Diffusion Science radio

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Alien planet in the Goldilocks zone by Ian Woolf,
Ed Buckbee talks about the Real Space Cowboys and Space Camp,
Elise Hampton uses machine learning to crunch astronomical amounts of data.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.



Ed Buckbee
Space Camp
One Giant Leap

Elise Hampton

Three planets orbiting Wolf 1061
Discovery: Nearby star hosts closest alien planet in the “habitable zone”
Wolf 1061c: closest planet found orbiting in a star's habitable zone 14 light years from Earth

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Eye gazing alters minds by Ian Woolf,
Nuria Lorente talks about her star bug telescopic robots,
Heba Khamis talks about finding the language of touch in the Bright Spark challenge,
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Nuria Lorente

Starbugs
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems Conferences

Heba Khamis

Interpreting the language of touch

Dissociation and hallucinations in dyads engaged through
interpersonal gazing
Weird things start to happen when you stare into someone's eyes for 10 minutes
Staring into someone’s eyes for 10 minutes induces an altered state of consciousness

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Free speech for kids with autism by Ian Woolf,
Paddy Neumann talks about his plasma rocket engines at OrbitOz,
All about that space by NASA Johnson Space Centre interns,
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Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Dr Paddy Neumann
Neumann Space

Alarm at autism doctor shopping for diagnoses by Rick Morton (The Australian)
National Institute Of Mental Health Forsakes the DSM, the Bible Of Psychiatry
DSM-5 Field Trials Discredit the American Psychiatric Association

Even Some Establishment Psychiatrists Embarrassed by New DSM-5 Mental Illnesses—Is It Time to Abolish the Psychiatric Diagnostic Bible?
Autistic boy locked inside cell-like room...again
Photos of cage used to restrain boy with autism at Canberra school become public
Disability minister horrified, families sickened by 'coffin-like' box
Mother accused of chaining up autistic son in Blacktown was 'desperate'
Medicare Items Under the "Helping Children with Autism" Package

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Venus flytraps can count to five by Ian Woolf,
Decentralise all the things by Ian Woolf,
Clement Epie talks about blockchain Cellabz and La Paillaise biohacking,
Kasek Galgal talks about emerging technologies for developing economies, at the Sydney 2015 Blockchain workshop.
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Kasek Gulgul

Plantoid

Plantoid

Cellabz - blockchain and beyond

PLANTOID – by PRIMAVERA DE FILIPPI, DAVID BOVILL, VINCENT ROUDAUT AND SARA RENAUD
Plantoid - blockchain based art
Plantoid - the blockchain based art that makes itself

Understanding the blockchain - O'Reilly
Blythe Masters Firm Raises Cash, Wins Australian Contract
The Face Behind Bitcoin (Newsweek 2014)
Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto probably Australian entrepreneur, reports claim
Libor to JP Morgan, Enron to Bernie Madoff: Counting the costs of a world of scandal
LIBOR Scandal: The Crime of the Century?
Banking Blockade
Credit card donations to WikiLeaks restored as Mastercard breaks ranks

The Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula Counts Prey-Induced Action Potentials to Induce Sodium Uptake
Some Plants Can Count
Venus flytrap plants can 'count' to five