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Marta's Micro-Market Mirth - part 1
MP3 download Listen to Marta Khomyn talk about financial markets, data science and comedy school, with news of optic nerve restoration. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Marta Khomyn Marta Khomyn YouTube channel Vision rescue via chemically engineered endogenous retinal...
Sleep learning and smell-o-vision - part 3
MP3 download From 2020: Synthetic smells and Sleep smelling memories by Ian Woolf James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 3, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr James Hayes UNSW Odour Laboratory Manipulating synthetic optogenetic odors reveals...
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...
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...
AI needs nurturing
download MP3 Listen to Brendan Clarke and Ian Woolf chat about what's happened with artificial intelligence over the last year, and what may happen, and why good parenting is a factor. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Humans almost extinct and Rat Matrix
download MP3 Listen to the tale of how humans almost became extinct several times in history. News of rats using their imaginations to move objects and themselves through virtual reality. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Rats have an imagination,...
X marks the Auto-immune disease
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Listen to Lachlan Gray talk about how auto-immune diseases affect many more females than males, and his research into how the X chromosome may be the cause. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Non-coding RNA Puppets
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') From 2014: Turn another human into your hand puppet by Ian Woolf Leonard Lipovich explains non-coding RNA, ENCODE and CHARGE, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Leonard Lipovich Genome database and browser ENCODE...
Graphene power
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Brain Fog Therapy
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WorldCoin and Rejuventation by dilution
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Multi-agent AI TV shows
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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...
Public Trust in Science part 2
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Waluigi Alignment
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Categorification, Not A Crime
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Analysing chemicals and Synthesizing text
MP3 David Bishop explains how labs identify poisons diseases and minerals with mass spectrometers. Ian Woolf explains how ChatGPT works, and how to put it to work. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Associate Professor David Bishop Frontiers of Science...
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...
Stable Diffusion?
MP3 How does AI art software work? Ian Woolf attempts a clear explanation in plain English. News of AI software showing what your brain saw. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Reconstructed movie showing animal view of world proves scientists...
Fly Singularity
MP3 From 2010, Ian Woolf explains how Gregory Benford uses flies and artificial intelligence for a healthy old age. News of Gummi hacking, chatbots argue on Twitter and weeds evolve. News by Ian Woolf Presented by Marc West, Discussion from...
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...
Spinal Fusion
MP3 Dr Ashish Diwan, Professor Ganga Prusty and Dr Xiaopeng Li talk about coming together to make spinal fusion surgery work for patients with new materials, and new techniques in their new company Sentonix. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf...
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...
2022 Nobel Prizes
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Women in Science and Gender-bending
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SETI and Alien archaeology
MP3 Water world discovered, The Drake Equation, The Silurian Hypothesis, Produced and presented by Ian Woolf TOI-1452 b: SPIRou and TESS Reveal a Super-Earth in a Temperate Orbit Transiting an M4 Dwarf Scientists discover colossal ocean may completely cover this...
Small Modular Reactors
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Superworm and fake human meat
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Balancing Medical Censorship
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Trustworthy fakes and edited hamsters
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Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2
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Creating the Future
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The Physics Behind The Internet
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Gut bugs!
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Hydrogen greenwash
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Horizontal Memory Transfer
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The Right To Repair - part 1
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Census and Privacy 2021 - part 2
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Census and Privacy 2021 - part 1
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20 years of Bug-bots
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Deception and Proteomics
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Intellectual Property and Medicine - part 1
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Dr Rachie vs the antivaxxers
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Strange Geometry in Antiquity - part 2
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Cancer dust super-tasting
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Earworm throat singing regeneration
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Eugenic multiverses
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Plant genetics and vampires
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Synthetic chemical adventures
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Food microbiology
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Smell-o-vision and explosive bees
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Face COVIDSafe explosion
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Brainwave generation
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Pasteurised waste water power
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Nano-tech train sets
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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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Bop Seabin Mycoreality
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Junk DNA extreme weather aphasia
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Nano 3D Printing
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Home synthetic biology lab
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Gravitational wave generators
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Nano Molecular train sets
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Twenty years and Biblical genes
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Transhumanism engineering Cat-girls
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Asteroid deflection and CRISPR babies
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Space Force and Llamas
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Absinthe chemistry and Beer froth maths
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Coeliac genes and zombies
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Meow on Mars
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Whales, drones and bacteria
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Nobels and Ig nobels
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Science communication and Quantum transistors
MP3 News of bacteria engineered with an electronic switch, Naomi Koh Belic and Noushin Nasiri talk about science communication, Michelle Simmonds explores how transistors work at the quantum level in 2002, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...
