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Levitating worms, 2023 Nobel Prizes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Worms hitch rides on bumblebees with electric fields, Nobel Prizes for attosecond lasers, Quantum dots and mRNA vaccines. hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Caenorhabditis elegans transfers across a gap under an electric...
Gravity Maverick - part 1
MP3 download Listen to Dr Viv Robinson boldly explain why most physicists have misunderstood Einstein's gravity, and what it means for what the Universe is made of. News of impossibly massive galaxies. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf 'We just...
Categorification, Not A Crime
MP3 Anna Romanov talks about what equals means - when is a knot not a knot? Pure maths in the everyday world. Dave The Happy Singer sings Not A Crime, (music by Dave The Happy Singer, lyrics by Ian Woolf)...
Sydney Space suits - part 1
MP3 Meet Kiriti Rambhatla, CEO of Sydney startup Metakosmos, making space suits and related technologies. Part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Metakosmos...
Dementia and Artificial Intelligence
MP3 Memory prosthesis for dementia by Ian Woolf, Tanya Petrovich from Dementia Australia, and Andrew Vouliotis from Deakin University's Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute talks about their AI training system for carers of people with dementia - Talk with Ted! Produced...
Machines Behaving Badly - part 2
MP3 Artificial Intelligence software used to find a 25000 times faster shortcut for quantum physics by Ian Woolf, Professor Toby Walsh talks about autonomous weapons and rights for machines in Machines Behaving badly part 2, Ian Woolf plays with the...
Expressly Human - part 1
MP3 Pleading the fourth - suing the CIA by Ian Woolf, Dr Mark Chanizi talks about what we said before language was invented - part 1. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Mark Changizi Expressly Human interview part 2 The...
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...
The Physics Behind The Internet
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Nuclear diamond batteries by Ian Woolf, Ben Eggleton explains the science behind the internet. Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme by MacLeod (incompetech.com) Centre...
Precognition Revolution
MP3 download Julian Assange had a stroke and still lost his extradition trial by Ian Woolf, UFos and precognition for better science, the story of how Daryl Bem broke the scientific method. by Ian Woolf Hosted and produced by Ian...
Census and Privacy 2021 - part 1
MP3 download COVID19 causes cognitive deficits by Ian Woolf, Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch discusses privacy concerns with the Australian 2021 Census - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Tom Sulston, Deputy Chair of Digital Rights Watch...
The Polymer Age
MP3 download Dr Markus Muellner talks about the Polymer Age and new nano-designed technologies. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Markus Muellner Polymer Nanostructures Group Dr Muellner will be speaking at the Frontiers of Science Forum on 12th March...
Strange Geometry in Antiquity - part 2
MP3 download Muscle regeneration, Facebook goes nuclear by Ian Woolf, Dr Daniel Mansfield speaks with Ian Woolf about the strange geometry used by the Babylonians 4000 years ago - part 2. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Daniel Mansfield...
Strange geometry in Antiquity - part 1
MP3 download Dr Daniel Mansfield speaks with Ian Woolf about the strange geometry used by the Babylonians 4000 years ago - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Daniel Mansfield Perpendicular Lines and Diagonal Triples in Old Babylonian...
Assange Extradition Decision
MP3 download Report and analysis of UK Judge Baraitser's decision on the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, by Ian Woolf hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Pressure mounting on Scott Morrison to ask US to drop Assange charges...
Haiku and Limericks
MP3 download Rodent operated vehicles and Assange in court by Ian Woolf, 11 early career scientists explain their research in Haiku and limerick! Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Fresh Science NSW Enriched environment exposure accelerates rodent driving skills Behavioural...
Trauma, pain, and fish
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Future Low Energy Electronic Technology
MP3 download The 2019 Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics by Ian Woolf, Samuel Bladwell explains Future Low Energy Electronic Technologies, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Samuel Bladwell FLEET The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 The Nobel Prize in...
AI - replace, destroy or enhance
MP3 download Andrew Despi talks about his vision of an artificial intelligence future, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Andrew Despi Akin...
Kinder gentler transhumanism
MP3 download Small modular nuclear reactors by Ian Woolf, Andrew Despri talks about a kinder, gentler Transhumanism, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Andrew Despi Akin Small Isn't Always Beautiful - Safety, Security, and Cost Concerns about Small Modular Reactors...
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
MP3 download Invisible in water by Ian Woolf, Franck Marchis from the SETI Institute and Unistellar, talks about the search for extraterrestrial life and intelligence, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf SETI Institute Unistellar Optics Hydrodynamic metamaterial cloak for drag-free...
Superlative hydrogen
MP3 download Hydrogen hijinks, by Ian Woolf, Matthew Laplante talks about his book Superlative: The biology of extremes, Part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Matthew Laplante CSIRO Hydrogen Roadmap Hydrogen gas trial in western Sydney could unlock $1.7bn...
