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The Quantum Age - part 2
MP3 download Listen to James Vandeleur talk about the history of Quantum physics, what it means and a demonstration with polarised sunglasses. News of scientists sacked, and eSafety failed. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf James Vandeleur Excerpts From a...
Censored searches - part 3
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Censored searches - part 2
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After AI take our jobs again
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Recycling and healing plastic - part 3
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NIH ME study criticism
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Enhancing Astronomy - part 1
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Non-negotiable nuclear dump and Fram2Ham 24/7
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Why You're (still) Not Dead Yet
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') From 2018: Powerless cameras by Ian Woolf, Dr David Farmer and comedian Jackson Vaarhoor explain Why You're Not Dead Yet, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf....
Healing Corneas and making robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') From 2013: News of: DARPA brain implants, Sony smart wigs, and prosthetic hands that feel, by Ian Woolf. Professor Stephanie Watson spoke with Ian Woolf about how she heals corneas with stem cells,...
Reframing Obesity
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Listen to Dr Kathryn Williams explain why we need to reframe obesity as a chronic disease, and subsidise its treatment. How I used AI to create a song about obesity using my own...
Genes, Jokes, and Conservation - part 2
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Genes, Jokes and Conservation - part 1
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Atmospheric Rivers - part 2
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Games for computing - 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...
Music for moral equations
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After AI takes jobs
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Aussie Space Mail
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Don't ignore your symptoms
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Graphene power
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Nuclear Australia - pros and cons
download MP3 From the 2013 Nuclear Energy For Australia? conference: Uranium miner Dr Erica Smyth argues for nuclear power for Australia, Conservationist Professor Ian Lowe argues against nuclear power for Australia Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Erica Smyth...
Assange, Music and the law
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WorldCoin and Rejuventation by dilution
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Edward Teller, Isaac Newton and military Robots
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Multi-agent AI TV shows
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Cute Beard Slime
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Gravity Maverick - part 1
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Augment your memory
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Douglas Engelbart - Inventing the 21st Century
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Killer AI and 2010 Ignobels
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Robot guide dogs and Killer AI
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Categorification, Not A Crime
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Australian Computer Museum Society - part 2
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SETI switch
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Tardigrades to the Moon!
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Spinal Fusion
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Machines Behaving Badly - part 2
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Machines Behaving Badly - part 1
MP3 Professor Toby Walsh talks about the ethical dilemmas around Artificial Intelligence and how they affect us, and his new book "Machines Behaving Badly" - part 1 Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Toby Walsh...
Small Modular Reactors
MP3 Vaccine for hair loss, NASA postpones the Moon , Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer? Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Can you hit rewind on hair loss? Sinclair Dermatology Hair Trials Alopecia Areata Gets FDA-Approved Drug Demonstration...
Expressly Human - part 2
MP3 Computing pioneer Kathleen Booth reaches 100 by Ian Woolf, Dr Mark Changizi talks about how emotional expression evolved - part 2. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Mark Changizi Expressly Human interview part 1 The Vision Revolution book review...
Expressly Human - part 1
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Autonomous algorithms
MP3 Professor Toby Walsh talks about the future of artificial intelligence with Ian Woolf. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Toby Walsh...
Vision Revolutions
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Goats, studs and smart beds
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Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2
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Tiny targeted plastic
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Plagued - part 2 revisited
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Plagued - part 1 revisited
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Vaccination explanation
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The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 3
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The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 2
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The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 1
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Virtual Augmented Extended Reality
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Ventilation stops the spread
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Vaccines and surveillance
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20 years of Bug-bots
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Glow worm quiz immunity
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Plagued - part 2
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Plagued - part 1
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The Pais Effect
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Google experiments space volcanoes
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Vaccination announceable
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Earworm throat singing regeneration
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In vitro meat ventriloquism
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SETI giant spiders
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Synthetic chemical adventures
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Cystic fibrosis advocacy wins
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Breath from salt
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Brainwave generation
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Brain wave discoveries
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COVIDSafe Brainwaves
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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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Neuromorphic social impact
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Future of Human Needs past
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Baby thoughts, forget to learn
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Synthetic biology and Future Science
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Plight of the platypus
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Platypus Science
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Nuclear dump Australia
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Romance Scam Detective
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Ignoble Artilect War
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Artilect war and plankton
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Superlative hydrogen
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Scientific journalism and extreme biology
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Robots Recycle Rags
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Home synthetic biology lab
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The Future of Human Needs
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Absinthe chemistry and Beer froth maths
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Zero Carbon stars align
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Seaweed science week and memory
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Operation Crayweed
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Funding ME and CFS research
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Quantum teleportation sexy hello
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Science Week special again
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Honey therapy and emotional helmets
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Why You're Not Dead Yet
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Autonomous artificial intelligence algorithms
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Brain hacking and chocolate
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The Forgetting Machine - part 2
MP3 Driver-less crash, Military plants and Crypto loyalty by Ian Woolf, Rodrigo Quian Quiroga on the brain as a forgetting machine, part 2. Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga...
