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1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 min. 36 sec.) ; 161012945 bytes |
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Catalyst returns in its 10th anniversary year to celebrate with science stories to thrill and stimulate.GREAT WHITE SHARKSAlthough more people are killed each year by pets or insects, it's the Great White Shark that fills us with dread. But what does science really know about how many there are, how they behave, or where they go? Mark Horstman ventures into the breakers at Hawkes Nest, just north of Port Stephens in NSW. Here, a team of researchers from the CSIRO are capturing juvenile great white sharks and tagging them with transmitters to provide information about the great white's lifestyle.OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCEA surprisingly large number of people report having had an Out of Body Experience (OBE), where they feel like they have temporarily left their bodies. Catalyst visits scientists in Switzerland who have been studying the phenomenon. Through tests that mimic OBEs scientists have determined that the temporoparietal junction, the region of the brain that integrates the senses to create self-awareness, is highly active during OBE's. Graham Phillips undergoes some experiments that literally flip his mind.BERNIE'S BRIEFS - ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONScience reporter Bernie Hobbs from The New Inventors, introduces the first of a new series of short segments that puts the fun into the fundamentals of science. In this first instalment, Bernie explains the nature of electromagnetic radiation.AMAZING CREATURESCatalyst stories often include footage of unique and surprising animal behaviour captured by research scientists - commonly it's acquired after many painstaking hours of patient observation. In the first of a series of short segments on Amazing Creatures, we're looking at a remarkable fish, the desert Gobie |
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Broadcast 2010-02-11 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Animals -- Research.
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Astral projection.
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Death -- Causes.
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Electromagnetic waves.
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Shark attacks.
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Sharks -- Behavior.
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New South Wales.
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Switzerland.
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Streaming video
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Aspell, Jane, contributor
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Bruce, Barry, contributor
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Brugger, Peter, contributor
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Elsawi, Susan, contributor
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Hobbs, Bernie, reporter
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Horstman, Mark, reporter
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Metzinger, Thomas, contributor
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Phillips, Graham, host
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Willis, Paul, reporter
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