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Don't ignore your symptoms

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') New protein causing post-exertional malaise hints at new diagnostic tests and drugs for ME/CFS, Flaws found by critics in the PACE Trials and Cochrane Review recommending graded exercise therapy and Cognitive behavioural therapy...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 2, 2023 11:37 AM

Sex and the single geek

MP3 Listen to polymath Matthew Hall and hypnotherapist and counsellor Melinda Hall-King talk about the science of human courtship. Dedicated to the loving memory of Matthew Hall. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...

Posted by Ian Woolf on May 22, 2023 1:41 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on February 20, 2023 11:17 AM

Goats, studs and smart beds

download MP3 This episode first broadcast in 2008: Goat sacrifices of the military by Ian Woolf, Wired Beds by Tilly Boleyn and Evan Shapiro, Junk DNA points the way by Patrick Rubie, Female rats prefer males with recent sexual experience...

Posted by Ian Woolf on May 2, 2022 12:02 PM

Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') UN Climate Report released, Governments fail to act, scientists protest by Ian Woolf, Audience questions from the Frontiers of Science Forum - part 2 featuring Professor Johannes le Coutre, Professor Martina Stenzel, Professor...

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 11, 2022 11:22 PM

Variants, printed livers and woven TVs

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 21, 2022 7:47 PM

Quick Tests and Cognitive Biases

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 20, 2021 2:45 PM

Print spies dolphin terrorists

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 21, 2020 10:50 AM

Climate change health

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 6, 2020 9:52 PM

Neuromorphic social impact

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 20, 2020 9:36 PM

Launching Arlula

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 19, 2019 4:51 PM

Nano 3D Printing

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 15, 2019 10:16 PM

Whales, drones and bacteria

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 24, 2018 12:23 PM

The Internet of Hackable Things & OzSpace part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 10, 2017 4:28 PM

Will Oz space industry take off?

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Uncertainty Village at Confest by Chris Waterguy, Tim Parsons explores whether the space industry in Australia is about to grow rapidly. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Music:...

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 3, 2017 8:28 PM

The origin of life - inevitable?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 6, 2017 1:48 PM

After robots take our jobs

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 7, 2017 5:56 PM

Space Law and blood money

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 12, 2016 10:47 AM

Savannasaurus and teenage blood

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 5, 2016 11:02 AM

Open Source Science Accelerates

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 12, 2016 8:02 PM

Urthecast and space lasers

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 29, 2015 2:33 PM

Diet, bacteria, and health

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 23, 2015 4:43 PM

Vaping Freematics

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 8, 2014 1:51 PM

Mood Dress and the End of the World

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 8, 2014 3:41 PM

Magnetic bacteria and chilli

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf reports on rapid aging from fish oil, Podcasting threatened by patents, and paper 3D printers. Tim Baynes investigates magnetically sensitive animals, Christine Baker speaks with Lara Farrell about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,...

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 10, 2013 2:25 PM

Sunstones, chocolate and rain-making

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 7, 2011 5:18 PM

Space colonies, sustainable science and giant sperm

MP3 Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss the recent Foresight Innovation Sustainability Hothouse (FISH@6) forum on renewable energy and waste management. John August talks about the concept of space colonies and social escapism. Plus the news from sun spots to...

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 22, 2009 6:31 PM

Power-dressing giant frogs with ID cards

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Posted by Diffusion on March 6, 2008 9:00 AM

Religion, Spineless sex, and faces

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 28, 2008 9:00 AM

War goats, rat studs, and smart beds

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Posted by Diffusion on February 21, 2008 12:09 AM

Good Vs Bad radiation, Hep C treatments and more....

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Posted by Diffusion on February 7, 2008 12:09 AM

Ancient chocolate bioweapon bugs moon

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Posted by Diffusion on December 13, 2007 12:09 AM

'Loneliness, Hair and Red Blood Cells'

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Posted by Diffusion on September 27, 2007 12:00 AM

Simulated Nightclubs

Remember when American soldiers given amphetamine "GO pills" accidentally dropped a laser-guided bomb on Canadian and British soldiers during the invasion of Afghanistan? Now American soldiers traumatised by their war experiences are being asked to volunteer for simulated nightclubs, where...

Posted by Ian Woolf on February 28, 2005 7:19 PM