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Brain spindle dating tips
MP3 From 2009: What are the seven secrets of successful online dating? Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf unravel the mysteries; 'Brain spindles that minds are made of' Nija Dalal talks to Charles Siebert about our brains; And Patrick Rubie reveals...
Frontiers of Science part1
MP3 Listen to part 1 of the audience question and answer session of the Frontiers of Science Forum. Professor Robert Booy, Dr Anna Romanov, Associate Professor Susanna Guatelli and Dr David Bishop, with Ian Woolf. News of energy from thin...
Robert Booy - Infectious Diseases
MP3 Professor Robert Booy talks about infectious diseases, vaccines, epidemics and pandemics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf \ Professor Robert Booy Infectious diseases doctor’s message as ATAGI changes COVID-19 vaccine advice Infectious diseases expert weighs in on school mask...
Plagued - part 2 revisited
MP3 download Ingenuity flies on Mars by Ian Woolf, Dr John Froude talks about how plagues have shaped human evolution. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr John Froude NASA's Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight Ingenuity deployment NASA...
Plagued - part 1 revisited
MP3 download From 2021-04-12: Dr John Froude talks about plagues past, present and future - part 1, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Dr John Froude...
Gut bugs!
MP3 download Gut bugs reverse aging - in mice, Gut bacteria make larks and owls, Grapes help your guts, CRISPR kills bacteria by Ian Woolf, Professor Michael Archer explains horizontal gene transfer - little naughties in the dark - to...
Plagued - part 1
MP3 download Dr John Froude talks about plagues past, present and future - part 1, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Dr John Froude...
Molecular machines magnified
MP3 download Professor Antoine van Oijen builds microscopes to watch DNA replicate. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Antoine van Oijen Molecular Horizons Wollongong Antimicrobial Resistance Research Alliance Bachelor of Bionanotechnology (Honours)...
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?
MP3 download Salty masks by Ian Woolf James Hayes talks about the science of odour - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr James Hayes UNSW Odour Laboratory Universal and reusable virus deactivation system for respiratory protection A...
Full automation and Elvis on the Moon
MP3 download Germs deep underground, Germs from hand drying by Ian Woolf, Lucas Koellen lifts the lid on toilet hazards, and Elvis on the Moon, Elyse Sue talks about ffull unemployment at Tranhumanism Australia. Fact and sound checking by Charles...
Absinthe chemistry and Beer froth maths
MP3 download DIY genetic engineering, Potatoes stop bleeding, Gaffa tape stops warts, and Venusian bacteria by Ian Woolf 2002 Chemistry Nobel Prize - identifying biological macro-molecules by Chris Stewart, Absinthe science by Adam Mark, 2002 IgNobel Prizes - Scrotal asymmetry...
Whales, drones and bacteria
MP3 download Bacteria from humans can generate electricity by Ian Woolf, Vanessa Pirotta uses drones to sample whale snot, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Photo courtesy of Joanne Stephan Vanessa Pirotta A...
Wound honey and rhythmotron
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Walk fast if you want to live by Ian Woolf, Daniel Bouzho talks about Manuka honey and bacteria, Raelene Sommer describes the Rhythmotron and Penrith Observatory. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock,...
Bacterial love cleavage virtual observatories
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Hangover cure by Ian Woolf, Michael Widjaja talks about bacteria using cleavage, Kate Wilson talks about building the virtual Penrith Observatory. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
Honey therapy and emotional helmets
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') China surveils emotions? by Ian Woolf, Nural Cokcetin talks about the therapeutic properties of honey, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Nural Cokcetin Nural Cokcetin on...
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...
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...
Bright Sparks 2017 - part 2
MP3 Fresh Scientists: Claire Henry - Ovarian cancer targets, Juliano Morimoto - Fertility and gut bacteria, Rebecca Poulos - Sunlight and cancer, Mohamed Tashani – Making pneumonia vaccine more affordable, and Amy Moss – More chicken with less feed. Haiku...
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...
Create UNSW, MakerSpace and Repair Cafe - DIY Day part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bionic bacteria get solar panels to make vinegar while yeast turns Astronaut urine into plastic by Ian Woolf, Anthony from Create UNSW show the latest student projects, Anna Lise explains MakerSpace, Bob invites...
Bioethics and the Narcissome
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Gut bacteria for longer life by Ian Woolf, Dr Ainsley Newson talks about bioethics and personal genomics. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Rynos Theme by Kevin MacLeod...
My Health Records -private?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Grow your own rocket fuel, by Ian Woolf Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn talks about privacy problems with Australia's national electronic health records. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr...
Oz in High Earth Orbit
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') CFS identified by gut, by Ian Woolf, Tom Crosten talks about building a little satellite for QB50, William Crowe starts a business mapping all the asteroids. Why is Uranus upside-down? by Fred Watson...
Heat shock for longer life and Physics poetry
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Autism treated with good guts by Ian Woolf, Mark Febbraio talks about heat shock proteins and longer life, Heather Catchpole recites physics poems in the pub. Production checked by Charles Willock. Produced and...
