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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...
Assange, Music and the law
download MP3 A plea-deal for Julian Assange? Artists given a second chance to sue AI. Not A Crime, Music and Book industries try to shut down the Internet Archive. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Julian Assange Leak at WikiLeaks...
Augment your memory
MP3 download How can we improve our memory? Ian Woolf takes a deep dive into the ancient art of memory systems. News of artificial intelligence finding new drugs Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Discovery of senolytics using machine learning...
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...
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...
Fuctional Super Food
MP3 Rain-water is poisoned with PFAS everywhere, even in the Arctic circle by Ian Woolf, Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot talks about nutrition, super-foods and functional foods. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot Outside the Safe Operating...
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...
Expressly Human - part 2
MP3 Computing pioneer Kathleen Booth reaches 100 by Ian Woolf, Dr Mark Changizi talks about how emotional expression evolved - part 2. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Mark Changizi Expressly Human interview part 1 The Vision Revolution book review...
The Physics Behind The Internet
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Nuclear diamond batteries by Ian Woolf, Ben Eggleton explains the science behind the internet. Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme by MacLeod (incompetech.com) Centre...
Precognition Revolution
MP3 download Julian Assange had a stroke and still lost his extradition trial by Ian Woolf, UFos and precognition for better science, the story of how Daryl Bem broke the scientific method. by Ian Woolf Hosted and produced by Ian...
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...
Ventilation stops the spread
MP3 download Professor Lidia Morawska from the Queensland University of Technology talks about how we can improve indoor air quality to reduce the transmission of COVID19 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Lidia Morawska International Laboratory for Air Quality...
Glow worm quiz immunity
MP3 download Vaccines can protect against more than their targets, Wind farms dispatched by Ian Woolf, From 2006: Lindsey Gray illuminates Glow worms, From 2009: Celine Steinfeld hosts a science quiz with Jacqui Hayes and Sarah Wood, Produced and hosted...
Dr Rachie vs the antivaxxers
MP3 download From 15 February 2010: Dr Rachael Dunlop tells Ian Woolf about her battle with the Australian Vaccination Network. Victoria Bond explains the new DSM descriptions of mental illness. News by Victoria Bond - Coma patients may be conscious...
Print spies dolphin terrorists
MP3 download Male Mobile phone lekking by Tim Baynes, The Laserprinter conspiracy by Matt Clarke, Nano-cars with Chris Stewart, Dolphin terrorists by Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Mobile phones as lekking devices among human males Why printers...
Life on Mars
MP3 download The race to Mars, Fusion fuel? by Ian Woolf Bonnie Teece, Kirsten Banks and Martin Kranendonk talk about the search for life on Mars - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf The Australian Centre for Astrobiology...
Face COVIDSafe explosion
MP3 download Rio Tinto destroys human heritage, Contact stalking by Ian Woolf Mark Andrejevic talks about facial recognition trust and COVIDSafe app part 3 Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Pilbara mining blast confirmed to have destroyed 46,000yo sites of...
Spins and valleys
MP3 download Internet turns 50, Quantum batteries by Ian Woolf, Samuel Bladwell explains spintronics and valley technology, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Samuel Bladwell FLEET Pioneer recalls first e-mail INTERNET HISTORY OF 1960S Researchers create blueprint for 'quantum battery'...
Future Low Energy Electronic Technology
MP3 download The 2019 Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics by Ian Woolf, Samuel Bladwell explains Future Low Energy Electronic Technologies, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Samuel Bladwell FLEET The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 The Nobel Prize in...
Kinder gentler transhumanism
MP3 download Small modular nuclear reactors by Ian Woolf, Andrew Despri talks about a kinder, gentler Transhumanism, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Andrew Despi Akin Small Isn't Always Beautiful - Safety, Security, and Cost Concerns about Small Modular Reactors...
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...
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...
Why You're Not Dead Yet
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Powerless cameras by Ian Woolf, Dr David Farmer and comedian Jackson Vaarhoor explain Why You're Not Dead Yet, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Towards Battery-Free...
Asteroid mining and virtual power
MP3 Giant batteries make a profit, and Virtual power to the people by Ian Woolf, William Crowe talks about mining asteroids that come to Earth, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf High Earth...
The Forgetting Machine - part 1
MP3 Slow ice cream, drone rescue and shocking work conditions by Ian Woolf, Rodrigo Quian Quiroga talks about our brain as The Forgetting Machine - part 1 Professor Aleksandra Przegalinska's 24/7 lecture on the topic: Bots. Sound checked by Charles...
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...
Bright Sparks 2017 - part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Puppeteer fungus by Ian Woolf, Bright Sparks challenge with Neil Byrne: Jessica Allen on carbon for batteries from thin air, Yik Lung Chan about the affect on babies of tobacco use by parents....
Sound is the next wave
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australian Government wants you to post nude photos by Ian Woolf, Professor Ben Eggleton explains how sound is the next wave in cutting edge communications technology. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...
