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Comedy, housework and sex
download MP3 From 2010: Listen to Marc West explain the correlation between sex and housework. Victoria Bond walks into a bar with science comedian Brian Malow. Aaron Cooke reports on starquakes, stroking rats, mosquito attraction, - and how green tea...
Woomera blasts off
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') From 2015: Asteroid moons Earth, Invisible planets sought by Ian Woolf Kerrie Dougherty describes the beginnings of the Woomera Rocket Range. Production checked by Charles Willlock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Asteroid...
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...
Gravity Maverick - part 1
MP3 download Listen to Dr Viv Robinson boldly explain why most physicists have misunderstood Einstein's gravity, and what it means for what the Universe is made of. News of impossibly massive galaxies. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf 'We just...
SETI switch
MP3 From 2010, why the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence has been doing it wrong! The discovery of an Earth-like planet 20 light years away, and high resolution tapes of the Moon landing recovered. Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf....
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...
Dark Matter Astronaut Training
MP3 From 2007: Professor Joe Silk explains what Dark Matter is, and why it matters, From 2008: Dr Pascal Lee talks about NASA's long-term mission to send people to Mars, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Pasacal Lee Professor Joe...
Zwicky Dating Deja Vu
MP3 From 2001, David Blank tells the story of astronomer ahead of his time, Fritz Zwicky, From 2009, once again, Patrick Rubie explains to Ian Woolf the feeling that we've seen this before, from 2009, Patrick Rubie and I discuss...
Life and Toydeath
MP3 download Narwhal cheese crowd-funded by Ian Woolf Orsola De Marco talks about Astronomy, life off Earth, and why Pluto isn't a planet, Nick Wishart talks about Toydeath at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
Eugenic multiverses
MP3 download Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham talks about genetic selection and multiple universes - part 3, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Maria Cunningham Sign the petition to free Julian Assange...
First Contact Time Travel
MP3 download Superconductors warm up by Ian Woolf, Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham makes First Contact and Travels through Time - part 2, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Maria Cunningham Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride First room-temperature...
Little Green Molecules
MP3 download The Moon is a bit wet by Ian Woolf, Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham searches for life off Earth - part 1, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Maria Cunningham NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of...
Organo-metallic chemist
MP3 download Venusian life? by Ian Woolf Liam Burt talks about creating tiny wires with organo-metallic chemistry part 1, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Liam Burt - Young Tassie Scientists Phosphine Gas in the Cloud Decks of Venus JCMT...
FameLab Australia 2020
MP3 download Cody Frear - ‘Out with the old, in with the Noo-Noo’ Madelaine Ferarri - Self-compassion and Perfectionism Nisharnthi Duggan - A surprising treatment for stroke Samuel Hinton - Can you hear the Big Bang? Emily Brogan - Lost...
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...
The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Space Agency for Australia? by Ian Woolf,, Claire Hooker completes the story of Ruby Payne -Scott, pioneer radio-astronomer. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme by Kevin...
The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Octopolis and DolphinAttack by Ian Woolf, Claire Hooker tells the first part of the story of Ruby Payne -Scott, pioneer radio-astronomer. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos...
Pupils Pulse at Parkes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') SETI signals and Encoded E. coli by Ian Woolf, Rob Hollow talks about Pulse at Parkes for pupils at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Exo-planets - another Earth?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Has another Earth been discovered? by Ian Woolf Chris Tinney talks about exo-planets - what they are, and how we find them. Why is Earth called Earth? by Fred Watson Production checked by...
Life, the Universe & Carnivorous plants
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Plants that eat, help you eat wheat by Ian Woolf, Professor Mark Colyvan talks about the fine tuning of the Universe for Life, Science is Real by They Might Be Giants, Produced and...
Retro trivia special
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian has the flu this week, so here's the trivia special from 2009: Join Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf as we tackle questions in mathematics, biology, popular science and chemistry. Can...
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...
Music inspired by Space
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Brains scan bugs by Ian Woolf, Keyna Wilkins talks about creating music inspired by Astronomy, Paul Francis has transcoded radio astronomy signals into haunting sounds. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted...
More Carbs for longer life
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Solar panels reach world record high efficiency, but funding will be cut, Universe expanding faster than predicted by Ian Woolf, David LeCouteur talks about healthier ageing through a high carbohydrate diet. Production checked...
Slowing women's ageing
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Giant black hole announced in Parliament by Ian Woolf, Judy Ford talks about slowing women's ageing - Part 1, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Judy Ford...
Pulsar glitches and biological ageing
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Pulsar glitching and Biological Ageing A round-up of the Australian Biological Ageing Conference by Ian Woolf - part 1, Jim Palfreyman talks about glitching pulsar discoveries, part 2. Checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Pursuing pulsars, part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Thought texting in development by Ian Woolf, Part 1 of Jim Palfreyman talking about his research into the Vela pulsar. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf The 'glitching'...
AI, smart watches and augmented reality
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') New physics may have been seen at LHC by Ian Woolf, PatCat talks about Artificial Intelligence, Smart watches and Augmented Reality. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Patrick...
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,...
