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22seasons
554episodes
About Catalyst
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.
Catalyst episode schedule
554 aired
Aired · 554
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2022 | S23·E5 | Solar Storms: A Warning From Space |
| February 22, 2022 | S23·E4 | Forever Young? The Rise of Injectables |
| February 15, 2022 | S23·E3 | Miracle Babies: Operation Hope |
| February 8, 2022 | S23·E2 | The Big Brew Challenge |
| February 1, 2022 | S23·E1 | The Secret Lives of Our Urban Birds |
| August 31, 2021 | S22·E11 | Magic and the Brain: The Science of Illusion |
| August 24, 2021 | S22·E10 | Doctor at the Door: The Kulkarnis |
| August 17, 2021 | S22·E9 | Doctor at the Door: The Mcclellands |
| August 10, 2021 | S22·E8 | The Grid: Powering the Future |
| August 3, 2021 | S22·E7 | The Wildlife Revolution |
| July 27, 2021 | S22·E6 | The Truth About Fasting |
| July 20, 2021 | S22·E5 | Cancer: A Story of Hope |
| March 9, 2021 | S22·E4 | Kill or Cure? The Story of Venom |
| March 2, 2021 | S22·E3 | Mars - The Hunt for Life |
| February 23, 2021 | S22·E2 | Mars - Our Second Home? |
| February 16, 2021 | S22·E1 | Are We Killing Our Koalas? |
| May 12, 2020 | S21·E5 | Building Greener Cities |
| May 5, 2020 | S21·E4 | Asteroid Hunters |
| April 28, 2020 | S21·E3 | Teeth Clinic |
| April 21, 2020 | S21·E2 | How Food Works (Part 2) |
| April 14, 2020 | S21·E1 | How Food Works (Part 1) |
| October 22, 2019 | S20·E10 | Broken Mirror |
| October 15, 2019 | S20·E9 | Face Surgeons: Inside The Craniofacial Unit |
| October 8, 2019 | S20·E8 | Should I Risk It? |
| August 20, 2019 | S20·E7 | Staying Younger For Longer: Brain |
| August 13, 2019 | S20·E6 | Staying Younger For Longer: Body |
| February 26, 2019 | S20·E5 | Black Hole Hunters |
| February 19, 2019 | S20·E4 | The Truth About Mindfulness |
| February 12, 2019 | S20·E3 | Allergy Clinic |
| February 5, 2019 | S20·E2 | The Great Australian Bee Challenge (Part 2) |
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| January 30, 2019 | S20·E1 | The Great Australian Bee Challenge (Part 1) |
| October 23, 2018 | S19·E8 | Bionic Revolution |
| September 18, 2018 | S19·E7 | Memory Matters |
| September 11, 2018 | S19·E6 | How to Get Lucky: The Maths of Chance |
| September 4, 2018 | S19·E5 | Beating Diabetes |
| August 28, 2018 | S19·E4 | How to Build a Time Machine |
| August 21, 2018 | S19·E3 | Feeding Australia (Part 2) |
| August 14, 2018 | S19·E2 | Feeding Australia (Part 1) |
| March 6, 2018 | S19·E1 | Skin Clinic |
| February 27, 2018 | S18·E17 | Sleep Matters |
| February 20, 2018 | S18·E16 | Gut Revolution: Victoria's Story |
| February 13, 2018 | S18·E15 | Back to the Moon |
| February 6, 2018 | S18·E14 | Farmer Needs A Robot |
| January 30, 2018 | S18·E13 | The Secret to Making Better Decisions |
| October 31, 2017 | S18·E12 | Twins |
| October 24, 2017 | S18·E11 | Gut Revolution (Part 2) |
| October 17, 2017 | S18·E10 | Gut Revolution (Part 1) |
| October 10, 2017 | S18·E9 | How To Exercise Better |
| October 3, 2017 | S18·E8 | Can we Save the Reef? |
| September 26, 2017 | S18·E7 | Sit Back, Relax; The Dawn of the Driverless Car |
