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Lord Morton's mare and robotic gutars
MP3 Dr Angela Crean explains environmental effects on fathers, and non-genetic inheritance in Lord Morton's mare and the quagga. Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Angela Crean Sex, flies and sperm count: young...
The Big Misunderstanding
download MP3 Listen to John Mattick explain why Junk DNA is the big misunderstanding of molecular biology. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor John Mattick Equus quagga and Lord Morton's mare Telegony and guitars...
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...
Gravity Maverick - part 2
MP3 download Listen to Dr Viv Robinson boldly explain why the Universe isn't expanding and the Big bang never happened. News of new kind of renewable energy, and preventing long COVID. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Archive of www.universephysics.com...
Robot guide dogs and Killer AI
MP3 download Hugo DeGaris warned us in 2010 that AI could threaten human existence, and news of brain-fog, and robot guide dogs. Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf Free-water-corrected diffusion and adrenergic/muscarinic antibodies in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome ,a href=https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/a-robot-guide-dog-for-the-blind/>A...
Waluigi Alignment
MP3 The Waluigi Effect and The Alignment Problem, News of AI Copyright Shenanigans by Ian Woolf Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf The Waluigi Effect by Cleo Nardo Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less...
Australian Computer Museum Society - part 2
MP3 Listen to Adrian Frenulovich talk about the joys and challengers of curating ancient computers, and their importance to our history. News of the energy breakthrough that wasn't. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Australian Computer Museum Society Nuclear Fusion...
Australian Computer Museum Society - part 1
MP3 Listen to Adrian Franulovich talk about the history of Australian computing and the 40th anniversary of the Apple Lisa computer. News of good vibrations reversing aging. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Australian Computer Museum Society A blast of...
Trustworthy fakes and edited hamsters
download MP3 Amplified spiders, edited hamsters Trustworthy fakes, Monkeypox is airborne by Ian Woolf Ancient machines by Lachlan Whatmore Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf New study shows spiders use webs to extend their hearing Outsourced hearing in an orb-weaving...
Emerge Australia
download MP3 Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia talks about the need to change the Clinical Guidlines for diagnosis and treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Emerge Australia...
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis what's changed?
download MP3 1999 ME/CFS Conference with harmful Clinical Guidelines for treatment, 2008 ME/CFS Conference interview with Dr Stephen Graves, 2022 talk by Dr Richard Loeffel on the need for new Clinical Guidlines for diagnosis and treatment for people suffering ME/CFS,...
Guitar engineering
MP3 download From 2009, Lachlan Whatmore pays tribute to guitar pioneer Les Paul, , from 2018, Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Robotic Guitar Luke Coffey...
The Right To Repair - part 1
MP3 download Guts repair brains by Ian Woolf, Samantha Floreani from Digital Rights Watch, and Erin Turner from Choice magazine discuss the Right To Repair - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Samantha Floreani from Digital Rights Watch...
Deception and Proteomics
MP3 download Our closest relatives are all of us, You can learn to change the way genes are expressed in your body, Ben Herbert explains proteomics, Melinda Hall King explains childhood deception, Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Ben Herbert...
Solar explosions and insect minds
MP3 download From the 2001 archives: Falling penguins, shifting Earth, neurological optimism, by Deanna Coleman, Tim Baynes talks about explosions on the Sun, Nick Perkins speaks with Professor Srinivasan about insect minds, Ecstasy may damage your sex life, Protests threatened...
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...
The Woolf-Pulfrich Effect
MP3 download From 24th January 2011: Whistling caterpillars, bug zappers powered by the bugs they zap, fluoridated water can hurt children's teeth, Gotham partners announce they will profile EVERYBODY, Peer Review by the Peer Review Players, Paying attention can lose...
Fizzy ice cream and musical planes
MP3 download Chimpazee fossils, Chimpanzee genome, Lunar penguin robot to jump around the Moon, by Adam Richardson, Peter Robins, Michael Sun, Jacqui Pfeffer and Chris Stewart Fizzy Ice cream by Matt Clarke, Ian Salmon's Music to keep planes flying, by...
Nanotech sensors and Autistic expression
MP3 Neurotypical people shun autistic people by Ian Woolf, Noushin Nasiri talks about detecting diabetes in your breath with nanotech sensors. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Noushin Nasiri FameLab 2016 - Noushin...
Telegony and guitars
MP3 Dr Angela Crean explains environmental effects on fathers, and non-genetic inheritance. Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar. Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Angela Crean Sex, flies and sperm count: young scientist's research...
Ghost of Xmas 2000
MP3 From the 20kbps Active Streaming File archives: 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...
Identity cards for Australia again?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') (This show was first broadcast on the 1st of March 2007) ID Card news by Ian Woolf, Synthetic interview with Anna Johnston of the Australian Privacy Foundation about privacy concerns, by Anonymous Voice,...
Biohacking longevity and driver-less heroics
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Should automated car owners get a free ride? by Ian Woolf Meow Ludo Meow-Meow talks about biohacking longevity. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Meow Ludo Meow-Meow Biofoundry...
