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The Talking Dead

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 7, 2022 11:04 PM

Plant genetics and vampires

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 5, 2020 10:32 AM

Life on Mars

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 10, 2020 11:51 AM

Brain upgrades

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 14, 2018 5:00 PM

Honey therapy and emotional helmets

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 30, 2018 2:30 PM

2016 Ig Nobel Prizes

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The 2016 IgNobel prizes condensed from 2 hours down to 27 minutes: REPRODUCTION PRIZE [EGYPT] — The effects of wearing polyester, cotton, or wool trousers on the sex life of rats, and humans,...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 26, 2016 9:59 AM

Longevity policy undetectable faces

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Fooling facial recognition by Ian Woolf, Avinash Singh talks about changing Government policy so we all live longer, Listener's letters, Annals of Improbable 24/7 Lecture on Jet lag genes. Production checked by Charles...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 14, 2016 11:34 AM

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...

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

IdeasBoom Educating for the Future

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The National Innovation Ideas Boom by Ian Woolf, Jackie Slaviero talks about educating for the future, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Jackie Slaviero One Giant Leap National...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 7, 2015 1:04 PM

DIY Space Exploration

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 9, 2015 3:40 PM

Invisibility donuts and Mars Direct

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 29, 2014 3:15 PM

Infinity and Money part 3

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 12, 2014 11:31 AM

Belief updating kiwi

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 13, 2012 9:08 PM

Designer thinking and coral reefs 101

MP3 Ian Woolf speaks to Deborah Kneeshaw about using Design thinking to solve the world's problems, Lachaln Whatmore explains the nature of coral reefs to Marc West, News by Ian Woolf - unseen giant object crashes into Jupiter - circumcising...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 27, 2009 6:19 PM

Parasite Wisdom, warming, space sugar

MP3 Marc West extends last week's report on global warming and the next ice age, explains how wine's bubbles can track the carbon dioxide from fossil fuels, about dating glaciers by atomic bomb residue, how wind farms may create weather,...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 1, 2008 6:31 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 17, 2008 6:30 PM