| September 19, 2017 | S18·E6 | Death Dive: Into the Rings of Saturn |
| September 12, 2017 | S18·E5 | Heartbeat: The Miracle Inside You |
| September 5, 2017 | S18·E4 | Secrets of the Dinosaur Crater |
| August 29, 2017 | S18·E3 | Closing In: The Hunt For Alien Life |
| August 22, 2017 | S18·E2 | Can Seaweed Save The World? |
| August 15, 2017 | S18·E1 | Meet The Avatars |
| November 15, 2016 | S17·E40 | The Anthropocene |
| November 8, 2016 | S17·E39 | Tick Bites / Swift Parrot |
| November 1, 2016 | S17·E38 | The Medicinal Power Of Cannabis |
| October 25, 2016 | S17·E37 | Testosterone / Dr Jane Goodall |
| October 18, 2016 | S17·E36 | Plain of Jars / Tiny Satellites |
| October 11, 2016 | S17·E35 | Coral Bleaching |
| October 4, 2016 | S17·E34 | Forensic Future / Alien Megastructure |
| September 27, 2016 | S17·E33 | Hidden Secrets of Art / Out of Africa |
| September 20, 2016 | S17·E32 | Smell Our Most Underestimated Sense |
| September 13, 2016 | S17·E31 | Making Dogs Happy (Part 2) |
| September 6, 2016 | S17·E30 | Making Dogs Happy (Part 1) |
| August 30, 2016 | S17·E29 | Gene Editing / Is There Life On Mars? |
| August 23, 2016 | S17·E28 | Alzheimer's - Can We Prevent It? |
| August 16, 2016 | S17·E27 | Episode 27 |
| August 9, 2016 | S17·E26 | Artificial Sweeteners / Antarctica Fossils |
| August 2, 2016 | S17·E25 | Gut Reaction (Part 2) |
| July 26, 2016 | S17·E24 | Gut Reaction (Part 1) |
| July 19, 2016 | S17·E23 | Gaming with Orang-utans / Stormageddon |
| July 12, 2016 | S17·E22 | Soundscape / Juno's Mission |
| July 5, 2016 | S17·E21 | Toxic Ticks |
| June 28, 2016 | S17·E20 | Stress And Cancer/ Secrets Of Pluto |
| June 21, 2016 | S17·E19 | Live Long Die Young |
| June 14, 2016 | S17·E18 | Oldest Aussie Beer / Unboiling An Egg |
| June 7, 2016 | S17·E17 | Meditation: Can It Really Change You? |
| May 31, 2016 | S17·E16 | Becoming Superhuman |
| May 24, 2016 | S17·E15 | Becoming Superhuman (Part 1) |
| December 8, 2015 | S15·E20 | Shark Repellant - Great White Sharks - Shark Behaviour - Jaws Revisited - Shark Attack Avoidance Tips |
| November 24, 2015 | S15·E19 | Gluten: A Gut Feeling |
| November 17, 2015 | S15·E18 | A Life Without Males |
| November 10, 2015 | S15·E17 | Einstein's Extraordinary Universe |
| November 3, 2015 | S15·E16 | Female Sex Drive |
| October 27, 2015 | S15·E15 | Too Much Medicine |
| October 20, 2015 | S15·E14 | Can We Live on Mars? - Parrots versus Possums |
| October 13, 2015 | S15·E13 | Why Am I Still Fat? |
| October 6, 2015 | S15·E12 | Diagnosing Depression - Ghost Busters - Brain Stimulation |
| September 29, 2015 | S15·E11 | Fit in 6 Minutes a Week |
| April 7, 2015 | S15·E10 | Condoms - Toorale Man Murder Mystery |
| March 31, 2015 | S15·E9 | Our Chemical Lives |
| March 24, 2015 | S15·E8 | Koala Survey Callout - Horse Whip - Antarctic Acidification |
| March 17, 2015 | S15·E7 | Powering The Mind |
| March 10, 2015 | S15·E6 | Super Solar Cells - Where Birdsong Began |
| March 3, 2015 | S15·E5 | Tamiflu - Sun's Lost Sibling |
| February 24, 2015 | S15·E4 | Passport Facial Recognition - Antivenom |
| February 17, 2015 | S15·E3 | Tick Allergy - Alien Technology |
