Diffusion Science radio

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This show was originally broadcast in 2011:

Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the strained Australian health budget.
Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss their thoughts on end of life care and euthanasia.
Marc West interviews Petra Liverani from Beyond Zero Emissions Australia, about climate change, science, and policy.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

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Stephen Juan talks with Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf about keeping a severed head alive ,
Head transplants - HEAVEN? by Ian Woolf,
RE: Your brains by Jonathan Coulton.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Human head transplantation. Where do we stand and a call to arms
SERGIO CANAVERO: A REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE (Ooom magazine interview)
Head transplant: PGI all ears
World’s first head transplant to happen early next year
HEAVEN: The head anastomosis venture Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage (GEMINI)
A cross-circulated bicephalic model of head transplantation
Scientists carry out full head transplant on rats
Head transplant team’s new animal tests fail to convince critics
Accelerated recovery of sensorimotor function in a dog submitted to quasi-total transection of the cervical spinal cord and treated with PEG

C-Yoon Kim on Researchgate
Human Head Transplant Proposed—How Did We Get Here?

Jonathan Coulton

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News by Nick Perkins:
I'm Not Dead Yet gene discovered,
Mobile phone safety,
Big Foot imprint found!

Nick Perkins explains science of the beer gut,
Lachlan Whatmore discusses anthropomorphism,

Gina Satore with weird news from the Fortean Times: Potatoes that glow when they need watering, Why penguins waddle, and illegal Mexican Santas.

Hosted by Adam Mark,
Produced by Lachlan Whatmore,
Technical assistance and editing by Ian Woolf.
Sound and fact checked by Charles Willock

Reduce your risk: new national guidelines for alcohol consumption
Drug Induced Deaths in Australia: A changing story

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Ten Ig Nobel prizes condensed from the full 90 minute ceremony for your listening pleasure. Science that first makes you laugh and then makes you think.
Didgeridoo therapy, twin cognition, cat liquidity, walking backward while not spilling coffee, vampire bats, and more...
Hosted by Marc Abrams of The Annals of Improbable Research.
Sound checked by Charles Willock,
Produced by Ian Woolf.