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She investigates how the latest work in psychology and brain science helps explain why some us are risk avoiders and learns from an Australian woman, who's climbed Everest twice, the surprising truth about what really goes on inside the mind of someone deciding whether to risk it.

Tracking the real-time story of Australia's scientific response to the pandemic. As teams of scientists unlock the secrets of the virus, researchers work to build a vaccine, and patients confront symptoms of this new disease.

Doctor Jordan Nguyen and 13 year old Riley Saban aren't content to just develop cutting edge technology that gives Riley superhuman powers, they want to know if Riley can drive a car.

More than any other place on Earth, Australia is a land shaped by fire. As the firestorms that threaten Australia intensify, how can we use science and new technology to stay safe in the future?

If the history of earth were condensed into 24 hours - humans would have existed for just two seconds. In that short time we've disrupted the chemical systems that sustain all life on our planet. This is the story of our chemically induced crises - and how, if we're to avoid dire consequences, chemistry must be at the core of the solutions.

Australia is shaped by great storms, extreme heat, and an epic cycle of boom and bust. Life on the island continent has evolved accordingly, to survive drought and flooding rains. How can we learn to survive and thrive?

John takes Lyn and Luke to Kakadu where they raid nests and catch a four and a half metre male croc for research. Lyn returns to the place where her 11-year old granddaughter was taken by a croc and is finally at peace.

The story of the cutting-edge breakthroughs that revealed the chemical building blocks of life, and how we're using this knowledge of our innermost chemistry to understand the chemistry of love and parenthood, help combat previously untreatable diseases, and reverse the inevitable declines of age

Scientists from the University of Queensland come to the farm to practice artificial insemination techniques. Lyn tells the other students her heart-breaking secret and says she is considering a future in the crocodile industry. John reveals which two stu

The Daintree Rainforest has one of the highest rates of biodiversity on Earth. In ANCIENT RAINFORESTS, Aaron Pedersen explains how this oldest rainforest on Earth is a window into an Australia that has otherwise vanished.