| February 10, 2015 | S15·E2 | Lead Astray |
| February 3, 2015 | S15·E1 | Polar People - Plant Based Medicine |
| December 11, 2014 | S14·E22 | Implant Protection - What Rat Is That? - Science of the Perfect Drink |
| December 4, 2014 | S14·E21 | Future Cities |
| November 27, 2014 | S14·E20 | Antiviral Abalone, Fermat's Theorem, Predator Scat |
| November 20, 2014 | S14·E19 | Genetic ID, Tunnel Borer, Coral Trout |
| November 13, 2014 | S14·E18 | Low Carb Diet - Fat or Fiction? |
| November 6, 2014 | S14·E17 | Aircraft Electromagnetic Interference, Tilapia, Laser Danger |
| October 30, 2014 | S14·E16 | Wind, Bird Strike |
| October 23, 2014 | S14·E15 | Tokyo Flood Prevention, Crying, Open Plan Office |
| October 16, 2014 | S14·E14 | Global Warming Pause, Virtual Universe, Green Alloys |
| October 9, 2014 | S14·E13 | Falling in Friendship |
| October 2, 2014 | S14·E12 | Mega Tsunamis, Allergy Pill, Nature Play |
| September 25, 2014 | S14·E11 | Honey Bees, Drinking Water, Driver Distraction |
| September 18, 2014 | S14·E10 | Testosterone - It's Not All About Sex |
| September 11, 2014 | S14·E9 | Jane Goodall, Mystery Mummy, Eureka Prizes |
| September 4, 2014 | S14·E8 | Epilepsy, Brian Schmidt |
| August 28, 2014 | S14·E7 | AE2 - The Silent ANZAC, Where Does Fat Go? |
| August 21, 2014 | S14·E6 | Gut Reaction: Part 2 - Let Food Be Thy Medicine |
| August 14, 2014 | S14·E5 | Gut Reaction: Part 1 - What You Eat Could Be Making You Ill |
| August 7, 2014 | S14·E4 | Radiation Fallout, Multiple Organ Failure |
| July 31, 2014 | S14·E3 | Omega 3 Inmates, Antarctic Sea Ice, Dog Optimism |
| July 24, 2014 | S14·E2 | Tattoos, Moon Mining, Muscle Fibre |
| July 17, 2014 | S14·E1 | Meteors, Sea Level Rise, House Fires |
| October 31, 2013 | S13·E25 | Heart Of The Matter - Part 2: Cholesterol Drug War |
| October 24, 2013 | S13·E24 | Heart Of The Matter - Part 1: Dietary Villains |
| October 3, 2013 | S13·E23 | HIV Cure - Ancient Writing |
| September 26, 2013 | S13·E22 | Drones - Gonorrhoea Superbug - Bike Rage |
| September 19, 2013 | S13·E21 | Conservation Hunting - Shark Behaviour - Sexy Guitars |
| September 12, 2013 | S13·E20 | Wings of Wonder - Fossils Exposed - Australian Museum Eureka Prizes |
| August 29, 2013 | S13·E19 | Custom Universe - Finetuned for Us? |
| August 22, 2013 | S13·E18 | Coal Dust - Quantum Computing |
| August 15, 2013 | S13·E17 | Energy Drinks - 3D Virus - Military Uniform |
| August 8, 2013 | S13·E16 | Toxic Sugar? - Water Fluoridation |
| August 1, 2013 | S13·E15 | Southern Surveyor - Ancient Teeth - Future Music |
| July 25, 2013 | S13·E14 | The Chemistry of Attraction |
| July 18, 2013 | S13·E13 | Rainbow Children - Sundrop Farm - Air Operations Simulator Research Centre - Algorithm of Love |
| July 11, 2013 | S13·E12 | Chiropractors |
| July 4, 2013 | S13·E11 | Extreme Weather - Underwater Optics |
| June 27, 2013 | S13·E10 | Doping to Win - Life Enhancing Drugs |
| June 20, 2013 | S13·E9 | Dengue Fever - Scramspace - Voyager |
| June 13, 2013 | S13·E8 | Sustainable Fishing - Cyber Attack - Smart Arm |
| June 6, 2013 | S13·E7 | Fire Tornado - Flies for Food - Dog Empathy |