Asteroid mining and virtual power
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The Forgetting Machine - part 2
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Telegony and guitars
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Ghost of Xmas 2000
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Sound is the next wave
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The Science behind the Internet
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Run your own Space business
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Crooke's radiometer mystery
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3 parent baby ethics and flavour tripping
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Bioethics and the Narcissome
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Equal Reality for social intelligence
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NAD+ and Ciguatera Fish Poison
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Voice, micro-algae and CFS
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Addictive epigenetics
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Digging dinosaurs
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Zap your genes into space
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Identity cards for Australia again?
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Savannasaurus and teenage blood
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Longevity policy undetectable faces
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Diamonds and milk
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Photobiomodulation and bees
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Save the carnivorous plants
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Open Source Science Accelerates
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#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
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Heatwave detecting cancer
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DNA bitcoin Virtual Astronomy
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Virtual Observatory defeating salt
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Gene repair, eggs and entropy
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Inclusion soothes your genes
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Change your genes
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Future work, farmbot and Chiptunes
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Brainwaves and Photonics
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Photonics and quadcopters
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Kidneys, Hearts and Coal
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Synthetic Biology De-extinction
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Solar powered racing cars
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Vaping Freematics
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Primate RNA and pocket communicators
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Singing frogs and spliced mice
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Koalas, robots, and brains
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Makers of every generation
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Semaphore and legal Biohacking
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Fact or Fiction Implants
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Infinity and Money part 3
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Time, Mars and chocolate
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australia and India go to Mars, How dark chocolate saves your heart, Job cuts to the CSIRO staff who earned half a billion dollars, and uncanny robots, by Ian Woolf, About Time by...
Aging brains and Ciguatera
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Fukushima reactor spills radioactive water yet again by Ian Woolf, Dr Nady Braidy talks about toxins causing neuro-degenerative age-related brain diseases, and Ciguatera Fish Poison. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf How ciguatoxins...
Where is Ciguatera? Ritalin for CFS
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Genetically engineering green glowing eggs to reduce cruelty to chicks, Trial of Ritalin and nutrients to treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Ian Woolf. Associate Professor Shauna Murray and Gurjeet Singh Kohli explain how...
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...
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,...
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...
BrainChips and artificial intelligence
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australia cuts a quarter of CSIRO jobs by Ian Woolf, Peter Van De Made talks with Ian Woolf about his Brainchip and the nature of intelligence. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf frameborder="0"...
Stem Cell Revolutions and HIV protein
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Hearing restored to deaf mice, and Breast milk protects against HIV by Ian Woolf Clare Blackburn speaks to Ian Woolf about the film "Stem Cell Revolutions", Kate Doherty spoke to Ian Woolf about...
Hypercolour vision and soap
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Do GM crops upset pigs? by Ian Woolf Hypercolour vision by Ian Woolf Scurvy by Chris Stewart Soap Science by Ian Woolf produced and presented by Ian Woolf A long-term toxicology study on...
Baby talk, Naughties, and the web
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf gives a brief history of the world wide web, and reports on faces sculpted from DNA data. Gina Sartore tells us about 19th Century astronomer Maria Mitchell. Dr Uté Vollmer-Conna from...