Bio-engineering Innovation Challenge 2019
MP3 download The Bioengineering Innovation Outreach Challenge 2019 prize winners by Ian Woolf, Professor Hala Zreiqat talks about the ARC Bioengineering Innovation Centre, Dr Gavinda Singh talks about his research in cancer cures and his mentorship, Team Team from Sydney...
Home synthetic biology lab
MP3 download Electric cars are the new NBN by Ian Woolf, JJ Hastings talks about creating art and science and her new authorised synthetic biology home lab Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf JJ Hastings JJ Hasting's garage synthetic biology...
Coeliac genes and zombies
MP3 download Nepenthes lure insects with carbon dioxide by Ian Woolf, Richard Charlesworth examines gene expression to diagnose Coeliac disease spectrum, The secrets of real zombies by Ian Woolf, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Vitamania, woken worms and DNA repair
MP3 download Woken worms and crowd-funding against cancer by Ian Woolf, Derek Muller talks about making Vitamania. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Derek Muller Veritasium Veritasium on Youtube Vitamania The Movie Viable...
Diagnosing ME, and CFS
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Bright Sparks 2017 - part 2
MP3 Fresh Scientists: Claire Henry - Ovarian cancer targets, Juliano Morimoto - Fertility and gut bacteria, Rebecca Poulos - Sunlight and cancer, Mohamed Tashani – Making pneumonia vaccine more affordable, and Amy Moss – More chicken with less feed. Haiku...
Sound is the next wave
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australian Government wants you to post nude photos by Ian Woolf, Professor Ben Eggleton explains how sound is the next wave in cutting edge communications technology. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...
The Science behind the Internet
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Nuclear diamond batteries by Ian Woolf, Ben Eggleton explains the science behind the internet. Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme by MacLeod (incompetech.com) Centre...
More colours and March for Science part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') See more colours by Ian Woolf, John Hewson talks about science and politicians, Angela Maharaj talks about climate science politics, Ian Woolf speaks with CSIRO scientists marching. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Smart grids and Musk's wager
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Elon Musk promises South Australia 100MWh storage installed in 100 days or FREE by Ian Woolf. Dr Nick Engerer talks about integrating solar power and storage into smart electricity grids. Production checked by...
Dinosaurs and CSIRO
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') CSIRO now allowed to do science for the public good by Ian Woollf, Barry McKay speaks with Phil Hore about Australia's dinosaurs, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
Oz nuclear dump and virtual biohacking
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Taking a nuclear dump on Australia by Ian Woolf Brennan Hatton talks about biohacking augmented reality Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Brennan Hatton Brennan Hatton's crazy life...
Biomimicry and coral bones
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ultrasound for younger brains by Ian Woolf, Krishneel Singh talks about making bone out of stem cells from fat using inspiration from coral. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
Open Source Science Accelerates
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Excel breaks science by Ian Woolf, Matt Todd explains Open Source Malaria research, and the acceleration of science, part 2. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Associate Professor...
#Censusfail or Privacy?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') How has privacy been endangered by the Australian Census? by Ian Woolf Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn from the Australian Privacy Foundation talks about the Australian Census 2016. Honest Australian Census advert by The Juice...
Cellf - making a musician
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The science policies of seven parties competing in the Australian Federal Election by Ian Woolf, Guy Ben-Ary talks about Cellf - a dish of living neurons that jams with human musicians. Celff in...
Solar racing and women's ageing part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australian science has become a political playground by Ian Woolf, Part 2 of Judy Ford talking about slowing women's ageing, Will Green talks about the Sunswift solar racer. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
STEAM through space bubbles
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Its raining innovation by Ian Woolf, Solange Cunin talks about launching QuebRider's STEAM projects, John Barrow talks about the Eternal Bubble Multiverse, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
Urthecast and space lasers
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Healthy high heels, Vaping for minors, Pluto fly-by, and Space lasers for Canberra by Ian Woolf, Canada in Space with Marc Beaudry, Singularity by Paul Rhodes, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...
Asteroid mining and radioactive waste dumps
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Radioactive waste dump for Australia by Ian Woolf, Interview with Mark Read about modelling bacteria in your gut, William Crowe talks about using swarms of small spacecraft to gather data for asteroid mining....
DIY Space Exploration
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Mystery lights on Ceres by Ian Woolf, Sebastian Chaoui talks about DIY Space Exploration and Quberider, Interplanetary Cubsats by Ian Woolf Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf QubeRider...
Koalas, robots, and brains
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Cheap flexible solar cells, Randomness chips, and the breaking 2014 Nobel prize for Physics by Ian Woolf, From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Elwin tracks Koalas online, Gavin has built a robot coffee...