The Science behind the Internet
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Nuclear diamond batteries by Ian Woolf, Ben Eggleton explains the science behind the internet. Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme by MacLeod (incompetech.com) Centre...
Transport implant
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Tesla builds a battery for South Australia, Programmable dress by Ian Woolf, Meow Ludo Meow Meow talks about his implanted transport chip. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme...
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....
Smart grids and Musk's wager
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Elon Musk promises South Australia 100MWh storage installed in 100 days or FREE by Ian Woolf. Dr Nick Engerer talks about integrating solar power and storage into smart electricity grids. Production checked by...
After robots take our jobs
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Vampires switch to human blood by Ian Woolf, Paul Mason talks about advancing technology and the future of society. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Paul Mason What...
Identity cards for Australia again?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') (This show was first broadcast on the 1st of March 2007) ID Card news by Ian Woolf, Synthetic interview with Anna Johnston of the Australian Privacy Foundation about privacy concerns, by Anonymous Voice,...
Oz nuclear dump and virtual biohacking
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Taking a nuclear dump on Australia by Ian Woolf Brennan Hatton talks about biohacking augmented reality Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Brennan Hatton Brennan Hatton's crazy life...
Kids 3D print Internet Barbie
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stem cells seeded on apples to make organs for transplant by Ian Woolf, Patrick Catanzariti talks about kids 3D printers, the perils of Internet Barbie, and how to develop for emerging techgnologies. Production...
Science Poetry Slam rewind
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Urine power news by Ian Woolf. Highlights from the Science Spoken Word Spectacular from: Ian Bryce "Ode to the Higgs" and "The Bull's Lament", Vanessa Hill "When you wish upon a star", Lou...
What are you looking at?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Plants put out the bat signal by Ian Woolf, Tracking your attention with Dan Sovick, Let them eat coal! by Ian Woolf, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
Hyperspectral fleet and Giant robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Mind controlled cockroaches and giant battling robots by Ian Woolf, Brian Lim talks about tracking pollution from his fleet of hyperspectral satellites, Todd the T1000 by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
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...
Social context and Electric cars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Fruit flies rolled by magnets by Ian Woolf, Ian Sharpe talks about social context, leadership and solving problems for NASA, Mark Taylor talks about Electric cars at the Mini Maker Faire, Production checked...
FundScience, Albatross, LoVid
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Recovering the world's oldest sound recordings, and DIY Flone drones by Ian Woolf. Maria Oh talks about crowd-funding science on FundScience, John August explains how Albatrosses fly, Tali and Kyle discuss artwork involving...
Giant echidnas drive air conditioned thorium cars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Giant echidnas may still live in WA by Ian Woolf, Vahid Vkiloroaya talks abut solar absorber air conditioning, Thorium cars run on rainbows by Ian Woolf. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf This...
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...
Science Spoken Word Spectacular
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Urine power news by Ian Woolf. Highlights from the Science Spoken Word Spectacular from: Ian Bryce "Ode to the Higgs" and "The Bull's Lament", Vanessa Hill "When you wish upon a star", Lou...
Hypercolour vision and soap
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Do GM crops upset pigs? by Ian Woolf Hypercolour vision by Ian Woolf Scurvy by Chris Stewart Soap Science by Ian Woolf produced and presented by Ian Woolf A long-term toxicology study on...
Misleading science and carnivorous pineapples
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on vegetables that eat prey, and bats who live inside them. Nathan Sinclair explains why most published research is wrong. Ian Woolf reports on vitamin D and baldness. Oliver Featherston speaks with Catriona Bonfiglioli about...
Sick prawns and sleep rehearsal
download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple reports on Turtle death mysteries, spray on batteries, and Hot dinosaurs. Ian Woolf reports on Sleep rehearsal,Vortex data streams Hiccupops, Shoes for efficient running, record Solar power,,Alcohol and caffeine sprays. Bonnie Yiu reports on pesticide pollution...
Too smart phones, Venus and Science
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on Balding Wombats, Ian Woolf reports on too smart phones, and the SpaceX Dragon returns triumphant, Victoria Bond speaks with Kathryn Ticehurst and James Bond about what Science is, Victoria Bond and Kathryn Ticehurst discuss...
MMORPGs, fattening air & prostates
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on fattening air,and deep voices, Ian Woolf reports on baldness, prostate protection, and hard games. Ian Woolf speaks with Geoff Batty of NICTA about peer to peer research into Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games. Produced...
Expanding Universe, Zombie ladybugs
download MP3 Professor Robert Kirshner speaks to Ian Woolf about supernovas and the accelerating expanding universe, News by Dr Popple and Therese Chan: - Greenhouse wallabies - giant wombats - horny bugs are loud - zombie ladybugs Presented by Therese...
Birds and the bees and mint
MP3 Julie-Anne Popple, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf speak with Botanist Dr Trevor Wilson about pollenation and mint, Julie-Anne Popple reports the news: - Cervical cancer vaccination - Greenhouse data shared by CSIRO online - new CSIRO solar hot air...
