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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...
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...
Choice Blindness
download MP3Listen how choice blindness can lead to people defending the opposite to their original opinion, whether it be in a taste test, a survey, or in a eyewitness suspect line up, and how to be less likely to be...
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,...
Levitating worms, 2023 Nobel Prizes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Worms hitch rides on bumblebees with electric fields, Nobel Prizes for attosecond lasers, Quantum dots and mRNA vaccines. hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Caenorhabditis elegans transfers across a gap under an electric...
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...
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...
Public Trust in Science part 2
MP3 Listen to the second part of Professor Nick Dirks talking about Science, policy and trust with Ian Woolf, with news of AI clone wars. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor Nicholas Dirks New York Academy of Sciences ‘I’ve...
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...
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...
2022 Nobel Prizes
MP3 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, for discoveries about the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution, Nobel Prize for Chemistry for a new type of chemical engineering or "functional chemistry" called "click chemistry", Nobel Prize for Physics for...
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
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...
Superworm and fake human meat
MP3 Sound implants prevent cancer, Sun made me hungry, Superworms, sub-millimetre robots Fake cannibalism Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf An implantable ultrasound-powered device for the treatment of brain cancer using electromagnetic fields Food-seeking behavior is triggered by skin ultraviolet...
Core asthma steam spies
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Summon Pompeo - banish EBV
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Trustworthy fakes and edited hamsters
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Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2
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Ig Nobel Prizes 2021
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Precognition Revolution
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Hydrogen greenwash
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20 years of Bug-bots
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The Pais Effect
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Dave Sings Sight Scan Science
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2020 Ig Nobel Prize Awards
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In vitro meat ventriloquism
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Gifts, Glows and Gold
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SETI giant spiders
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First Contact Time Travel
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Cuddling animal DNA data
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Landing on Mars
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Face recognition antagonism
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Face recognition pandemic
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Climate change health
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Haiku and Limericks
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Editing genetic disease and sports injuries
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Little Ice Ages and future housing
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Ig Nobel Prizes Awards 2019
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Junk DNA extreme weather aphasia
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Kinder gentler transhumanism
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Tales from feathers and quills
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Gravitational wave generators
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Solar cooling, work and housing
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Fizzy ice cream and musical planes
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Absinthe chemistry and Beer froth maths
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Mathematically impossible legislation
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Why You're Not Dead Yet
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Sneaky SpaceBees
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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...
Women's Day, Stem cells, and Multiple Sclerosis
MP3 Women in Science, Confident women, and delivery drones by Ian Woolf, Naomi Koh Belic talks about modelling Multiple Sclerosis with stem cells. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Naomi Koh Belic The...
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...
Bright Sparks 2017 - part 3 poetry
MP3 Meltdown, Spectre and Nuclear detonation news by Ian Woolf, For the final Bright Sparks challenge, the Fresh scientists perform their haiku and limericks, and share the insights they've gained: Mohamed Tashani on vaccines from The University of Sydney, Xufeng...
Ig Nobel Prizes 2017
MP3 Ten Ig Nobel prizes condensed from the full 90 minute ceremony for your listening pleasure. Science that first makes you laugh and then makes you think. Didgeridoo therapy, twin cognition, cat liquidity, walking backward while not spilling coffee, vampire...
The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 2
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Pupils Pulse at Parkes
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Run your own Space business
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What good is consciousness?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sea fleas and smart drugs by Ian Woolf, Peter Watts talks about biologically plausible aliens, why only two sexes, and suggests you don't need to be conscious. In the conversation we name-checked these...
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...
More colours and March for Science part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') See more colours by Ian Woolf, John Hewson talks about science and politicians, Angela Maharaj talks about climate science politics, Ian Woolf speaks with CSIRO scientists marching. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Weird pets, possums and blood vessels
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine, Wifi emotions by Ian Woolf, Stewart McPherson travels the world documenting nature - part 2, Bright spark challenge: - Edward Waters, University of Notre Dame – Possums: furry...
Save the carnivorous plants
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Oldest computer music restored by Ian Woolf, Stewart McPherson talks about climbing 300 mountains to research 25 books and films on carnivorous plants part 1. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted...
Rhino horn, mitochondria and GenSpace
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Carnivorous plants fluoresce blue by Ian Woolf, Fresh Science Bright Sparks Challenge: Kyle Ewart identifies rhino horn, Minal Menezes detects mitochondrial diseases, Dr Ellen Jorgenson talks about GenSpace. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
Open Source Science Accelerates
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Open Source Malaria
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Fine tuning for Life
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Music inspired by Space
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Swarm intelligence
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Star-seeking robots touch language
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Visual illusions for computer vision
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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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Warp drive and Antigravity
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Biological art and killer robots
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Vaccination ethics and electricity wars
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What are you looking at?