Invisibility donuts and Mars Direct
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Invisibility doughnuts and wearable drones by Ian Woolf, A potted history of Martian exploration, Robert Zubrin talks about Mars Direct and the Case for Mars in 2000. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Makers of every generation
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Machine telepathy? by Ian Woolf From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Makers Empire with a system for 5 year olds to make toys with 3D Printers, Three teen roboticists from First Australia with...
Space law and Bee decisions
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stem cell exhaustion by Ian Woolf. Sara Langston talks about Space law at OrbitOz, Matthew Baker reverse engineers microbe flagella, James Mackinson analyses honeybee decision-making. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf. Matthew Baker...
Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Tiny turbines, and myco-diesel by Ian Woolf. Professor Helen Swarbrick speaks with Ian Woolf about Orthokeratology for correcting short-sightedness without surgery or wearing lenses, Copyright week and the Trans-Pacific-partnership agreement. Presented and produced...
Rat Park and Chromatic Composer
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') News of mice rejuvenated with B3 extract, by Ian Woolf. From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire,Susana Alarcon demonstrated a machine that draws music, The tale of Rat Park - how socially connected rats...
Valves, rockets and Doctor Who
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Steve Price talks about making Valve amplifiers, Lester talks about popup 3D printer workshops, George talks about launching your own rockets Ian Woolf revisits the science of...
Mini Maker Faire and Google You
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') NBN petition delivered to Australian MPs by Ian Woolf, Google You by Ian Woolf, From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Julian talks about 3D modelling, Chris Ferman talks about his 3D printed android,...
2013 Ig Nobels and Willpower
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bitcoin for the homeless, Tricorders for food, and willpower never runs out, by Ian Woolf The 2013 Ig Nobel Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think, by...
Hypercolour vision and soap
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Kid-friendly science and emulsions
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The Lyrid meteor shower report by Ian Woolf Emulsion science interview with Ann Evans by Ian Woolf Time travel by Ian Woolf and Ed Pollitt Interview with Mike Pollitt about building a ridable...
Head, heart and galaxy
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Roulette, Nobels, Rocking Science
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on profiting from the physics of Roulette. Ian Woolf reviews "The Eudaemonic Pie" by Thomas Bass about a group of physicists winning at roulette with shoe computers in the 1970's. Ian Woolf reports on Disney's...
Dragons, astronauts and surveillance
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on zombies, quantum computers, and DNA data storage. Ian Woolf reports on the life and death of Neil Armstrong, Julie-Anne Popple spoke to Dr Beata Ujvarti about the impact of cane toads on goanna and...
Wallaby, damaged doubt, rat pilots
download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple discusses the foraging behaviour of swamp wallabies with Miguel Bedoya-Perez. Ian Woolf finds out how damage to your brain can reduce your ability to doubt your beliefs. Julie-Anne Popple reports on dog shaking, cave spiders and...
Pokemon thrips, and Night at the disease museum
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on plasma jets and migraine shock therapy. Therese Chen reports on developments Nano-medicine to treat Cerebral Palsy. Julie-Anne Popple speaks to Dr James Gilbert about 'pokemon' thrips and David Cutting about making modern day mummies....
Coral Art Life Science TV Eyes
download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple visits the Coral Art Life Science Exhibition at he University of Sydney and speaks with: science inspired artist Carmel Wallance, and Dr Adrienne Grant about her research into copper and corals. Ian Woolf continues his series...
People puppets and molecular synthesis
download MP3 Ian Woolf asks Dr Andrew McDonagh about making molecules, Ian Woolf reports on the latest presentation of people doing strange things with electricity, Therese Chen describes abusive boobies, Ian Woolf reports on hacking your brain with light. Presented...
Sunstones, chocolate and rain-making
download MP3 Patrick Rubie reports on the ancient crystal navigation technology of the Vikings, Ian Woolf reports on anti-cancer and chocolate therapies for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Mic Cavazzini interviews Scott Peak from Australian Rain Technologies. Discussion from Therese Chen. Presented...
Bones, Devils and Mind Control
download MP3 Ian Woolf talks to Professor Bruce Milthorpe about tissue engineering using coral, Mic Cavazzini chats with Dr Janine Deakin about immunity in Tasmanian devils, and James Bourne takes a look at the latest news on the mind controlling...
Tasmanian Tiger bosses spy syphilis
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Good Vs Bad radiation, Hep C treatments and more....
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Brain music and Smelly science
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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...
Sibling Saviours
Move over designer babies, five saviour siblings have been born in the United States, in a special IVF program/. The babies were carefully chosen so they would provide stem cells to treat older siblings with diseases such as leukaemia. Using...
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