Unfair reporting and DNA Poetry
MP3 download Free internet for everyone by Ian Woolf Electronic glasses by Ian Woolf DNA poetry by Ian Woolf, How not to be fair and balanced, and why never to debate, by Peter Bowditch Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Rare Earth, Horses, Nano-wires
MP3 download Brigid Mullane interviews Dr Matthew James about rare earth minerals from mines to electronics, Lachlan Whatmore begins part 1 of the evolution of the horse, Ian Woolf interviews Professor Matthew Phillips about nano-wires and LEDs Presented and panelled...
Dr Rachie vs anti-vax, and DSM psycho
MP3 download Dr Rachael Dunlop tells Ian Woolf about her battle with the Australian Vaccination Network. Victoria Bond explains the new DSM descriptions of mental illness. News by Victoria Bond - Coma patients may be conscious and communicate by brain...
Portable forensics, and ET in the pub
MP3 download Portable forensics, sexual revolutions and ET in the pub! Dr Alsion Beavis talks to Ian Woolf about portable crime scene investigation labs. Marc West and Darren Osborne talk to pub-goers about Extra-Terrestrials. Aaron Cook reports on Kiwis in...
Primes, codes and entanglement
MP3 Prime numbers, secret messages and quantum teleportation! Marc West explore prime numbers and speaks to Terrance Tao. Ian Woolf and Marc West discuss Quantum technology - quantum entanglement, quantum cryptography and quantum teleportation. News by Marc West -Mobile phones...
Ritzian physics and imaginary friends
MP3 Did you have an imaginary friend? Do you think the scientific establishment is suppressing alternative theories? Caitlin Howlett discusses giraffe evolution and Saturn's moons, and the benefits of imaginary conversations. John August debates the Ritzian alternative to Einstein's relativity...
CSIRO Wi-Fi win and Dunbar's number
MP3 Marc West interviews Dr Ben McNeil about alternative Energy and Australia, News by Ian Woolf, with discussion from Marc West and John August - CSIRO win their patent battle against 14 US Giants, - A hard limit on your...
Salk, Sabin and Twitter
MP3 Lachlan Whatmore decribes the history of the Polio vaccine, Lachlan, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss if Twitter is just for twits, News by Ian Woolf - Mitsubishi electric cars for Oz? - Nano-batteries - virus build batteries -...
Bats and sharks, correlated?
MP3 Nick Evershed interviews Dr. Lindy Lumsden about Pipistrelle bats near extinction, Ian Woolf gives his view of the New Scientist interview assertion that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is "almost all in the mind" because you "think yourself sick", Marc West...
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...
Chiptunes, see-through batteries and syphilis
play now Syphilis in Australian history by John August, Interview with Professor Christopher Fairley by John August, News by Ian Woolf - Migraine zapping - Transparent, bendy batteries, - The world's oldest computer generated music Presented and Produced by...
Global cool space engineers chocolate
MP3Ian Woolf looks at chocolate physiology, John August continues his battle with syphilis and the world,and Lachlan talks to space engineer George Graves.News by Patrick Rubie,Presented and produced by Lachlan Whatmore....
'Plug into your Prius, replicate with RepRap'
MP3 'Self-replicating 3-D printers' by Ian Woolf 'Plug-in batteries for hybrid cars' by Brigid Mullane 'DNA taxis' by Patrick Rubie, Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf News by Patrick Rubie - Black Strings - Stem cells give birth to a...
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, -...
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...
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Pluto's demotion and an inconvenient truth
Play Now Pluto's demotion and an inconvenient truth are debated in this weeks show. Presented by Jacqui Pfeffer, Science news by Ian Woolf, Jacqui Hayes reveals an inconvenient truth, Marc West give us all the low down on Pluto,...
Marijuana debate and Pirated Soy sauce
Play Now Jacqui Pfeffer looks at Marijuana use during Australian National Science Week! Ian Woolf brings us a disturbing story on Soy sauce made from Human Hair collected from corpses... I taste dead people! Presented by Jacqui Hayes, News...
Coriolis and the Flu
Play Now Presented by Jacqui Pfeffer, News by Sam McOnie, Hurricanes, bathtubs and the Coriolis effect by Chris Stewart; Cure the flu! by Ian Woolf, Pannel discussion with Matt Francis, Chris Stewart and Ian Woolf, Produced and panelled by...
Discovery broadcast nationally
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Diffusion 25th June 2002
Play Now News by Dr Branwen Morgan. Presented by Gina Sartore. Adam Mark talk about the latest on Spina Bifida. Tim Baynes discusses the scientific debate on Global warming, and talks with people in Katoomba street at the Blue...
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...
Axiomatic
Axiomatic 18th January 2000 Ian Woolf explains why he Never Was a Cornflake Guy. Open mike discussion with Ian Woolf, Lachlan Whatmore and Sophie Kalavidas about what women think about circumcision and men . Lachlan Whatmore presents a tribute to...
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