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Canada in Space & Google listens
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Brainwaves and Photonics
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Photonics and quadcopters
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DIY EEG and Rocket Scientist networking
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Asteroid mining and radioactive waste dumps
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Bionic eyes traffic and Do-arama
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Breakfast robots and TECHmyway
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Primate RNA and pocket communicators
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Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen
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Play sub-atomic games in Space!
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Re-using carbon and Biohack Syd
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Mission to Earth
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Geo-engineering Art
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Powdered alcohol and Money part 2
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Pet CSI, treasure maps and cartilage
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Time, Mars and chocolate
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Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week
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Healing corneas and building robots
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Hypercolour vision and soap
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Diffusion cut from 2SER
The Diffusion science show has been cut by 2SER, to make room for new shows by new volunteers. After 19 years on air, and 15 years of contributions from me, its the final Diffusion Science Radio broadcast from 2SER tonight...
Sonic Screwdrivers and ingenuity awards
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Head, heart and galaxy
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Pond scum and ALS
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Meteors and publishing
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Robots, Newton, Teller and Fugu
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Singing mice, Ig Nobles, MooresCloud
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Misleading science and carnivorous pineapples
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Extreme Science Experience special
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Coral Art Life Science TV Eyes
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The 2005 science trivia special fresh from Alaska
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Lizard babies and exploding stars
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Sperm Wars and Santa Science
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Neutron bombs, GM apples and Zanzibar
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Sexy Greys and Super-planes
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Wolverine, snails of steel, and you
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Reading brains, Dave sings science
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Christmas 2008 special
MP3 Marc West interviews Hayley Birch organiser of the Geek Pop Festival, Marc West and Darren Osborne reflect on the science that made the news in 2008, news on Santa dealing with global warming and the global financial crisis, Reindeer...
Cells, Cycling, and fake holograms
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'Popular and polarising science'
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Tasmanian Tiger bosses spy syphilis
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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...
Global Swindle, Snow Science, E-voting
play now News by Ian Woolf - Australian Audiovisual Archive - Caffeine Thinking - Gesture Control - Micro Movers - Early Altruism Global Warming Swindle Review by John August Snow Science by Patrick Rubie E-voting by Ian Woolf Presented...
Synchrotron and phone spam
play now News by Catherine Beehag. Spunky Synchrotron Science by Ed Pollitt. Beer Power, Micro-Wind power and Military brain-scanning by Ian Woolf. Do-Not-Call (DNC) registry discussion lead by Ian Woolf. Presented and produced by Tilly Boleyn. Music Hang me...
The science of sleep, lasers and sauce!
play now News and views by Ian Woolf. Scientific tips on how to get a good nights sleep from Darren Osborne. Lasers that will blow your mind and other body parts by Chris Stewart. Will eating an aussie pie...
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...
Caffeine and Doomsday
MP3 Caffeine in Soft Drinks by Darren Osborne, 5 minutes to Doomsday by Chris Stewart, The 2006 top-10 science stories by Marc West, Science News by Ian Woolf, Presented by Jacqui Pfeffer, Produced by Chris Stewart....
Evolution, retrocausality, sperm wars
Play Now Produced and presented by Tilly Boleyn. Science News by Ian Woolf. Human evolution by Marc West. Retrocausality by Tim Baynes. Sperm wars by Darren Osbourne. Science in 2007 predictions. Tantalising tidbits from Lachlan Whatmore, Catherine Beehag and...
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...
Ultimo Science Festival, and nuclear waste
Play Now The Ultimo Science Festival in Sydney, interview by Tilly Boleyn. Warnings to the future about radioactive waste, by Adam Richardson. News by Jacqui Pfeffer and Chris Stewart. Presented by Chris Stewart. Produced by Chris Stewart....
Nuclear Fusion and the movies
Play Now Fusion - the other nuclear energy, Diffusion goes to the Movies, and lots and lots of science news. Presented by Jacqui Pfeffer. Fusion by Chris Stewart. Movies by Marc West. News by David Harcourt, Chris, Marc and...
Invisibility and Whale Hunting
Play Now This week the Diffusion Team investigate the facts and future of research into invisibility and dive into the controversy surrounding the recent decision by the International Whaling Commission. Presented by Tilly Boleyn, Science news by Jacqui Pfeffer,...