3D printed Jewellery baldness cure
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bacteria for baldness by Ian Woolf, 3D printed Jewellery with Caitlin Dubler, Not the news - Melbourne Uni space program, Colourful fish, ads on your phone, CMBP research node, Healing yoga sounds, 7...
Famelab: Bacteria, Labeckia and Wellness
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Where does the fat go when you lose weight? by Ian Woolf Famelab 2015 talks: Solving bacteria's identity crisis by Sabgeeta Bhatia, Lebeckia: a perennial for deep sandy soils by Sofie De Meyer,...
Asteroid mining and radioactive waste dumps
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Radioactive waste dump for Australia by Ian Woolf, Interview with Mark Read about modelling bacteria in your gut, William Crowe talks about using swarms of small spacecraft to gather data for asteroid mining....
Diet, bacteria, and health
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sounding out Alzheimer's symptoms by Ian Woolf, Mark Read explains how diet affects the bacteria that influence your health. Bacteria by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by Ian...
Good cop/Bad cop: Cholesterol
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Magnetic nanoparticles stimulate the brain by Ian Woolf, Good Cop/Bad Cop: Cholesterol talk by Blake Cochran, Cholesterol interview with Blake Cochran by Ian Woolf. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Singing frogs and spliced mice
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Spliced mice and oral HIV vaccines by Ian Woolf, Dr Jodi Rowley from the Australian Museum Research Institute talks about her search for rare amphibians at Inspiring Science, Gemma Sharp's Three Minute thesis:...
Gambling addiction and Big Data
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Forever fertilser news by Ian Woolf Indonesian nuclear power by Ian Woolf Interview with Alex Blaszczynksi, about gambling addiction, Marianne Menictas presents her 3 Minute Thesis: Fast Data Analysis. Presented and produced by...
Magnetic bacteria and chilli
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf reports on rapid aging from fish oil, Podcasting threatened by patents, and paper 3D printers. Tim Baynes investigates magnetically sensitive animals, Christine Baker speaks with Lara Farrell about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,...
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...
Extremophiles and The Vision Revolution
download MP3 From 2000, Tim Baynes interviews Professor Rick Cavicchioli from UNSW about bacteria that thrive in extreme conditions, Derek Muller sings about electricity, From 2010, Ian Woolf reviews The Vision Revolution by Mark Changizi Presented and produced by Ian...
Hormoned beef and fracked farming
download MP3 Patrick Rubie chimes in with this week's news: bacteria as a solution to dengue fever, and harnessing kinetic energy to power up your mobile phone. Victoria Bond and Martin Facini discuss the potential and hazards in coal seam...
Addict detention and child enhancement
MP3 download Ian Woolf summarises Robert Sparrow's talk "The Not-so-New Eugenics: The Harsh Logic of human enhancement", about the ethics of child enhancing technology, from the Singularity Summit, Australia, Victoria Bond interviews Dr Fisher from Nepean hospital about the ethics...
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...
Dating science, brains and bacterial art
MP3 What are the seven secrets of successful online dating? Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf unravel the mysteries; 'Brain spindles that minds are made of' Nija Dalal talks to Charles Siebert about our brains; And Patrick Rubie reveals bacterial artists...
Blindsight, deja vu, and male contraception
MP3 Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss Using blindSight to find your keys, deja Vu, bacteria taught to count, male contraception in China, deja vu and a new element for the table. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf....
Cells, Cycling, and fake holograms
MP3 PhD student Phoebe Peters is conducting research at the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, she speaks to Ian Woolf about the role of proteins in the surprisingly complex mechanism of bacterial cell division. Cyling scientist Chris Lauf...
Vampire moth, ghosts, and vasty deeps
MP3 Halloween special! Android Amy Bullen hunts the ghost-hunters, Lycanthrope Ian Woolf explores Immortal radiation-eating bacteria, Murderous Marc West warns us about Vampire Moths, UTS Geologist Greg Skilbeck explains to Ian Woolf how sediment from the sea floor tells the...
Silky spiders with wireless chips
play now Fast, cheap and wireless by Ian Woolf Silky spidery secretions' by Lachlan Whatmore with discussion by Patrick Rubie, Ian Woolf and Victoria BondNews by Victoria Bond- bacteria fighting bacteria- iodine-deficient cavemen- cancer-killing virusesPresented by Patrick RubieProduced by...
Zero Point Energy, Sex/Sport, Toy Boys
play nowFocussing zero point energy by Ian Woolf Sex before sport by Marc West Toy-boys and Trophy wives by Kachina Allen News by Patrick Rubie - Swiss Cheese universe - Atomic-size computers - Long-lived bacteria - Relationship maths Presented...
NEWS: dodgy space suits from NASA; dangerous neckties in the hospital ward & spiders with garbage in their webs.
NEWS: dodgy space suits from NASA; dangerous neckties in the hospital ward & spiders with garbage in their webs. NASA crew at the International Space Station are finding problems with their space suits, or so reports New Scientist magazine this...
12 December 2000
Extremophile bacteria feature by Tim Baynes. Feature by Tim Baynes. Core psychology by Deanna Coleman and Gina Sartore. News by Angelique Hutchison. Presented by Gina Sartore. Produced by Ian Woolf with technical assistance from ?...
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