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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...
Parasites, penicillin and protein
MP3 From the 2011 archives: 2011 Ignobel prizes reported by Ian Woolf, discussion from Therese Chen and Julie-Anne Popple. Victoria Bond talks 2011 penicillin shortages with Professor Robert Bhoy, Julie-Anne Popple interviews Professor Steve Simpson and Dr Alison Gosby about...
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....
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...
Women in Science and Gender-bending
MP3 International Womens' Day 2009 with Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf, Gender bending stories: - phthalates feminise boys - half boy half girl bird brain - sixth sense switches mice gender - gender gene identified - Gender and sex identity...
Nikola Tesla and Doc Oc
download MP3 This episode was first broadcast in 2010: Aaron Cook reports on Element 117-- Ununseptium Marc West speaks with "Doctor Boob" about how to become the super-villain Doc Oc Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the life and legend...
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...
Variants, printed livers and woven TVs
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 3D printed livers, Animated t-shirts by Ian Woolf BA.2 - time for a new letter? by Ian Woolf From 2010: Victoria Bond spoke to Robert Booy about the importance of vaccine compliance, and...
Sarcastic Multi-dimensional Octopus
MP3 download Sarcasm detector invented, Touchable 3-D audio-visual display by Ian Woolf, From 2008: Patrick Rubie looks at the nice and the nasty side of mistletoe. Victoria Bond and Jaime Leclerc quiz you on infectious diseases. Ian Woolf tells a...
Vaccination explanation
MP3 download Vaccines against aging, Vaccines against asthma by Ian Woolf from 2009: Dr Victoria Bond explains how vaccines work and how they are made to Marc West and Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Julie-Anne Popple, Marc...
Pick-up lines radio reward
MP3 download Pick-up lines by Victoria Bond and Patrick Rubie, 118118 Information hotline challenge by Marc West, The brain's reward by Amy Bullen, News by Victoria Bond and Patrick Rubie, - obesity and pleasure - internet surfing keeps your brain...
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...
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...
Baby thoughts, forget to learn
MP3 download Brain slices, green rain, weird dentistry, 9000 year old city, dried plum preserves, kids need to know, and purr therapy by Ian Woolf, Artificial noses by Gina Sartore, DIY GMO, potato bandages, and duct tape therapy by Ian...
Autism and oxytocin
MP3 download Vasopressin and autism, UN Million species extinction report by Ian Woolf, Marilena Demayo talks about autistic spectrum disorder and oxytocin. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Marilena Demayo A randomized placebo-controlled pilot trial shows that intranasal vasopressin improves...
Seaweed science week and memory
MP3 download Lana Kajlich reports on her seaweed Science Week activities, Dana Leidl talks about memory and amnesia, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Restoring crayweed Phyllospora comosa to South Bondi photo credit...
Science Week special again
MP3 download Marc, Victoria and Ian tackle the questions you have asked us in 2010 Why do I sneeze at the Sun? What would something look like if it was travelling at the speed of light? Why do sportsmen train...
Terminal decline and Zero emissions
MP3 This show was originally broadcast in 2011: Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the strained Australian health budget. Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple...
Seagrasses, Art, and maggots revisted
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') No manned space craft for the International Space station rescue by Victoria Bond, Art meets Science at the Powerhouse Museum by Ian Woolf, Professor Pinas talks about maggot therapy with Victoria Bond, Eureka...
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...
TV spying and Biohacker stimulation
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') TV watches the watchers by Ian Woolf, Garrick Bercero describes La Paillasse Manila's biohacker group, Peter Simpson-Young gives us a taste of his brain stimulating device, production checked by Charles Willock Produced and...
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...
Higgs tastes dark tendrils
download MP3 Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the discovery by the team at the large hadron Collider, Victoria Bond reports on Dark Tendrils, Ian Woolf reports on how taste affects judgements, the speechjammer, and activating your immune system to...
Species Invasion and Burritobot
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on a spider-man backpack, Julie-Anne Popple reports on a molesting mosquito, Ian Woolf reports on the Burritobot, Ian Woolf reports on Cosmetic nuclear medicine, Julie-Anne Popple reports on erotic fossils, Ian Woolf reports on Social...
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...
