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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...
Neurofeedback virtual learning
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Listen to Luke Turner talk about his project to use Neurofeedback and virtual reality to help people learn more things, more easily. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Luke Turner (right) Luke Turner's...
WorldCoin and Rejuventation by dilution
download MP3 Scan your eyeball for free money? Rejuvenation by diluting your blood! Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Get tickets to my 23 August 2023 science comedy performance Get tickets to my 12 September 2023 science comedy performance Young...
Edward Teller, Isaac Newton and military Robots
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on Fairy Wren passwords (2012), Chris Stewart interviews Sir Isaac Newton (2003) Tim Baynes reports on fish poison, molecular machines and kidneys, (2003) Chris Stewart reports on the life and science of Edward Teller,(2003) Arwen...
Multi-agent AI TV shows
download MP3 Walking around a multi-agent simulation to tell the non-player characters that they are in the Matrix, A Multi-agent simulator using ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion to generate complete South Park episodes on demand. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf...
Cute Beard Slime
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on Cute Science, Beard beer, Alpha Centauri B's planet and HIV milk - with comments from Julie-Anne Popple and Arwen Cross. Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Chris Reid, a biologist from the University of Sydney, about...
The Long-Term Threat
MP3 The Long-Term Threat - the open letter to pause AI research, and who wrote it, News of plagiarising anti-plagiarism anti-Ai AI by Ian Woolf Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf The Problems With UChicago's Glaze Glaze Glaze is violating...
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...
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...
Sydney Space suits - part 2
MP3 Join founder Kiriti Rambhalta on a tour of the Metakosmos Space suit facility in Sydney with host Ian Woolf. Listen to an in-person follow-up to last week's Zoom interview Produced by Ian Woolf. Metakosmos...
The Talking Dead
MP3 A deep dive into the Digital Afterlife Industry - companies offering to let you have a conversation with dead people who speak back, and offering you a chance to live on as a digital avatar. Produced and hosted by...
Summon Pompeo - banish EBV
download MP3 My Pictures matter, Pompeo summoned, Monkeypox sequenced, Epstein-Barr Vaccine by Ian Woolf, Steam hero by Lachlan Whatmore, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf My Pictures Matter The AFP Wants Pics of Younger You to Help Train Its Child...
The Public Goods game
download MP3 This episode was first broadcast in 2011: Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Simon Gaechter from the University of Nottingham about why we humans just can't co-operate with one another- before putting our panelists through Gaechter's Public Goods Game...
Talking ducks and extra limbs
MP3 download Australian Musk ducks can talk, Third thumb prostheses by Ian Woolf Stelarc talks about his transhuman performance art at the Singularity Summit Australia in 2011, Stelarc's performances since 2011. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Stelarc Vocal imitations...
Quick Tests and Cognitive Biases
MP3 download Quicker COVID19 tests by Ian Woolf, From 2011, Peter Bowditch, of ratbags.com, discusses "Confirmation bias, denialism and Morton's Demon". The Ig Nobel 24/7 lectures. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Peter Bowditch - Ratsbags.com Annals of Improbable Research...
20 years of Bug-bots
MP3 download Mice made friendly, Cyborg venus flytraps, 20 years of Robo-roaches, 2001-2021 by Ian Woolf Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors Implanted wireless device triggers mice to form...
Fanny Macleay and Flying Saucers
MP3 download Electric flying saucers, Personal networks sewn into clothes, Fake urine used by miners by Patrick Rubie Nineteenth Century naturalist Fanny Macleay by Lachlan Whatmore, Discussion of news, staying young by staying with the young, and the portable hug...
SETI giant spiders
MP3 download Astronomer Jill Tartar talks with Chris Stewart about SETI and Contact, Hair Science with Lindsey Gray, Giant spiders by Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Parkes Radio Telescope photo by Catherine Currie Jill Tartar Lindsey Gray...
Cuddling animal DNA data
MP3 download DNA data storage by Ian Woolf, Dr Amy Edwards talks about zoology and cuddling animals, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Amy Edwards - Young Tassie Scientists DNA as a digital information storage device: hope or hype?...
Pheromones and robot noses
MP3 download Salted masks and COVIDSafe follow-up by Ian Woolf James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 2, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr James Hayes UNSW Odour Laboratory Universal and reusable virus deactivation system for respiratory...
How do we smell?