Star-seeking robots touch language
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Eye gazing alters minds by Ian Woolf, Nuria Lorente talks about her star bug telescopic robots, Heba Khamis talks about finding the language of touch in the Bright Spark challenge, Production checked by...
Real Space Cowboys and Star AI
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Alien planet in the Goldilocks zone by Ian Woolf, Ed Buckbee talks about the Real Space Cowboys and Space Camp, Elise Hampton uses machine learning to crunch astronomical amounts of data. Production checked...
Dark matter anyon computing
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') A pill to slow ageing by Ian Woolf, Catherine de Burgh-Day hunts for Dark Matter with gravity lenses, Robert Pfeiffer computes with exotic matter, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
DNA bitcoin Virtual Astronomy
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bitcoin encoded DNA by Ian Woolf, Kai Polsterer and Andre Schaaff talk about astronomical visualisation with Google cardboard at the Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems conference - ADASS, Better by Jonathan Coulton....
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...
Antarctic astronomy biofuel catalyst
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Murderous meat by Ian Woolf, Michael Burton talks about astronomy in Antarctica, Jessica Stanley talks about her catalyst for converting plant waste into biofuel. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Lateral, entropy, and the egg
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Anomalies speed around nearby star, Anomalies block too much light around a distant star by Ian Woolf. Jack Scanlon talks about Lateral magazine, John August talks about Entropy and the Egg, part 1....
Life and death of Stars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sleek Geek Eureka Primary School prizes by Ian Woolf, Michael Burton explains the life and death of stars, Why does the Sun really shine by They Might Be Giants, Production checked by Charles...
Crowd-funding Galaxy Exploration
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The Eureka Prizes Secondary School division by Ian Woolf - The Secret of the Appendix by Paige Bebee, - Why are Concussions Bad for You? by Luke Cadorin-Taylor, - Gravity Sucks, by Tom...
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,...
Warp drive and Antigravity
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') MRI can treat cancer as well as diagnose it by Ian Woolf, Professor Geraint Lewis talks about how Relativity may allow faster than light travel by space warp, and antigravity, Edric Hong explains...
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...
Future Day with Aubrey de Grey
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Luminous clouds on Mars by Ian Woolf, Adam Ford speaks with Aubrey De Grey about SENS and Future Day. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Strategeic Engineering of...
Woomera blasts off, Asteroid moons Earth
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Asteroid moons Earth, Invisible planets sought by Ian Woolf Kerrie Dougherty describes the beginnings of the Woomera Rocket Range. Production checked by Charles Willlock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Asteroid That Flew...
Bitcoin disrupts home-made Segway
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Asteroid nears Earth on Australia Day by Ian Woolf, Michael Dance explains the disruptive nature of Bitcoin, Malcolm Faed discusses his home-made self-balancing Segway-like scooter. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted...
2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - Food
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') MAVEN orbits Mars by Ian Woolf, The 2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - science that first makes you laugh, then make you think, by Ian Woolf. Checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by...
Mood Dress and the End of the World
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Nicaragua got hit! by Ian Woolf, Orsola De Marco talks about what astronomy tells us about how the world ends, Andrew and Ashley Stapleton talk about the Mood Dress, Production checked by Charles...
Astronomy for Life and Toydeath
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Narwhal cheese crowd-funded by Ian Woolf Orsola De Marco talks about Astronomy, life off Earth, and why Pluto isn't a planet, Nick Wishart talks about Toydeath at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire, Produced...
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...
Re-using carbon and Biohack Syd
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sydney Mini Maker Faire returns, and NASA's mission to Charon by Ian Woolf, Mouse vampire retractions by Ian Woolf, Matt speaks with Ian Woolf about Biohack Syd, Ken Richards talks about his Consensus...
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...
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...
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...
Cute science, Smart slime and Beard beer
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...
I love that word, Meltdown
download MP3 Ian Woolf tells us about the latest and greatest in stem cell organ transplant. Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf, and Martin Faccini speak to to Matt Dawson, the amateur astronomer who named the recently discovered planetoid "255073: victoriabond". Martin...
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...
10daysofscience and marijuana science
MP3 Caitlin Howlett interviews Kate Hennessy, editor of www.10daysofscience.com about the Ultimo Science Festival, Victoria Bond celebrates 400 years of Galilean astronomy, Dan Keogh and Caitlin Howlett lead a discussion on the science of marijuana with Celine Steinfield, Victoria Bond,...
Stone calendars, obsolete units of biofuel
MP3 We take the measure of strange obsolete units with Lachlan Whatmore, and look at ancient astronomy with John August and Steve Maxwell, Charles Willock looks at the downside of biofuels. News by Patrick Rubie, Presented by Lachlan Whatmore...
Oil free, Low fat cows, Green goes red
play now Darren Osborne interviews Dr David Lamb about Fuels of the Future, Tilly Boleyn and Vanessa Gardoz discuss: - Workchoice treadmills, - Nominative determinism, - lonely albatross, - red-stained windmills, News by Erin passmore and Ed Pollitt, -...
27th July 2005
Play Now Presented by Matt ClarkeNews by Ian WoolfPhil Dooley interviews Professor Rod Cross about the Physics of sportTaylor Bildstein interviews Martin Richard George about indoor astronomy...
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