Super Vaccines, Meat Ice-cream & Bees!
download MP3 Victoria Bond reports on a super vaccine against cancer. Julie-Anne Popple reports on meat ice-cream and Free-loving Flipper. On this weeks 'In the name of science', Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Trevor Wilson about staring at plant genitals. Julie-Anne...
Boycotts, Tricorders and Everything
download MP3 Larrissa Savas reports on Rett's Sydnrome, Ian Woolf reports on the Tricorder X Prize, Victoria Bond and Marc West discuss the History of Nearly Everything, and the scientific boycott of Elsevier publications. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Cockroaches, crabs and kindness
download MP3 Larissa Savvas reports on how we detect people with the kindness gene, and how crabs sense danger despite being only able to see blobs, Patrick Rubie reports on how promiscuous sparrows have less fit chicks, Julie-Anne Popple reports...
Meat, and 200 million year old art
download MP3 Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf and Therese Chen discuss: How much meat can an Eco-citizen eat? The LHC may explain why there is more matter than ant-matter, 200 hundred million year old art may be from a 30 metre...
Malaria vaccine and photosynthesis
download MP3 Dr Victoria Bond reports on the new Malaria vaccine, Dr Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dr Min Chen about photosynthesis, News by Dr Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf - parrot's names - IQ changes in adolescence - Your brain...
Protein, penicillin and parasites
download MP3 The Ignobel prizes reported by Ian Woolf, discussion from Therese Chen and Julie-Anne Popple. Victoria Bond talks penicillin shortages with Professor Robert Bhoy, Julie-Anne Popple interviews Professor Steve Simpson and Dr Alsion Gosby about the protein hypothesis for...
Labile languages and remembering Steve Jobs
download MP3 Patrick Rubie discusses an immunological breakthrough in organ transplant technology. Victoria Bond commemorates Steve Jobs. Patrick Rubie and Victoria Bond speak to John Olstad, of the University of Newcastle, about his work in the fields of linguistics and...
Axis of eating and Secrets of Chocolate
download MP3 Lindsey Gray reports on the Axis of Internal Well-being, Julie-Anne Popple reports on being locked up with plants, Ian Woolf interviews Galit Segev about the Secrets of Chocolate, Victoria Bond interviews Dorothee Bond about managing Heath care in...
Artificial Intelligence and windy assassins
download MP3 Dr Julie-Anne Popple reports on the assassin bug's windy tricks, Ian Woolf discusses a 13 year old boy's solar invention with Victoria Bond, and the release of genetically modified mosquitoes with Dr Julie-Anne Popple Ian Woolf interviews Dr...
Synthetic organisms and cloud-busting
download MP3 Ian Woolf and Victoria Bond discuss this week's news: infectious disease and IQ variations, laser cloud busting, and electronic temporary tattoos. Dr. Mic Cavazzini is back, and he asks Prof. Haslehof of Cambridge University about designing synthetic organisms....
Seagrasses, Art and Maggots
download MP3 No manned space craft for the International Space station rescue by Victoria Bond Art meets Science at the Powerhouse Museum by Ian Woolf, Professor Pinas talks about maggot therapy with Victoria Bond, Eureka prize nominee Dr Peter Macreadie...
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...
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...
Lizard babies and exploding stars
download MP3 Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Brigid Murphy about her discovery that lizards live births illuminate the evolution of cancer, Ian Woolf speaks to Dr Martin van Kerkwijk about his research in new types of supernovas and neutron stars, News...
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...
Lactating insects and handy fish
download MP3 Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr James Gilbert about insects that look after their young, News by Therese Chen - tool use by fish - magpies kill other magpies chicks - warm blooded dinosaurs Presented by Victoria Bond, Produced...
Anatomical anomalies and Cane toads
download MP3 Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Robert Quinby about his discovery of a third type of supernova, Victoria Bond speaks with Dr Adam Freeman about Anatomical variations, Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Professor Rick Shine about cane toad research, News...
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...
Let's talk about X... and exits
MP3 Victoria Bond speaks to Dr. Jacqui McPhee about her experiences in ICU and palliative care, and end of life care, Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss Terry Pratchet's endorsement of euthanasia, Mic Cavazzini speaks to Professor Jenny Graves of...
Terminal Decline and Zero Emissions
MP3 Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the strained Australian health budget. Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss their thoughts on end of life...
Phone cancer and giant cuttlefish
MP3 Ian Woolf, Julianne Popple, and Victoria Bond discuss mobile phones' upgrade in carcinogenicity category by the WHO. Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie talk about all the threats against giant cuttlefish. Panelled, hosted, and produced by Victoria Bond...