Sonic Screwdrivers and ingenuity awards
download MP3 Ed Pollit reports on Dental Anxiety, Heart modelling and the Chinese moon mission. Ian Woolf investigates the Science of Doctor Who, The Rolex Awards for Enterprize by Ed Pollitt, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf The Fourth Dimension...
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...
Horizontal genes and Darwin part 3
download MP3 Natural genetic modified cows, The Little Prince saves the world, and deaf mice regain their hearing by Ian Woolf, Natural Selection part 3, a radioplay by Lachlan Whatmore. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Digging for Cicadas, Glow-worms and Life on Mars
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on the intelligence gene and life on mars. On "Creature Features" Julie-Anne Popple talks about glow-worms and their brightly glowing bottoms. For this weeks "In the name of science" Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Lindsay Popple...
Phone fears, eco-kids and DNA nanopores
download MP3 Larissa Savvas reports on nerve regeneration, Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Maia Sauren about mobile phone safety, Julie-Anne Popple asks Melissa Slarp about teaching kindergarten science, Ian Woolf spoke with Geoff MacIntyre about DNA reading chips at the...
E-Cat, bionic bugs and 3 parents
download MP3 Larissa Savvas reports on the prospect of having 3 parents, Therese Chen reports on the suggestion of introducing megafauna to Australia, Julie-Anne Popple reports on Cybernetics in the service of insect spies and augmenting people, Ian Woolf interviews...
Corpse power and blood pressure genes
download MP3 Brigid Mullane interviews Professor Brian Morris about the genes for Hypertension, Larissa Savvas explores human corpses as renewable energy, Julie-Anne Popple talks timed turtles, Ian Woolf reports on printed bones and wireless sperm. Produced and presented by Ian...
Cockroaches, crabs and kindness
download MP3 Larissa Savvas reports on how we detect people with the kindness gene, and how crabs sense danger despite being only able to see blobs, Patrick Rubie reports on how promiscuous sparrows have less fit chicks, Julie-Anne Popple reports...
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...
Artificial Intelligence and windy assassins
download MP3 Dr Julie-Anne Popple reports on the assassin bug's windy tricks, Ian Woolf discusses a 13 year old boy's solar invention with Victoria Bond, and the release of genetically modified mosquitoes with Dr Julie-Anne Popple Ian Woolf interviews Dr...
Neutron bombs, GM apples and Zanzibar
MP3 download Lachlan Whatmore looks back over the history of neutron bombs, Victoria Bond reports on apples genetically modified to hide spoilage, discussion from Marc West, Peta Waller-Bryant, Ian Woolf, Phillipe Perez, Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore. News by Phillipe...
Genescient Healthy old age
MP3 download Ian Woolf reports from the Singularity Summit on Gregory Benford's Genescient research into preventing the diseases of old age using genomics and artificial intelligence to produce evolutionary nutrigenomics that may allow a healthy old age, with discussion from...
Gene modified salmon and Sexy dancing
MP3 download Victoria Bond reports on the legalisation of genetically modified salmon and its Frankenfish implications, leading a panel discussion with Marc West, Phillipe Perez and Ian Woolf. Ian Woolf describes the male dance moves that sexually attract women, and...
Trigeneration and Sports networks
MP3 download Aaron Cooke reports on Sydney Council's plan for 85% efficient gas trigeneration power plants for Sydney, Ian Woolf speaks with Lief Hamlin about sports networks from NICTA, News by Marc West - Pacific Islands unihabitable but above water...
Australian Pirate Party, and LHC restarted
MP3 download The Australian Pirate Party's Simon Frew explains how the party is for online civil liberties to Ian Woolf. Victoria Bond reports that the Large Hadron Collider didn't destroy the world, the brain has a moral centre that can...
Dr Rachie vs anti-vax, and DSM psycho
MP3 download Dr Rachael Dunlop tells Ian Woolf about her battle with the Australian Vaccination Network. Victoria Bond explains the new DSM descriptions of mental illness. News by Victoria Bond - Coma patients may be conscious and communicate by brain...
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...
