - is dying. Can We Save the Reef? is the epic story of Australian & international ... read more

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18x09 How To Exercise Better aired Oct 10, 2017

We all know exercise is good for us. But how many of us really know what kind of exercise we should be doing, how much of it we need, or how hard we should p... read more

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18x10 Gut Revolution (Part 1) Melissa's Story aired Oct 17, 2017

Is your mood influencing your gastrointestinal health or is it the other way around? Can a nutritional intervention provide help to sufferers of irritable bo... read more

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18x11 Gut Revolution (Part 2) Garry's Story aired Oct 24, 2017

Gut Revolution seeks to sort the facts from the faeces in an observational series that follows two people with debilitating gut issues on their quest for bet... read more

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18x12 It’s A Twin Thing aired Oct 31, 2017

For the past 35 years, twins have been some of the most carefully studied people in Australia. 75,000 twins have been revealing the secrets of how much we in... read more

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18x13 The Secret To Making Better Decisions aired Jan 30, 2018

From the science of making choices to the solving power of algorithms, Mathematician Lily Serna looks at how the logic of mathematics can help you make bette... read more

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18x14 Farmer Needs a Robot aired Feb 06, 2018

A group of pioneering scientists take their robots into the world of agriculture to see if they can help Aussie farmers tackle some of their biggest challeng... read more

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18x15 Back To The Moon aired Feb 13, 2018

The race to the moon is back. After a quiet half century since the last Apollo mission, Assoc Prof Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race, where innov... read more

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18x16 Gut Revolution (Part 3) Victoria's Story aired Feb 20, 2018

Nutrition Scientist Dr Joanna McMillan takes on her most challenging case as she battles to help Victoria recover from debilitating anxiety & gut pains, usin... read more

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18x17 Sleep Matters aired Feb 27, 2018

Lawrence Leung lives a busy life - he's an actor, comedian and a dad to a young daughter. He doesn't always get enough sleep and often wonders if he should b... read more

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