Toads, Flying cars and Monkey Mating
Play Now This week was a bit of a lazy one for Team Diffusion. We lAughed at convention and just talked about what ever we wanted to. Science News? Who needs it? Scripts? I think not. Science Radio by...
Common colds, and chimps
Play Now The Common Cold -- not so cold, and not so common -- could save us all from bird flu; what makes us so different from chimps?; and all the latest science news. Presented by Jacqui Hayes, News...
Diffusion 23rd February 2006
Play Now Rocket cars racing in the suburbs, secret science sounds, and all the latest science news. Rocket cars by Ian Woolf, Secret Sounds by Adam Richardson, News by Matt Francis, Presented by Chris Stewart, Produced by Chris Stewart,...
UnDiscovered 26th January 2006
Play Now Science in Summer Mode, celebrating Australia Day with Australian science and inventions. Produced and presented by Chris Stewart, with Jacqui Pfeffer, Jacqui Hayes and Matt Clarke....
UnDiscovered 19th January 2006
Play Now Science in Summer Mode - Ian Woolf, Matt Francis, Adam Richardson and Jacqui Pfeffer, talking through the science of the week. Presented by Ian Woolf, produced by Chris Stewart, technical assistance from Matt Francis....
UnDiscovered 12th January 2006
Play Now Science in Summer Mode: Chris Stewart and Jacqui Hayes kick back on the beanbags, discussing the year in science that was 2005, the year ahead in 2006 and all the cool science that's happening right now. Produced...
A Very Disco Xmas
Play Now the annual Christmas Science Quiz. Quiz master Chris Stewart plays the Schroedinger Cats against the Pavlov's dogs, with everything to win in a game of science trivia. Playing are: Ian Woolf, Noel Hannah, Natalie Staib, Matt Clarke,...
Chris Stewart
In a past life, Chris spent five years studying the physics of quarks, the tiny particles that sit at the heart of protons and neutrons, which in turn make up the nucleus of the atom. After a while, he realised...
Diffusion 8th December 2005
Play Now How to search for ETs: an Interview with SETI Master Dr Jill Tarter, death by online gaming and all the latest science news. Presented by Chris Stewart, News by Adam Richardson, SETI by Chris Stewart, Gaming Death...
Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Science, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, Networking tutor, Computational Theory lecturer and subject coordinator, and Physics lab demonstrator; while changing his career to professional writing...
Diffusion 17th November 2005
Play Now The painful world of non-lethal weapons, the Universe's ultimate perpetual motion machine, and all the latest science news. Produced by Chris Stewart, presented by Matt Clarke, 'Perpetual Motion' by Matt Francis, 'Non-Lethal Weapons' by Matt Clarke, News...
Diffusion 10th November 2005
Play Now The Optical Future of Super-fast Broadband, and The Ins and Outs of Podcasting. Presented by Matt Francis, Science News by Noel Hanna, Super-broadband by Chris Stewart, Podcasting by Ian Woolf. Production and technical support by Jacqui Pfeffer....
Diffusion 28th April 2005
Play Now Presented by Ian WoolfNews by Matt ClarkeDavid Huang reports on the science of smellChris Stewart talks about atom smashing at the Relativistic Heavy Ion ColliderKeir Smith explains digital watermarkingProduced and panelled by Chris...
9th September 2002
Presented by Tim Baynes. News by Sophie Scott and Tim. Amanda Hamilton interviews Professor Frank Fenne, winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Science. Ian Woolf reviews and reads from "The Space Child's Mother Goose" - verses by Frederick Winsor...
12th August 2002
Radiothon edition presented by Chris Stewart. News by Tim Baynes and Chris. Ian Woolf reports on computers made from soybeans and chicken feathers. Tim interviews Dr Eugenie Shepherd about her latest research into algae and the movement of plants. Open...
Diffusion 9th July 2002
Play Now Presented by Branwen Morgan. News by Chris Stewart. Science and the military - the good, the bad, and the ugly - by Lachlan Whatmore.Groundswell team join in the discussion on miltary research. Produced by Tim Baynes with...
Diffusion 9th October 2001
Play Now Presented by Gina Sartore. News by Ian Woolf. Chris Stewart investigates the 2001 Noble and Ig-noble Awards. Gina Sartore reviews Kim Stelrony: Dawkins versus Gould - survival of the fittest, about the big debatesin evolutionary science. Produced...
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