#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...
Fine tuning for Life
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Rat robot stingrays have heart by Ian Woolf, Luke Barnes discusses how finely tuned the Universe is for life, Callisto by the Ephemera Ensemble. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
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...
Virtual Observatory defeating salt
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Asthma drug rejuvenates brains by Ian Woolf, Yeshe Fenner talks about Virtual Observatories, Natalie Lister talks about eating potassium to defeat harmful effects of salt in your diet. Nemeses by Jonathan Coulton. Production...
Dynamics of expectation
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Nobel prize in Medicine for anti-parasite drugs by Ian Woolf Dr Casimir MacGregor talks about the sociology of anti-ageing and stem cell tourism, Glucose, glucose by Science Groove, Production checked by Charles Willock,...
Biological art and killer robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Beware the robots by Ian Woolf, Jaden Hastings talks about her art and science at the Biofoundry, Montgomery Guilhaus talks about virtual reality and 360 degree cameras. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Hyperspectral fleet and Giant robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Mind controlled cockroaches and giant battling robots by Ian Woolf, Brian Lim talks about tracking pollution from his fleet of hyperspectral satellites, Todd the T1000 by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
Semaphore and legal Biohacking
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 3D printed ice cream, solar cheaper than coal, Sydney Mini Maker Faire and a contradicting study for women's smell choice by Ian Woolf. Meow Ludo Meow Meow talks about how Biohacking is regulated...
Spiderman 2 and Money
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Social media censorship for Australia - DIBP DIBP DIBP, Dob, dob, dob? More CSIRO job cuts, #Australiansforcoal trends on twitter by Ian Woolf, Review of the science of SpiderMan 2 by Ian Woolf,...
Mechanical stem cells and Origin catalysts
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The Trans-Pacific-Partnership, patents and copyrights by Ian Woolf, Professor Melissa Knothe Tate speaks with Ian Woolf about Mechanical stem cells, John August investigates the role of catalysts in the Origin of Life. Presented...
Cognitive Reserve and Solar max
download MP3 (right-click and choose 'save as") Penguins, planetary engineering, and introverted charges by Deanna Coleman, Cognitive Reserve by Ian Woolf, Craniometry by Lachlan Whatmore, Tim Baynes looks into the Sun. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Education and Dementia...
Voyager 1 and the Multiverses
download MP3 Twitter history and the police by Ian Woolf Atomic imaging by James Millar, Oliver Featherston speaks with Associate Professor Fred Menck about Voyager 1's journey, A parallel guide to the Multiverses by Ian Woolf Produced and Presented by...
Labile languages and remembering Steve Jobs
download MP3 Patrick Rubie discusses an immunological breakthrough in organ transplant technology. Victoria Bond commemorates Steve Jobs. Patrick Rubie and Victoria Bond speak to John Olstad, of the University of Newcastle, about his work in the fields of linguistics and...
TB Day and CSIRO Vacations
MP3 download Kate Barnard speaks to students in the CSIRO Vacation Scholarship Program, Victoria Bond talks about World Tuberculosis Day, Ian Woolf interviews Professor Geoff Smith about the importance of Nanophotonics to environmental energy flows, Presented and produced by Ian...
The ghost of Diffusion past - Xmas 2000
MP3 download The ghost of Diffusion past - the Xmas show from 2000 sampled at 20kbps: Myths and facts of the great Aussie Beer Gut by Nick Perkins Anthropomorphisation by Lachlan Whatmore Weird science by Gina Sartore - GM Potato...
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...
Brains, Space and medical tattoos
MP3 Patrick Rubie sees a green comet, meningitis in disguise, and beta blocks memories. Ian Woolf looks at medical tattoos, with commentary from Drew Shobbrook. Marc West interviews Bianca Nogrady about the mysteries of our solar system. Presented by Patrick...
Carbon Praise, Internet Goes Sideways
play now Wonderful Carbon by Lachlan Whatmore, Meshing the Internet by Ian Woolf, News by Patrick Rubie: - Space weather - Microwaved plastic - Colour evolution - Artificial skin - Giant penguins Presented by Charles Willock, Produced by Ian...
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...
Chocolate,H2O+penguins but not all at once.
Top science stories of 2006 by Marc West. Weird water by Kachina Allen. Chocolate-y goodness by Kachina Allen. Penguins discussion by Catherine Beehag and Sacha Seilter. Presented and produced by Tilly Boleyn. Music Friend by Bob Evans Condition by...
Diffusion 20th Apr 2006
Play Now Substance use and mental health, Tim Baynes interviews Amanda George from the Centre for Mental Health Research, March of the Penguins, a review by Phil Dooley A substitute for alcohol? Hunting animals over the internet? by Matt...
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...
Diffusion 11th June 2002
Play Now Presented by Tim Baynes. News by Tim. Gina Sartore reports from the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, and how life events affect health. Lachlan Whatmore gives a guided tour of the insides and outsides of sea sponges. Produced...
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