Darwinius and Zombie Fish
MP3 Everyone on the team was either sick or away this week, so we bring you the May 25th show from 2009: Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about Ciguatera zombie fish poison, Darwinius, science and the media by...
HIV vaccine, Sponge music, casual sex
MP3 download Victoria Bond reports on the latest HIV Vaccines, Ian Woolf interviews Martin Marier about his sponge musical instrument at Dorkbot, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss research into casual sex, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Circadian rhythms and sperm teasing
MP3 download Victoria Bond interviews Professor Ian Hickie about circadian rhythms and depression, Patrick Rubie reports on: - Sperm teasing - big tobacco cures starvation - asteroid dust and the origins of life Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Driver Fatigue and Ury's Night
MP3 download Victoria Bond celebrates 50 years of human space travel, Ian Woolf interviews Dr Sara Lal and Diarmuid Kavanagh about stopping tiredness killing people, News by Patrick Rubie: - safe injecting cuts overdoses - premature pregnancy evolves - NASA...
Fukushima special!
MP3 download Victoria Bond asks Ian Woolf to explain what radiation is, anyway. Martin Faccini cuts through the spook to get down to the bottom of health risks surrounding the meltdown. Finally, a Diffusion panel discussion about levels of exposure...
Handwashing, meltdown and nanocooling
MP3 download Victoria Bond gets the scoop from Ian Woolf on the nuclear reactor situation in Japan and asks, what is a meltdown, exactly? Victoria Bond speaks to Adam Freeman about why surgeons get so passionate about hand hygiene. Ian...
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...
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...
Real Doctors eat Breakfast
MP3 download Victoria Bond checks in with some new evidence of a Universe before the Big Bang. Marc West interviews Kylie Smith on a recently published study which outlines possible long term risks involved in skipping your daily breakfast. Lachlan...
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...
Herpes, Dengue fever and Marijuana
MP3 download Lachlan Whatmore interviews Bill Halford of Southern Illinois University about his cutting edge research on the upcoming Herpes vaccine. In a similar vein, Victoria Bond tracks Robert Booy down to discuss the ongoing development on the Dengue Fever...
Amniotic eggs and Surpizing technologies
MP3 download On this edition of Diffusion, Ian Woolf brings back surprizing tidings from the Singularity Summit in Melbourne, Australia. Newly uncle'd Lachlan Whatmore delves into the evolutionary marvel that are amniotic eggs. Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond,...
Of madness, love, and melted space ships
MP3 download Victoria Bond covers this week's news. Victoria Bond interviews Professor Anthony Harris on attachment theory and the development of healthy relationships. Marc West keeps slugging through Science Week questions, namely: how close does a space ship have to...
Oxytocin, love and sex
MP3 download Subscriber drive 2010! Victoria Bond discusses oxytocin with Dr. Champion. Marc West trolls bars for opinions on love and sex. Ian Woolf voices in on antidepressant chemicals found in semen, Presented by Marc West. Panelled by Ian Woolf....
SETI Live Subscriber Drive
MP3 download You get two Diffusion shows for the price of one this week! This is the live 2SER subscriber drive edition, where we ask listeners to kick in a few dollars to help 2SER keep broadcasting. Marc West discusses...
Gene modified salmon and Sexy dancing
MP3 download Victoria Bond reports on the legalisation of genetically modified salmon and its Frankenfish implications, leading a panel discussion with Marc West, Phillipe Perez and Ian Woolf. Ian Woolf describes the male dance moves that sexually attract women, and...
Sports at altitude and Jacob Bronowski
MP3 download Victoria Bond presents this week's news. Marc West interviews Chris Gore about why athletes train at high altitude. Lachlan Whatmore commemorates the late, great Jacob Bronowski. Hosted by Marc West, produced by Victoria Bond...
Wave energy and the Coming Famine
MP3 download Victoria Bond covers this week's news: helium shortages, revolutionary tuberculosis testing and a suggestion to take a walk and leave the ipod at home. Joel Werner investigates the newest contender for green energy: wave power! Victoria Bond spoke...
Photic sneezing and a naked scientist
MP3 download Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf cover this week's news. Marc West spoke to Dr. Louis Ptacek for even more about photic sneezing. Lachlan Whatmore gets down to the bottom of what a breed is, exactly. Bonnie Yu interviews...