The Forgetting Machine - part 1
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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...
Head transplant HEAVEN?
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Terminal decline and Zero emissions
MP3 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...
Head transplant HEAVEN
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Face recognition and civil rights
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Luna Letters and sub-orbital hops
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The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 2
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Create UNSW, MakerSpace and Repair Cafe - DIY Day part 2
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What good is consciousness?
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Transport implant
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3 parent baby ethics and flavour tripping
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NAD+ and ageing
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The Internet of Hackable Things & OzSpace part 2
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After robots take our jobs
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Identity cards for Australia again?
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Sleep, Lasers and Sauce revisted
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Space Law and blood money
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Savannasaurus and teenage blood
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Longevity policy undetectable faces
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Biohacking longevity and driver-less heroics
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Photobiomodulation and bees
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#Censusfail or Privacy?
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Solar racing and women's ageing part 2
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Slowing women's ageing
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AI, smart watches and augmented reality
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Real Space Cowboys and Star AI
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Visual illusions for computer vision
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IdeasBoom Educating for the Future
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Life and death of Stars
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Change your genes
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Black holes, worm holes and time machines
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Warp drive and Antigravity
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Falling cats and Stem cell tourism
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Hyperspectral fleet and Giant robots
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Urthecast and space lasers
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Canada in Space & Google listens
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Photonics and quadcopters
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Space Biz, Orbital Art and Horses
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DIY Space Exploration
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Future Day with Aubrey de Grey
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TV spying and Biohacker stimulation
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Transition waves rideable multicopters
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2015 - The year of the drone
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Aussie Rockets Worm Lego
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Solidifier, Ozberry Pi and RoboDojo
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Carotenoids - why vegetables are good for you
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2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - Food
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Fact or Fiction Implants
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Re-using carbon and Biohack Syd
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3D Printing way out West
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Infinity and Money part 3
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Spiderman 2 and Money
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Pet CSI, treasure maps and cartilage
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Set Google Glass to Stun
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Phish tales and Zapping mosquito bites
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Building Biosensors to detect disease
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Artificial arguments and alcohol messages
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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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BrainChips and artificial intelligence
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Stem Cell Revolutions and HIV protein
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Shadow profiles and eating babies
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2013 Ig Nobels and Willpower
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30 IQ points more, and BitCoin
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Nuclear power for Australia? part 2
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Trolling science and throat singing
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Hypercolour vision and soap
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Steve Mann, qBits, and goodbye 2SER
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Sonic Screwdrivers and ingenuity awards
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Head, heart and galaxy
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Pond scum and ALS
download MP3 In a Brain Awareness week special, Dr Rachel Dunlop explains her research exploring the connection between blue-green algae and motor neurone disease, and how Gulf War veterans are coming down with ALS. Therese Chen reports on glue that...
Extremophiles and The Vision Revolution
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Colour evolution and Darwin part 6
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Fecal transplants and Darwin part 5
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Algae oil and CFS
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Misleading science and carnivorous pineapples
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Gigabit wires and 3D Printers
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The Seven Deadly Things
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Malaria vaccine and photosynthesis
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Terminal Decline and Zero Emissions
MP3 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...
Darwinius and Zombie Fish
MP3 Everyone on the team was either sick or away this week, so we bring you the May 25th show from 2009: Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about Ciguatera zombie fish poison, Darwinius, science and the media by...
Protect Research Rally and 3 blind mice
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Fukushima special!
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Handwashing, meltdown and nanocooling
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Genescient Healthy old age
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SETI Live Subscriber Drive
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Photic sneezing and a naked scientist
MP3 download Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf cover this week's news. Marc West spoke to Dr. Louis Ptacek for even more about photic sneezing. Lachlan Whatmore gets down to the bottom of what a breed is, exactly. Bonnie Yu interviews...
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...