| March 14, 2013 | S13·E6 | Mapping Underwater Victoria - Cape Otway Lighthouse - Koalas - Hot Air Balloon Finale |
| March 7, 2013 | S13·E5 | Coorong Wetlands - Technoviticulture - Penguin Patrol |
| February 28, 2013 | S13·E4 | Nullarbor safari - Measuring Our Coastline - Yalata Mulloway - Diprotodon Dig |
| February 21, 2013 | S13·E3 | Part 1: Weebubbie Cave - School of the Air - Part 2: Weebubbie Cave - Eucla Sand Hills |
| February 14, 2013 | S13·E2 | Part 1: Blasting for Gold - Part 2: Comedy Gold - Part 3: Salt Satellites |
| February 7, 2013 | S13·E1 | Electric Cars Part One - Land Speed Record - Electric Cars Part Two - Leaning Tower - Future Farm |
| November 8, 2012 | S12·E25 | Taking Australia's Temperature |
| November 1, 2012 | S12·E24 | Torture - Kepler SpaceTelescope - Total Eclipse - Rewiring Spinal Nerve Damage |
| October 25, 2012 | S12·E23 | Melioidosis - Spatial Processing Disorder - The Search for Alien Astronomers |
| October 18, 2012 | S12·E22 | Space Junk - Organ Bio-printing - Ketamine - Graham's Number - DNA |
| October 4, 2012 | S12·E20 | Next Generation Nuclear - Teenage Acne - Higgs Boson - Pokie Probability |
| September 27, 2012 | S12·E19 | Kimberley Dinosaurs - Physics Engine - Diagnosing Mental Illness |
| September 20, 2012 | S12·E18 | Denisovans - Gladstone Dredging - The Sun's Energy |
| September 13, 2012 | S12·E17 | Skin Deep - Sun Damage |
| September 6, 2012 | S12·E16 | Plastic Oceans - Barefoot Running - Suspect Line Up |
| August 30, 2012 | S12·E15 | Coral Winners - Nanopatch - Air Cargo Scanner - Indigenous Education |
| August 23, 2012 | S12·E14 | MS cure - Feeding the Grid - Dog Music |
| August 16, 2012 | S12·E13 | Mobile Phone Risks - Mars Curiosity - Sitting is Deadly - Coffee Spills |
| May 31, 2012 | S12·E11 | Exercise is Medicine - Grim Reaper Walk - Prof Richard Kingsford - NZ Transit of Venus |
| May 24, 2012 | S12·E10 | Christchurch Earthquake - Project Aether - Joggobot - Lynne Milne - Sudoku |
| May 17, 2012 | S12·E9 | Danger Zones - Kawasaki Disease - Virus Hunters |
| May 7, 2012 | S12·E12 | Transit of Venus - Decoding the Risk - Exoskeleton - Cats Purr |
| May 3, 2012 | S12·E8 | Shark Repellent - Nun's Plight - Facial Recognition - Physics on the Street: Weightlessness |
| April 26, 2012 | S12·E7 | Computer Game Addiction - Dolphin Courting - Tree Deaths |
| April 19, 2012 | S12·E6 | Thin Blood - Mountain Pygmy Possums - Coastal Flood Impact - Slinky Drop |
| April 12, 2012 | S12·E5 | The Trouble with Sex |
| April 5, 2012 | S12·E4 | Lab Burger - Eating Insects - Rip Survivor - Proof of ID |
| March 29, 2012 | S12·E3 | Elixir of Life - Bubble Behaviour - Left Paw Right Paw |
| March 22, 2012 | S12·E2 | Big Wave Surf Movie Goes 3D - Ibis Eggs - Parrot Talk - Snowy Flows |
| March 15, 2012 | S12·E1 | Psychopath in the Family - Antarctic Broadband - Universal Motion Simulator |
| October 29, 2011 | S11·E32 | In the Beginning- The GM tomato - Sorting Wheat from Chaff - Food Wastage - Daily Bread or Dread |
| October 11, 2011 | S12·E21 | Information Overload - The Rise of Narcissism - Avatars |
| September 23, 2011 | S10·E31 | Fertiltiy decade - Memorable moments: Dr Graham Phillips - The decade of the brain - Memorable moments: Mark Horstman - Astronomy - Memorable moments: Dr Paul Willis |
