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November 1, 2010

Amniotic eggs and Surpizing technologies


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On this edition of Diffusion, Ian Woolf brings back surprizing tidings from
the Singularity Summit in Melbourne, Australia.
Newly uncle'd Lachlan Whatmore delves into the evolutionary marvel
that are amniotic eggs.

Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond, with support from
Patrick Rubie.

November 8, 2010

Herpes, Dengue fever and Marijuana


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Lachlan Whatmore interviews Bill Halford of
Southern Illinois University about his cutting edge research on the
upcoming Herpes vaccine.
In a similar vein, Victoria Bond tracks Robert Booy down to discuss
the ongoing development on the Dengue Fever vaccine, and the impact of
this disease worldwide.
Finally, Victoria Bond speaks to Maree Teesson of the National Drug and
Alcohol Centre about the relationship between cannabis and
schizophrenia.

Hosted by Lachlan Whatmore. <br/>Paneled and produced by Victoria Bond.

November 15, 2010

Genescient Healthy old age


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Ian Woolf reports from the Singularity Summit on Gregory Benford's Genescient research into preventing the diseases of old age using genomics and artificial intelligence to produce evolutionary nutrigenomics that may allow a healthy old age, with discussion from Marc West and Charles Willock.
News by Ian Woolf
- Gummi bear hacking,
- Chatbots argue on twitter,
- evolving weeds beat Monsanto
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf

IGregory Benford's Genescient presentation

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November 22, 2010

Addict detention and child enhancement


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Ian Woolf summarises Robert Sparrow's talk "The Not-so-New Eugenics: The Harsh Logic of human enhancement", about the ethics of child enhancing technology, from the Singularity Summit, Australia,
Victoria Bond interviews Dr Fisher from Nepean hospital about the ethics of psychiatrically detaining drug addicts,
News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
- LHC makes antimatter
- Bacterial glue heals buildings
Presented by Phillipe Perez
Produced by Ian Woolf,
with technical support from Victoria Bond


November 29, 2010

Real Doctors eat Breakfast


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Victoria Bond checks in with some new evidence of a Universe before
the Big Bang.

Marc West interviews Kylie Smith on a recently published study which
outlines possible long term risks involved in skipping your daily
breakfast.

Lachlan Whatmore spoke to Dr. Cassandra Meirs, and Dr. William
Halford, on the trials and tribulations of obtaining a PhD.


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