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...
Vaccination consternation, alien genes
MP3 Martin Faccinni talks about why you should vaccinate, and how to protect yourself against all flu infections with Marc West and Ian Woolf, Marc West interviews Dr Katerina Mickac about the invasion of alien species, Presented and produced by...
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...
Gender, Curie, Franklin, and Carson
MP3 International Women's Day 2009 with Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf, Gender bending stories: - phthalates feminise boys - half boy half girl bird brain - sixth sense switches mice gender - gender gene identified - Gender and sex identity...
Cancer, dust and super-tasters
MP3 John August explains the causes of cancer, Amy Bullen explores dust, Jaqui Hayes, Monica Sharma, Derek Muller and Ian Woolf discuss super-tasters. News by Ian Woolf - generate power from water flowing in buildings - the cloak of invisibility...
Proteomics and close relatives
MP3 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...
Bleaching coral and androids
MP3 Ian Woolf speaks with Peter Ralph about global warming modelling, from coral bleaching to Antarctic algae, Patrick Rubie examines the issue, are robots better than androids - R2D2 or CP30? News by Victoria Bond, read by Dean Procter:...
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...
Growing fat and shrinking brains
play nowCannabis: shrinking brains or fighting fear? by Patrick Rubie Epigenetics by Tilly Boleyn and Jacqui Hayes (taken from 2SERâs Friday Daily 06/06/08)Less money, more fat by Patrick RubieNews prepared by Ian Woolf and read by Patrick Rubie- Fruits...
Tasmanian Tiger bosses spy syphilis
play nowTasmanian Tigers on the mainland by Chris Rehberg,Syphilis dose 2 by John August,Policing at work and school by Ian Woolf,News by Victoria Bond - mineral deficiency delayed evolution, - fertilisation fighting malaria,Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf...
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...
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...
Sound barrier, Virgin green
play now Aviation special 60th Anniversary of the first supersonic flight by Lachlan Whatmore, Virgin Blue goes green by Emily Fearn, News by Erin Passmore, - Suicidal genetics - Of moose and man - Urine as fertiliser, Presented by...
Genetic Peas Uncomplimentary Medicine
play now Mendel's Peas by Lachlan Whatmore, Uncomplimentary complementary medicine by Ian Woolf, Blood chips by Matt Francis, News by Matt Francis Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf...
Icelandic Science, Heart Brain, Robots
play now News by Patrick Rubie - Hubble sees new stars - energy generator using vibrations - rat-brained robot - Aesop's fable tested - gut parasites from the ocean - largest bird's secret of flight Science of Iceland by...
Cloned and Dressed for Success
play now This week's Diffusion casts aside vanity and looks at how healthy those belts, braces and bras really are when we try to dress up. The beer drinking scientists ask your opinion on cloning, life in general and...
Science chats+wine-a perfect combo!
download Scientific news and views by Marc West and Celine Steinfeld. The genetics of grapes by Darren Osbourne. Questacon outreach interview by Marc West and Celine Steinfeld. Presented and musically enhanced by Marc West. Produced by Tilly Boleyn....
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...
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...
Global Consciousness, the man from CERN
Play Now The Global Consciousness Project run by Princeton University. The man from CERN. Presenter: Ian Woolf, News: Marian Carruthers, Matt Clarke asks - Can your mood effect the outcome of random number generators?, Tilly chats to Dr. Brian...
Nuclear power and its alternatives
(right-click and choose 'save as' to download) Play Now how Nuclear power is generated, how it's waste is managed and also a few alternatives. On board: Jacqui Hayes, Marc West, David Harcourt, and Matthew Clarke. Produced by Matthew Clarke...
Diffusion 15th September 2005
Play Now Presented by Noel Hanna, News by Sam McOnie, Genetic crop improvement by Jacqui Pfeffer, Butterfly-inspired Photonics by Jacqui Hayes, Vampire Catfish with special powers by Chris Rayberg, Produced by Matt Clarke...
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...
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...
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