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Nano-tech train sets
MP3 download This show first broadcast in February 2019: Cyber attack on Australia, Weird technology from the US Navy, by Ian Woolf, Nano-engineering molecular motors by Dr Shelley Wickham, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by...
Electric cars, TB, and mutated whooping cough
MP3 download David Sinclair cures blind mice and makes them young again, Seyedfoad Taghizadeh from Maquarie University designed a intelligent car charger, Elinor Hortle from the Centenary Institute fights Tuberculosis with aspirin, Laurence Luu from University of New South Wales,...
Little Ice Ages and future housing
MP3 download This show was originally broadcast 2019-02-11: Will the Sun cool the Earth? by Ian Woolf, Nathan Waters looks to the future of work and housing needs- part 2, Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
Hacking sex and citizen space
MP3 download From Singularity University Australia Summit 2019: Kim Hulett talks about hacking sex and playing God, From CEBIT Sydney 2019: Steven Brinks talks about the Citizen's Space Agency. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Kim Hulett (Singularity University South...
Synthetic biology and Future Science
MP3 download Nano-capsules for lower weight and longer life by Ian Woolf, Claudia Vickers talks about synthetic biology and the CSIRO future science platform Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Claudia Vickers Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform CSIRO Future Science...
Tales from feathers and quills
MP3 download Big radioactive explosion in Russia by Ian Woolf, Kate Brandis talk how wetland bird feathers tell tales, Gina Sartore's The Daughter of Time about Grace Hopper, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Scientists in the Bookshop: Tales from...
Gravitational wave generators
MP3 download High Frequency Gravitational Wave generator by Ian Woolf, Alcubierre warp drive, EM inertia-less drive and anti-gravity with Professor Geraint Lewis, The strange case of the disappearing anti-gravity researchers by Dr Tim Baynes, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf...
Nano Molecular train sets
MP3 download Cyber attack on Australia, Weird technology from the US Navy, by Ian Woolf, Nano-engineering molecular motors by Dr Shelley Wickham, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Shelley Wickham A DNA-based...
Solar cooling, work and housing
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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...
Axiomatic - Never was a cornflake guy
MP3 download From 18th January 2000: The strange connection between corn flakes and masturbation by Ian Woolf, - discusssion with Sophie Kalvalides, Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf. The Life of Jacob Bronowski concluded by Lachlan Whatmore. Hosted by Lachlan Whatmore...
Lightbulb terrariums and biobiz
MP3 download Gartner's Hype Report predicts 5 trends for the next 5 years by Ian Woolf, Meow Ludo Meow Meow in conversation about lightbulb terrariums, biodomes, space stations and bio-businesses. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted...
Mathematically impossible legislation
MP3 download From July 2017: Oz war on mathematics by Ian Woolf, Meow Ludo Meow Meow explains the five pillars of biohacking, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced by Ian Woolf Biofoundry The laws of Australia will trump the laws...
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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...
Cuberider, CubeSat and MathWorks - DIY Day part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stealthy sonar spying on cell phones by Ian Woolf, Anh Nguyen, Flavia Ching Lu, Jenna Chan and Teresa Tran from Cerdon College develop space face cream with Cuberider data, Dr Elias Aboutanio from...
The five pillars of biohacking
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Oz war on mathematics by Ian Woolf, Meow Ludo Meow Meow explains the five pillars of biohacking, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme by MacLeod (incompetech.com) Meow Ludo...
Crooke's radiometer mystery
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Virus cures diabetes, Butterfly power, Batteries banned, Cannabis helps aged memories, Drugs for better hearing, Oz Govt hacks phones for welfare money. The mystery of Crooke's radiometer. Everyday physics - keeping your cool....
NAD+ and ageing
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Two compounds rejuvenate mice - are humans next? by Ian Woolf, Nady Braidy talks about NAD+ , ageing, Alzheimer's and treating dementia, Interview with a marching Diffusion listener, Interview with Taylor Szyzka about...
Environmental toxins and civil society
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Smart burgers, salt, juice, and diapers by Ian Woolf Nady Braidy talks about envrionmental neurotoxins, Eva Cox speaks about science and civil society, Friends of CSIRO interview, Angela Maharaj interview, Production checked by...
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...
Hackagong and Biofoundry
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Water safety scientists sacked, by Ian Woolf, Travis Wall talks about HackaGong, Meow Ludo Meow Meow tells us about the Biofoundry's plans for 2016. 24/7 Lecture by Professor Sarah Lewis on Fireflies from...
