Diffusion Science radio

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Electric brains by Ian Woolf,
Adena Silverstein on the psychology of space travel,
Matthew Whiting on processing Big Data from the Australian Square Kilometre Array pathfinder telescope.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Adena Silverstein

Matthew Whiting

Can Neural Activity Propagate by Endogenous Electrical Field?
Brain waves may be spread by weak electrical field
Weak electrical field found to carry information around the brain

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Climate scientists take to the streets by Ian Woolf,
Rowan Braham talks about Innovation Engineering at Laing O'Rourke.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Rowan Braham

CSIRO head Larry Marshall defends climate research cuts as angry scientists protest in Melbourne
Why I turned down a DECRA to work in the United States
CSIRO puts 350 staff on notice in Netflix-style culture revamp
Correcting the Public Record on Changes at CSIRO
Climate science on chopping block as CSIRO braces for shake-up
CSIRO Chief Larry Marshall Silent On Channel Island­s Tax Trust
CSIRO Head Accused Of Misleading And Deceptive Conduct By Shareholders
CSIRO Head Larry Marshal Sued Over Technology Firm Collapse
Killer climate: tens of thousands of flying foxes dead in a day
CSIRO puts 350 staff on notice in Netflix-style culture revamp
CSIRO executives asked to justify deep cuts to climate science

CSIRO boss Larry Marshall sorry for saying politics of climate 'more like religion than science'
CSIRO chief Larry Marshall points his ship into a scientific storm
CSIRO boss’s failed logic over climate science could waste billions in taxes
Australia to be 'isolated' from global research after CSIRO climate cuts: WMO

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Gravitational waves,
The Creeping Garden,
Glowing waste is the best part? by Ian Woolf
Professor John Barrow talks about where the Universe has been, and where its heading.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

John Barrow (Photo courtesy of Michael Gal)

Gravitational waves finally detected at LIGO
Gravitational waves - Australian scientists central role in their discovery
CSIRO hailed contribution to gravitation waves find for work done by axed unit
Australian Centre for Precision Optics

Creeping Garden
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Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission Tentative Findings report
Respond to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission Tentative Findings report here
Royal Commission: Nuclear Power Unviable, But Waste Storage Lucrative

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Water safety scientists sacked, by Ian Woolf,
Travis Wall talks about HackaGong,
Meow Ludo Meow Meow tells us about the Biofoundry's plans for 2016.
24/7 Lecture by Professor Sarah Lewis on Fireflies from the IgNobel Prizes ceremony 2015.
Production checked by Charles Willock.
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Travis Wall
Hackagong

Meow Ludo Meow Meow
Biofoundry

Sydney's drinking water at risk if underground coal mine expansion approved in Lake Cataract catchment, scientists say
CSIRO climate programs to halve

NSW water supplier warned about coal mine near catchment
Coal mine expansion could cause 'unacceptable' loss of water from catchment, WaterNSW warns

'Worst thing ... in decades': Fears for Sydney's drinking water

Sydney water quality could be jeopardised by WaterNSW job cuts, Labor says
1998 Sydney water crisis (wikipedia)
Sydney water crisis due to corporatisation

Creeping Garden
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First plants were carnivorous by Ian Woolf.
Professor Joe Wolfe from the UNSW speaks to Ian Woolf about the Physics of Music and Voice.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Hungry algae may explain how plants became green
A Modern Descendant of Early Green Algal Phagotrophs
Music science at UNSW
PhysClips
Complementarity of speech and music

Joe Wolfe