Quolls, laser planes, anosmic flies
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Earworms and cultured meat
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Mars, Myopia, Mesoglea, Mildred Cohn
MP3 achlan Whatmore gets squishy on ya with immortal jellyfish. Victoria Bond eulogises the Mars rovers, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf discuss new understandings about short-sightedness, Ian Woolf and Pat Rubie collide with bread and hadrons Lachlan Whatmore eulogises mighty...
Coffee and Guitar science
MP3 We get you up with the science of coffee, take you on a journey of musical genius with guitarist Les Paul, and generally squeeze so much science out of your stomach that you'll need a gastric bi-pass. Lachlan Whatmore...
Zombie fish and evolving Darwinius
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Designer Genes, Musical Intelligence and Tornadoes
MP3 Marc West joins Dr Luke Hunter for a beer and a chat about designing organic molecules, John August gets swept away by tornadoes, Marc West asks, is there really a link between music preference and intelligence? Produced by Marc...
Earth Hour and Carnivorous plants
MP3 Marc West interviews Dr Ben McNeil about Climate Change science and policy, Ian Woolf talks about Carnivorous plants, News by Ian Woolf - Solar cycle could get noisy - Strangers make better mates - Genes diversify in hard times...
LOLcat censorship and Future Journeys
MP3 Futurist Janine Cahill tells Ian Woolf what "gentle whispers" from the Future are telling us about future trends, Ian Woolf reports from Saturday's March in March protest against internet censorship in Australia: - Google Guru Jim Stewart discusses the...
Walking tree, smart mobile, bad chickens
MP3 Drew Shobbrook explains how to be smart about being elctronically mobile, Patrick Rubie sights land whales, Walking trees cross Ian Woolf's path, while unhealthy chickens get peckish. Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf...
Green contraception, Fifth grade science
MP3 When getting cosy with your partner of choice, have you ever wondered what form of contraception is better for the environment? Sarah Wood has, and the answer will surprise you. Plus, Caitlin Howlett has a brain-busting quiz covering your...
Censorship, broken and fixed hearts
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews Crikey tech writer Stilgherrian about the Australian Government's plan to censor the internet. Patrick Rubie tells about heart-powered pacemakers, and why looks matter more at speed dating sessions, Caitlin Howlett pleads the case of whales versus...
Quantum teleportation and a sexy hello
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews Samuel Braunstein about quantum teleportation, how to get yourself faxed from A to B, without travelling in the space in-between, Patrick Rubie explains part 1 of his Science and History of Radio, News by Ian...
Future Fab Labs and Fish and Chip cars
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Tasmanian Tiger bosses spy syphilis
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Echinoderms, illusions and your brain
MP3 Lachlan Whatmore explores the mysterious world of echinoderms, Ian Woolf reveals the illusion of scarcity, and the panel discusses the latest brain research: gaming gadgets, memory goggles, brain entrainers, happy genes, and why puberty is so difficult. Presented...
Zombie Sex Change Lizard Medical Myth
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Parasitic Koels and space robots
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Oil free, Low fat cows, Green goes red
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The science of sleep, lasers and sauce!
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ID Card - Is Big Brother Stalking You?
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Beers, Bellies and Moustaches. Oh MY!
Play Now How good is Beer!!! - Kachina Allen Getting rid of your Beer Belly - Matt Clarke Mo-vember madness - Marc West News by Ian Woolf Presented by Jacquie Hayes Produced by Matt Clarke...
Egyptian Tombs and the Eureka Prizes
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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...
Laterality and Left Handedness - By Adam Mark
Pop Quiz: What do Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton, have in common? Apart from having the same superannuation policies, all three ex-presidents are left handed. In fact they join the 13% of the population that prefers to...
18 November 2002
Presented by Chris Stewart. News by Nik Yannoulatos. Gina Sartore reports how what happens in our brains when we forget . Chris Stewart asks Professor Rick Shine to describe a day in the life of a field Herpetologist. Produced by...
11th November 2002
Presented by Adam Mark. News by Adam. Chris Stewart interviews Professor Rick Shine about herpetology. Flanders and Swan Thermodynamic comedy. Ian Woolf explains how to get Something for Nothing. Produced by Chris Stewart with technical support from Ian Woolf....
25th August 2002
Adam Mark interviews Stephanie Moore about the future of Estuaries. Ian Woolf explains how Grapefruit juice might get you pregnant. Presented by Amanda Hamilton. News by Ian Woolf. Produced by Chris Stewart with technical support by Gina Sartore....
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