Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Becoming Superhuman volume 1
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Doctor Jordan Nguyen is a biomedical engineer. Riley Saban is a 13 year old with cerebral palsy. Together they develop extraordinary, cutting edge technology that gives Riley superhuman powers.
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China Century volume 4
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After 150 years of British occupation, Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997. We examine how the territory has always been defined by the contest of influence between China and the West and how that tension plays out today.
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Decoding Danger volume 3
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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?
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Chemical World volume 3
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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.
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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.
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Chemical World volume 2
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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
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China Century volume 5
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The world's greatest rivalry began with hope and idealism. What went wrong?
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Chemical World volume 1
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Humans have pondered our origins for 50,000 years. In seeking evidence, Scientists discovered that the essence of all life is in it's chemistry - a four billion year odyssey from the very first cells to the development of complex life and the remarkable discovery that our first common ancestor is a lot older than we ever imagined.
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Becoming Superhuman volume 2
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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.
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China Century volume 1
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Chinese President Xi Jinping understands the greatest threat to the authoritarian state is not an invading army but the free minds of its people. This episode explores the fight for freedom of thought in China.
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Lily Serna explores the strange world of sensory perception, using magic and illusions to reveal the difference between how we perceive the world, and reality. She discovers that we can all predict the future and be tricked by the brain into believing things that aren't real. But despite the occasional glitch in our perception, we're able to navigate life effortlessly. And now artificial intelligence is racing to match how we see the world.
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Decoding Danger volume 1
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Australia is home to some of the deadliest predators in the world. The island continent is notorious for playing host to the most venomous snakes, the most deadly crocodiles, spiders and jellyfish.
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China Century volume 3
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China's return to imperial power after a century of humiliation.
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China Century volume 2
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The story of China's meteoric economic growth and its earth-shattering repercussions.
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Decoding Danger volume 2
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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?
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YOU CAN’T ASK THAT is a documentary series that confronts prejudices and break down taboos in our society in an authentic and relatable way. Each episode asks a group of Canadians who live with different disabilities the awkward, inappropriate or uncomfortable questions they hear all the time with honesty.
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A stylish and sexy period mystery stars Essie Davis as Phryne Fisher, a glamorous lady detective in 1920s Melbourne. In 'Murder under the Mistletoe," Phryne and company head to a chalet to celebrate Christmas in July, but when they get there, they find one of the residents dead, electrocuted while hanging festive lights.
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Jack Irish, is a brooding antihero of Australia. Reeling in the wake of his wife's murder, the former lawyer has reinvented himself as a part-time private investigator and full-time alcoholic, intent on drowning his demons. When an old client dies after leaving Jack several frantic voicemails, the PI realizes he can't outrun or out-drink his past. Jack returns to the world that took everything away from him: a seedy place of lowlifes, corruption,...