| September 22, 2011 | S11·E31 | Recovered Memories - 3D Printing - Wind and Waves - Gravity - Penguin Wave |
| September 16, 2011 | S10·E30 | Cosmology - The history of the world - Climate change - Memorable moments Dr Joncia Newby - Memorable moments Dr Maryanne Demasi |
| September 15, 2011 | S11·E30 | Evolution of the Electric Guitar - Astronaut John Grunsfeld - Cyanide Seeds - Natures Poisons - Honey Bee Aerobatics |
| September 9, 2011 | S10·E29 | Fatherhood: Secrets of the Superdads |
| September 8, 2011 | S11·E29 | Australian Museum Eureka Prizes - Science Under Siege - Matilda-Jane Oke - Dr Paul Willis - Sleek Geeks |
| September 2, 2011 | S10·E28 | In Defence of the Flying Fox - Indoor Air - Fundamentals with Bernie Hobbs: The Einstein diet - Mysteries of the Emperors |
| September 1, 2011 | S11·E28 | Radiation 101 - MEG Stuttering - Biggest Devonian Fish - Supertasters - Molten Steel - Nuclear Fungus |
| August 26, 2011 | S10·E27 | Australian Museum Eureka Prizes - Hidden Treasures at Australian Museum - Zebra Finch - Penguin winners and losers |
| August 25, 2011 | S11·E27 | A brief history of Nanotechnology - Golden Bullets - Nano-engineering - Delivering Medicines - Imperfect Diamonds - How small is small? |
| August 19, 2011 | S10·E26 | Scientists in Schools - Interrupted Sleep - A Blast from the Past - Truckie Scientist |
| August 18, 2011 | S11·E26 | Carbon Nano - Lucrative Algorithms - Fur Seals - West Coast Whales - Hot or Cold - Fast Food for Hummingbirds |
| August 12, 2011 | S10·E25 | Polypharmacy - Rat Wars - Born Again Batteries |
| August 11, 2011 | S11·E25 | Brain Trauma - Eel migration - Homunculus - Molten Steel - Eureka People's Choice Award |
| August 5, 2011 | S10·E24 | Brain Freeze - Drunken Worms - The Hole Truth - Shock Salt |
| August 4, 2011 | S11·E24 | Ant Venom - Turbulence - UG99 - Neurotoxins - Dolphin Power - Cereal Iron |
| July 29, 2011 | S10·E23 | Eureka Prizes People's Choice Award finalists - Skating on the Edge - Science Yacht - Angry Frogs |
| July 28, 2011 | S11·E23 | Optalert - Original Fauna - Owl Eyes - Carbon Cling Wrap - Mantis Shrimp Eyes - One Bligh Street |
| July 21, 2011 | S11·E22 | Sleeping with baby - Staying up late - Sleeping With Pain - Not Getting Enough |
| July 15, 2011 | S10·E22 | Transcendental Meditation - Burn baby burn! - Entropy - Jiggly Eyes |
| July 14, 2011 | S11·E21 | Human Probiotic Infusion - African Livestock - Prime Number Keys - Dog Bark - Human Biome - Elephant Cooperation |
| July 8, 2011 | S10·E21 | Space Balloons - On Shaky Ground - Physics of Recycling - Darker When Wet - Archer Fish |
| July 7, 2011 | S11·E20 | Eaten to Extinction - Botox for Migraines - Radiant Beauty - Sweet Solution for Woodlands - Free Flight for Ants - Crush on Crustaceans |
| July 1, 2011 | S10·E20 | Fatherhood and the male pregnancy! |
| June 30, 2011 | S11·E19 | Brain Sell - Lotus Effect - Parallel Universes - Smelly Space - Dog eyebrows - Deep Space Communications |
| June 24, 2011 | S10·E19 | A Weighty Issue - Jumping Ants - BLUElink - Sea Walls |