Fate of the Universe
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Gravitational waves, The Creeping Garden, Glowing waste is the best part? by Ian Woolf Professor John Barrow talks about where the Universe has been, and where its heading. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
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,...
Black holes, worm holes and time machines
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') NICTA is enveloped by CSIRO by Ian Woolf, Geraint Lewis talks about Black holes, worm holes, time machines and the EM drive, Fletcher Thompson talks about his 3D printer designed for the classroom,...
Falling cats and Stem cell tourism
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Military drones for farmers and cataracts dissolved with eye drops by Ian Woolf, Dr Ken Silburn talks about falling cats and the dangers of DHMO, Dr Heather Main talks about Stem Cell Tourism,...
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...
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...
Bitcoin rules soliton waves
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Medical nanobots treat cancer by Ian Woolf Jason Williams tells us why Bitcoins rule, John August explores the history of Solitons. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Jason...
2015 - The year of the drone
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The news and interviews in this episode were first broadcast on August 25th 2014: Biohackers modify their vision to see more colours by Ian Woolf. Ian Lyons explains how to start flying quadcopter...
Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The 2014 Nobel prizes for Medicine, Chemistry and Physics by Ian Woolf, From the 2013 Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis Competition: Thomas Fin: Oxygen - a double edged sword for lifeforms, Demi Gow -...
Galactic Haloes light walls
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Vibrating plants defend themselves, and reflux medicine can cause vitamin B12 deficiency by Ian Woolf, Vanessa Moss explains the halo around the Milky Way Galaxy, Rory McKay talks about projecting light art. Produced...
Play sub-atomic games in Space!
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Pill to help immune system defeat all cancers, and mechanical 3D printer without electricity by Ian Woolf, Paul Sztajer talks about his game of sub-atomic physics - Particulars, Tim Nelson talks about the...
Mission to Earth
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Wild animals love exercise wheels, New dwarf planet discovered, and Venus Express takes a dive by Ian Woolf George Dyke speaks with Ian Woolf about Earth Observation satellites and drones at OrbitOz. Wheel...
Mapping Robots and printed houses
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') China, the Netherlands and the US print houses by Ian Woolf, Josh Harle speaks to Ian Woolf about mapping robots and graffiti for art. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Josh Harle Tactical...
Artificial arguments and alcohol messages
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') News of male contraception and LCD contact lenses, by Ian Woolf. Alcoholic text messages from across the room by Ian Woolf, Automated arguments online by Ian Woolf, 3 Second Theses by Ian Woolf,...
Healing corneas and building robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 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, From the...
SkeptiCamp, Life and HackerSpace
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 3D Printed toothbrushes and nuclear fusion creeps nearer by Ian Woolf. Robin Hilliard talks to Ian Woolf about Conway's Game of Life, Alistair D'Silva explains to Ian Woolf how to make a bike...
A Social Experiment
download MP3 Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Simon Gaechter from the University of Nottingham about why we humans just can't co-operate with one another- before putting our panelists through Gaechter's Public Goods Game to see just how selfish we all...
Smart Windows and Morton's Demon
MP3 download Peter Bowditch, of ratbags.com, discusses "Confirmation bias, denialism and Morton's Demon". Professor Geoff Smith spoke to Ian Woolf about how nano-photonics can be used for smart clothes and smart windows. Presented by Ian Woolf, Produced by Victoria Bond...
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...
First computers and Radio mashups
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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...
Brown science, Solar cells, horse tale
MP3 download Aaron Cook presents this weekâs juicy news. Lachlan Whatmore finishes off his trilogy tribute to horse evolution. Marc West grills Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Green Party, about his partyâs stand on science in the upcoming election,...
Quolls, laser planes, anosmic flies
MP3 download Jon Bale discusses glow in the dark sperm (because who doesn't love glow in the dark sperm?), Victoria Bond talks geriatric dieting fruit flies, and Ian Woolf gets excited about laser-propelled paper planes. Marc West gets to the...
Ghosts, Blimps, and maybe mermaids
Play Now This week the diffusion team has gone searching for the little mermaid, ghostbusting and cruisin' the skies. Presented by Marc West, News by Matt Clarke, Living on the sea floor, by Lachlan Whatmore, A call for scientific...
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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