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Apps for Brain-Computer-Interfaces - part 2
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Small Modular Nuclear Reactors AGAIN
MP3 From 2022: Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer? The Liberal-National Party want you to think so. News of a vaccine for hair loss, and a reminder from the original Moon landing. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Can...
Assange, Music and the law
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Edward Teller, Isaac Newton and military Robots
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Gravity Maverick - part 2
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Robot guide dogs and Killer AI
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The Long-Term Threat
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Frontiers of Science part1
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Stable Diffusion Litigation
MP3 The AI Art controversy and lawsuits. Can you sue for what someone might be able to do in the future? Can images be compressed to half a byte and reproduced at will? Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf In...
Sydney Space suits - part 2
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Dishbrain puppeting drones in VR
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Tardigrades to the Moon!
MP3 A deep dive into the science of tardigrades - the tiny water bears or moss piglets that can withstand extremes of cold, heat, dryness, pressure, and vacuum, by going into suspended animation and then revitalising when its safe again...
Small Modular Reactors
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Trustworthy fakes and edited hamsters
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Quick Tests and Cognitive Biases
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The Right To Repair - part 2
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The Right To Repair - part 1
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Ventilation stops the spread
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Census and Privacy 2021 - part 2
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Census and Privacy 2021 - part 1
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Fanny Macleay and Flying Saucers
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Intellectual Property and Medicine - part 2
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Spread by aerosol - part 2
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Spread by aerosol - part 1
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Life and Toydeath
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The Pais Effect
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Cancer dust super-tasting
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Earworm throat singing regeneration
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SETI giant spiders
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Landing on Mars
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Birds and the bees and the bots
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Haiku and Limericks
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Editing genetic disease and sports injuries
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Electric cars, TB, and mutated whooping cough
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Little Ice Ages and future housing
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Synthetic biology and Future Science
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Autism and oxytocin
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Home synthetic biology lab
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Birds, bees and bots
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Solar cooling, work and housing
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Opt out of My Health Record
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Full automation and Elvis on the Moon
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Asteroid deflection and CRISPR babies
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Planetary Defense and symbiotic drones
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My Health Record Opt Out
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Fizzy ice cream and musical planes
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Hearts, strawberries and water
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Vitamania, woken worms and DNA repair
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Grinding your face
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Women's Day, Stem cells, and Multiple Sclerosis
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Bright Sparks 2017 - part 2
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Bright Sparks 2017 - part 1
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Expressive Blockchain AI Robots
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The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 2
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The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 1
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Create UNSW, MakerSpace and Repair Cafe - DIY Day part 2
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Changing the world with Peerism
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3 parent baby ethics and flavour tripping
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Robonomics, Hyperloop and Autonomous cars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Cow-free dairy products from GM yeast follow-up by Ian Woolf, Arjan Rensen talks about the Australian Driverless vehicle Initiative at CeBIT, Anjelo Fernando talks about VicHyper at CeBIT, Samir Sinha talks about RobonomicsAI...
Voice, micro-algae and CFS
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The origin of life - inevitable?
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After robots take our jobs
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Identity cards for Australia again?
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2016 Ig Nobel Prizes
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Savannasaurus and teenage blood
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Photobiomodulation and bees
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Swarm intelligence
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Cellf - making a musician
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Seahorse sex and smart looms
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Plasma rocket science
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Real Space Cowboys and Star AI
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Ig Nobel Prizes 2015 special edition
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Heatwave detecting cancer
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Gene repair, eggs and entropy
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Black holes, worm holes and time machines
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Warp drive and Antigravity
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Future work, farmbot and Chiptunes
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Falling cats and Stem cell tourism
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Vaccination ethics and electricity wars
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What are you looking at?
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Virtual, Augmented and Robot Reality
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Paper engineering city spiders
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Transition waves rideable multicopters
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Bitcoin rules soliton waves
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2015 - The year of the drone
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Vaping Freematics
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Solidifier, Ozberry Pi and RoboDojo
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Koalas, robots, and brains
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Makers of every generation
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Mood Dress and the End of the World
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Astronomy for Life and Toydeath
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Drones in the air and underwater
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Social context and Electric cars
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FundScience, Albatross, LoVid
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Semaphore and legal Biohacking
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Giant echidnas drive air conditioned thorium cars
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Re-using carbon and Biohack Syd
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Plasticised brains, tea, and pain
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Rat Park and Chromatic Composer
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Stem cells fight HIV and Biohacking
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Healing corneas and building robots
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Valves, rockets and Doctor Who
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Mini Maker Faire and Google You
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Stem Cell Revolutions and HIV protein
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SkeptiCamp, Life and HackerSpace
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Gambling addiction and Big Data
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Sydney Maker Culture
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Trolling science and throat singing
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Baby talk, Naughties, and the web
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Diffusion cut from 2SER
The Diffusion science show has been cut by 2SER, to make room for new shows by new volunteers. After 19 years on air, and 15 years of contributions from me, its the final Diffusion Science Radio broadcast from 2SER tonight...
Robots, Newton, Teller and Fugu
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Fukushima stresses Europe, Petrol from air
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Misleading science and carnivorous pineapples
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Belief updating kiwi
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How to change your mind, snakes on a plane
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Sizzled intelligence retention
download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple reports on the global warming comedy Sizzle with a hot issues discussion panel of Randy Olsen, Dr Rod Lamberts, Professor Lesley Hughes, and Professor Tim Flannery. Ian Woolf reports on: license to crime, artificial intelligence finds...