Science Week special 2010
MP3 download The Diffusion Science Week special, coming to you from the Ultimo Science Festival. We tackle the questions you have asked us over the last few weeks. Why do I sneeze at the Sun? What would something look like...
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,...
Power tool orchestra, self attraction?
MP3 download Ian Woolf speaks to Fred Rodrigues with his power tools orchestra at Dorkbot Sydney, Lachlan Whatmore brings us part 2 of the evolution of the horse, News by Victoria Bond - Dogs can't help imitating people - Social...
Female physicists and belly button dynamics
MP3 download Victoria Bond spoke to Aileen Woo about gender equity at the University of NSW's physics department, Lachlan Whatmore explores the underwater Hudson Canyon, Victoria Bond spoke to Robert Booy about the importance of vaccine compliance, and the downfall...
Beauty and the Geek, and Homeopathy
MP3 download Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore speak to the Australian Beauty and the Geek reality TV show, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the UK de-funding of Homeopathic hospitals, News By Victoria Bond - bird brains are like ours...
Solar racing and toxoplasma
MP3 download Alexandra Bulgakov talks with Ian Woolf about the UNSW Solar powered racing car, Victoria Bond talk about Toxoplasmosis Gondii, News by Victoria Bond, Presented by Marc West, Produced by Victoria Bond find out more about the SunSwift UNSW...
R.I.P. Martin Gardner and Rover Phoenix
MP3 download Diffusion remembers the wondrous Martin Gardner and his contribution to science education. Aaron Cook commemorates Rover Phoenix after a long slog on Mars. News by Aaron Cook, Marc West, and Victoria Bond. Presented by Sarah Bartlett, produced by...
Rising seas and the oil crises
MP3 download Ian Woolf interviews Melissa Neighbour about Project Survival Pacific and disappearing landmass in the Pacific islands Aaron Cook talks about the link between singing and cricket balls Jon Bale breathes new life in the science of sighs Victoria...
Pill's 50th twitter box office hits
MP3 download Jon Bale covers the news with water-recycling cacti Marc West interviews Sitaram Asur about predicting box office hits on Twitter Victoria Bond celebrates the Pill's very special 50th birthday Produced and presented by Victoria Bond...
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...
Dwarf planets and cooperating rats
MP3 download Pluto demoted again? It's been some fall from grace for Pluto. This week sees a possible new definition of dwarf-planet, and it seems Pluto is hardly special at all. interview by Marc West Ian Woolf tackles grey hair...
Doc Oc, Element 117, and Nikola Tesla
MP3 download Aaron Cook reports on Element 117-- Ununseptium Marc West speaks with "Doctor Boob" about villain Doc Oc Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the life and legend of Nikola Tesla Presented by Ian Woolf, Produced by Victoria Bond,...
Australian Pirate Party, and LHC restarted
MP3 download The Australian Pirate Party's Simon Frew explains how the party is for online civil liberties to Ian Woolf. Victoria Bond reports that the Large Hadron Collider didn't destroy the world, the brain has a moral centre that can...
Glowing sperm and syphilis handshakes
MP3 download Aaron Cook talks glow in the dark sperm with Scott Pitnick Marc West and Victoria Bond demonstrate how to check for syphilis Iam Woolf discusses Man Flu Presented and produced by Victoria Bond, with technical help from Ian...
GAY MUMS, TELOMERES, TRANSSEXUAL CLOWNFISH
MP3 download Special International Women's Day edition! Victoria Bond talks about transsexuality in clownfish Catherine Beehag explains the science behind nobel-prize winning telomeres News by Victoria Bond and Catherine Beehag Presented by Catherine Beehag; Produced by Victoria Bond...
Luna Park, ant martyrs, drugged bees rave
MP3 download Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew bring us part 2 of Wolverine science, Ant martyrs by Victoria Bond Hot stuff at the RHIC with Olli Barrand King Tut's diagnosis by Catherine Beehag CSIRO's fleck nano tags your stuff...
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...
Safflower insulin, and sperm spit protons
MP3 download Sperm fire proton torpedoes by Aaron Cooke News by Victoria Bond - SIDS and serotonin, - Iran launches animals to space - Primordial soup challenged a - spray-on on liquid glass, - insulin from safflower seeds, - the...
