Quantum
After 16 years, and more than 500 episodes,Quantum has ceased production. Our last episode went to air on Thursday April 26, 2001. This site will remain archived on the ABC's internet site, so come back for information on past Quantum programs.
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Re-imagining Utopia
Re-imagining Utopia is a journey into life on Australia's intentional communities and the way ideas about communal living are changing.
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Science Bank
Science Bank is a series of programs which demonstrate a variety of science experiments with graphical explanations and real life applications. Each program is divided into three parts and features practical demonstrations that teachers often find difficult to carry out in the classroom.
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Scientific Eye
Scientific Eye:
portrays science as an investigative discipline:
students find things out for themselves;
shows up the links between 'real world' science and classroom work;
illustrates science in 'non-scientific' contexts; and
provides animation, graphics and drama where appropriate to demonstrate specific scientific points.
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Shipwrecks
Stories of some of the significant shipwrecks during Australia's history
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Space - Our Gateway to the Stars
News, features and links to all things Spacy, including Dr. Karl.
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Spark.
Science for kids - Weird science, gross things found in the fridge, experiments, and chat at SPARK - no ticket required!
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Star Stuff
News Radio site featuring stories about astronomy and space travel
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Surfing Scientist
The ABC's Surfing Scientist is Ruben Meerman who regularly does school science shows for kids agesd 7 - 14
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Take On Technology
This 12 part series adopts an investigative approach that helps children to recognise and understand the use of technology around them. Each 15 minute program explores one topic examining how different designs have been created to meet the demands of different users in varied situations.
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Testosterone - The Many Gendered Hormone
Even before testosterone was discovered, scientists had an inkling the testicles contained something special. One nineteenth century elixer containing liquified animal testes was claimed to improve physical and mental prowess, relieve constipation and increase the arc of urine. The first synthetic testosterone was produced in 1935, earning its makers a Nobel Prize, and beginning our modern association with this "substance of masculinity".
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The Animal Attraction
Site for the 2001 TV series. Jonica Newby's five part series on the domestication of animals. Why are they our best friends? Includes transcripts and even a dog IQ test.
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The Clever Country
Looks into the economic importance of science and innovation - Investing in research and innovation is the single most effective way to boost economic growth. Yet Australia's governments continue to pursue economic policies that have exactly the opposite affect
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The future of rice
World population growth is again threatening to outstrip the world's capacity to feed itself. With rice as the most important global food crop, breeders are using new science to come up with a rice super plant that can feed more people from less land.
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The Galapagos
A three part series exploring life on the most amazing archipelago on Earth.
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The Health Report
The Health Report on Radio National provides a weekly round-up of the latest issues and developments in theworld of health and medicine.
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The Lab
The Lab is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's online gateway to science. Here you'll find programs from ABC radio and TV as well as original online material including a daily science news service, fortnightly features and forums.
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The Navigators
This site details the story of Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin as the explored Australia and their encounters with the strange new world they helped to discover and map. This site details some of their findings from the flora and fauna to encounters with the indigenous peoples around Terra Australias. The site also contains a detailed 3d look at the Flinders' ship the Investigator.
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The Science Show
Scientific issues, debates, events,personalities, exposing scientific fraud, discoveries and broadcasting pranks that have been the hallmarks of the Science Show over the past 20 years.
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Too much medicine? The business of health and its risks to you
Western medicine claims its use of science sets it apart from other forms of healing. But how scientific is medicine when it comes to assessing the effectiveness of its own treatments?
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Vital Systems
Site supporting the TV series for schools. Each episode looks at a different system (eg muscular, skeletal, respiratory) that helps the body to function.
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Walking with Beasts
Our gateway to Walking with Beasts - includes TV evidence and making of, beast fact files, fun sections and educational resources
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Walking with Dinosaurs
Accompanying website for TV series, Walking with Dinosaurs
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What's Your Poison?
The origins, uses and effects of the "poisons" nicotine, caffeine, marijuana, alcohol and ecstasy. (Archive)Contains drug references.
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Wild Watch
Imagine if we all really looked at our own backyards - 20 million pairs of eyes across Australia looking at what's living there. That's the idea behind WildWatch Australia. We've asked you to tell us about your garden and its wildlife so we can build a picture like we've never had before.
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