MMORPGs, fattening air & prostates
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on fattening air,and deep voices, Ian Woolf reports on baldness, prostate protection, and hard games. Ian Woolf speaks with Geoff Batty of NICTA about peer to peer research into Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games. Produced...
Kind meat, ant war and Techfest2012
download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple talks about when ants go to war, Larissa Savass vtalks about kindly cultured burgers, Ian Woolf reports on the NICTA Techfest 2012, interviewing: James Laird about electronic pain management, Leif Hamlen about health data mining, Leonid...
Sexy Smells and parasite overlords
download MP3 Martin Faccini reports on the dopamine brain control mechanisms of our parasite overlords, Patrick Rubie reports on the science of sexy perfumes, News by Ian Woolf: - test tube artificial brain passes quiz - Airdrop brings water from...
Disgusting politics and drought resistance
download MP3 Ian Woolf explains the neuropolitics of left and right wing brains, Mic Cavazzini interviews Professor Jim Hasselof about the consequences of genetically engineering drought resistant crops, News by Ian Woolf: - red plumage vanishing from Chernobyl - Global...
Birds and the bees and mint
MP3 Julie-Anne Popple, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf speak with Botanist Dr Trevor Wilson about pollenation and mint, Julie-Anne Popple reports the news: - Cervical cancer vaccination - Greenhouse data shared by CSIRO online - new CSIRO solar hot air...
Unfair reporting and DNA Poetry
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Younger mice and spider invasions
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Addict detention and child enhancement
MP3 download 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...
Science Week special 2010
MP3 download The Diffusion Science Week special, coming to you from the Ultimo Science Festival. We tackle the questions you have asked us over the last few weeks. Why do I sneeze at the Sun? What would something look like...
Dwarf planets and cooperating rats
MP3 download Pluto demoted again? It's been some fall from grace for Pluto. This week sees a possible new definition of dwarf-planet, and it seems Pluto is hardly special at all. interview by Marc West Ian Woolf tackles grey hair...
Safflower insulin, and sperm spit protons
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Science in Namibia, Magnificent Maths
MP3 Patrick Rubie interviews Scott Daniel, a member of Australian Volunteers International and former National Science and Technology Centre (QUESTACON) worker, about teaching Science in Namibia. Marc West talks about the 5 biggest Mathematics stories of 2008. News by Kalvin...
Chiptunes, see-through batteries and syphilis
play now Syphilis in Australian history by John August, Interview with Professor Christopher Fairley by John August, News by Ian Woolf - Migraine zapping - Transparent, bendy batteries, - The world's oldest computer generated music Presented and Produced by...
Ancient chocolate bioweapon bugs moon
play now A Shirtload of Units by Lachlan Whatmore, Squirming, creeping and feeling by Tilly Boleyn and Evan Shapiro, Termite class war by Ian Woolf Ancient Chocolate by Derek Williamson, Endangered new species by Rabia Khan, News by Patrick...
Robot Love, Nuclear Power, Safe?
play now A Diffusion Science Nuclear Special (Part II). Instead of looking only at CO2, we look at the other important issues surrounding nuclear power generation. This week: the risks of proliferation. Special Guests Dr Sue Wareham OAM of...
'Loneliness, Hair and Red Blood Cells'
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Asperger's adventure Nuclear shutdown
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Greenwich Mean Time, Chookosaur, Bees
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Oil, hair, heads and science
MP3 News by Ed Pollitt. Hair, heads and hard-times discussion lead by Jacqui Hayes. Interview with science film-maker Sonya Pemberton by Tilly Boleyn. Presented and produced by Tilly Boleyn. Music It's Alright by Rand & Holland 23 by Blonde...
ID Card - Is Big Brother Stalking You?
This is a special edition of the Diffusion Science Radio show looking at a controversial application of science and technology: the proposed card to identify everyone accessing Australian government services. Go directly to Podcasts: --> Download/listen, 64kbs MP3 (13.4...
Turbulent mile high chemical cocktails
MP3 Ever wanted to join the mile high club? Want to put strange things into your body? This week, the Diffusion Team tackles the science of things that go bump in the air - well turbulence anyway - and what...
Gift giving and genetic engineering
Play Now We sum up the science that defined 2006 with Jacqui Hayes and Sacha Stelzer, Ian Woolf reveals a plan to create bearded babies and hairless men, Gifts for your scientist by Chris Stewart, and a morbid look...
Diffusion Christmas Quiz 2006
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Marijuana debate and Pirated Soy sauce
Play Now Jacqui Pfeffer looks at Marijuana use during Australian National Science Week! Ian Woolf brings us a disturbing story on Soy sauce made from Human Hair collected from corpses... I taste dead people! Presented by Jacqui Hayes, News...
Ghosts, Blimps, and maybe mermaids
Play Now This week the diffusion team has gone searching for the little mermaid, ghostbusting and cruisin' the skies. Presented by Marc West, News by Matt Clarke, Living on the sea floor, by Lachlan Whatmore, A call for scientific...
Hair Science, and Echinoderm World
Play Now This week the fantabulous Diffusion team investigate the science of hair and reveal everything you have always wanted to know about echinoderms. How do we manage to pack all that AND your weekly science news into 30mins?...
Using the Panel
The LED Meters In the middle of the vertical part of the consul you will see that there are three LED (Light Emitting Diode) Meters. The Meter on the left corresponds with Channel 1, the channel that you use when...
NEWS: dodgy space suits from NASA; dangerous neckties in the hospital ward & spiders with garbage in their webs.
NEWS: dodgy space suits from NASA; dangerous neckties in the hospital ward & spiders with garbage in their webs. NASA crew at the International Space Station are finding problems with their space suits, or so reports New Scientist magazine this...
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