| June 23, 2011 | S11·E18 | Premenstrual Syndrome - Bamboo Clothing - Hemp - Natural User Interface - Professor Chris Dickman - Why Canberra Geology |
| June 17, 2011 | S10·E18 | Aussie Amber - Ice Core Drought - Changing The Globe - Cleaning Station For Sharks and Rays |
| June 16, 2011 | S11·E17 | Mystery of the Flesh Eaters - Bone Scaffold - Space Beer - Biggest Bang - Bioluminescence - Why Is It So |
| June 10, 2011 | S10·E17 | Burning Down the House - Rectangular Stadium - Quoll School - Cheatin' Chickens |
| June 9, 2011 | S11·E16 | Rebreathers - Voyage of Malaspina - Deep Sea Mining - The Mariana Trench - Deep Sea Diners - Hesperides Science |
| June 2, 2011 | S11·E15 | Beach Worm Whisperer - God's Algorithm - Lapita People - Bacterial Migration - Wet Doggy Wiggle |
| May 26, 2011 | S11·E14 | Robotic Heart Surgery - Voodoo - Penguin DNA - Father of Photovoltaics - Sydney Brick Pit Fossil - Placebo |
| May 19, 2011 | S11·E13 | CAVlab - Faster Computing - Saving Acid Wetlands - Lashi Bandara Profile - Marvellous Mangroves - Processionary Caterpillars |
| May 5, 2011 | S11·E12 | Beyond Petrol II - Bowel Cancer - Touring Down Under - Jellyfish Vortex |
| April 28, 2011 | S11·E11 | The Oil Crunch – Kenyan Hot Rocks – Australian Nuclear Future - Oil From Algae |
| April 21, 2011 | S11·E10 | Road Kill Rescue - Cyberchondria - Cat Lap - Kitchen Science - GM Chocolate Trees |
| April 14, 2011 | S11·E9 | Iron Whales - Koala Heatwave - Asthma Thunderstorm - Poobiotics - SOS Network |
| April 7, 2011 | S11·E8 | Fin Forensics - Mean Girls - Boys Toys - Low GI Diet - Discovery of Other Earths |
| March 31, 2011 | S11·E7 | *unavailable* |
| March 24, 2011 | S11·E6 | Corneal Stem Cells - Ballistic Tongues - Caves and Climate Change - Folding Observatory - Neptune |
| March 17, 2011 | S11·E5 | Peak Phosphorus - Comfort Food - GM for Good - Food Coma - Salt - Perfect Cuppa |
| March 10, 2011 | S11·E4 | Trunk Calls - Zoonosis - Virus - Peacock spider - Floppy Frogs |
| March 3, 2011 | S11·E3 | Jaws - Synthetic Skin - GPS - Dog Brain - Wolf Behaviour - Underwater locomotion |
| February 24, 2011 | S11·E2 | Exercise Overdose - Robot Wars - Mars Rover - Einstein's Mistake |
| February 17, 2011 | S11·E1 | Swimming in it - SKA - Birth of Radio Astronomy - Snail Whisperer - Animal Action: Clever Crows |
| June 3, 2010 | S10·E16 | Land Speed Record - Green Buildings - Toxic Sediments - Animal Action: Crayfish Attraction |
| May 27, 2010 | S10·E15 | Mt Ruapehu - Clever Cancer - Finch Fight - Dr Craig Venter |
| May 20, 2010 | S10·E14 | Trawl Team - Megafauna - Green Roofs |
| May 6, 2010 | S10·E13 | Magic Lab - Toxic Crops - Big Prawns |
| April 29, 2010 | S10·E12 | Antarctic Glaciers - Otto Nordenskjöld - Southern Ocean Sentinel |
| April 22, 2010 | S10·E11 | Molecular Bypass - Male Pill - Peruvian Mummy - Redback Spiders |
| April 15, 2010 | S10·E10 | School of Hard Knocks - Fab Fibre - Dr Alex Veldman - Blue Grasshopper |
| April 8, 2010 | S10·E9 | LIDAR - Stem Cell Ethics - Follow the Leader - Fundamentals: Precious Metals |
| April 1, 2010 | S10·E8 | Making Life - Growing Glaciers - Prof Thomas Borody - Ningaloo Reef |
…and 324 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.