Housework, sex and comedy
MP3 download Marc West examines the correlation between sex and housework, Victoria Bond walks into a bar with science comedian Brian Malow, News by. Aaron Cooke - starquakes, - stroking rats, - mosquito attraction, - how green tea fights cancer....
Rad Cooling, SETI and Augmented Reality
MP3 download Use the cold of space to cool your home with Angus Gentle and Ian Woolf. Search for alien life and Extraterrestrial Intelligence with Carol Oliver and Marc West. Visits Bondi Beach with Ian Woolf, to explore the futuristic...
Mars, Myopia, Mesoglea, Mildred Cohn
MP3 achlan Whatmore gets squishy on ya with immortal jellyfish. Victoria Bond eulogises the Mars rovers, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf discuss new understandings about short-sightedness, Ian Woolf and Pat Rubie collide with bread and hadrons Lachlan Whatmore eulogises mighty...
Mystique, pill ills, sin distribution
MP3 Marc West asks Dr Chris Pettigrew how X-men character Mystique's super-powers might really work, Charles Willock reports on the distribution of sin in the USA, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss the lesser known side effects of the contraceptive...
Deadly worms and pig orgasms
MP3 "Worms worms worms" by Lachlan Whatmore "Science Trivia" hosted by Victoria Bond. Contributors are Lachlan Whatmore, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie "The number 30" by Patrick Rubie News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf -Evolutionary Leap -Hadron Collider -Placebo...
Vaccination special!
MP3 All you need to know about vaccinations! Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf talk about how vaccines are made, how they work, the biochemistry behind vaccines, the controversies, and even a little maths! Hosted by Ian Woolf Produced...
Coffee and Guitar science
MP3 We get you up with the science of coffee, take you on a journey of musical genius with guitarist Les Paul, and generally squeeze so much science out of your stomach that you'll need a gastric bi-pass. Lachlan Whatmore...
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,...
The Diffusion Science Show Trivia Special!
MP3 Join Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf as we tackle questions in mathematics, biology, popular science and chemistry. Can you do better than the team? Produced and Panelled by Marc West Also starring Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf...
Old dust, biometrics and can you really recycle condoms?
MP3 Darren Osborne talks to Dr Henner Busemann from the University of Manchester about dust older than the solar system. Marc West talks to Associate Professor Stephanie Schuckers from Clarkson University talks to Marc West about identifying people through their...
Zombie fish and evolving Darwinius
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about Ciguatera zombie fish poison, Darwinius, science and the media by Victoria Bond, with discussion from Kalvin Ng and Ian Woolf, News by Kalvin Ng - territory disputes over underwater minerals -...
GFC economics and climate policy
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews economist Joffre Bolce about the Global Financial Crisis, Marc West speaks with Dr Ben McNeil about Climate change policy, News by Victoria Bond - solar power from space for Fresno, - National Ignition Facility tries laser...
Gender, Curie, Franklin, and Carson
MP3 International Women's Day 2009 with Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf, Gender bending stories: - phthalates feminise boys - half boy half girl bird brain - sixth sense switches mice gender - gender gene identified - Gender and sex identity...
2008 Kisses, tantrums and infections
MP3 It’s the last show of 2008 so there’s plenty of love, tears and infection spreading! Patrick Rubie looks at the nice and the nasty side of mistletoe. Victoria Bond and Jaime Leclerc quiz you on infectious diseases. Ian Woolf...
Radio rewards pick-up lines
MP3 Pick-up lines by Victoria Bond and Patrick Rubie, 118118 Information hotline challenge by Marc West, The brain's reward by Amy Bullen, News by Victoria Bond and Patrick Rubie, - obesity and pleasure - internet surfing keeps your brain...
Bleaching coral and androids
MP3 Ian Woolf speaks with Peter Ralph about global warming modelling, from coral bleaching to Antarctic algae, Patrick Rubie examines the issue, are robots better than androids - R2D2 or CP30? News by Victoria Bond, read by Dean Procter:...
Blood and Space Volcanoes
MP3 Victoria Bond tells us all about blood and the history of blood transfusions. Ian Woolf interviews Graziella Caprarelli, Space Scientist for the Department of Environmental Sciences at University of Technology Sydney about volcanoes in space. Ian Woolf, Patrick...
Conspiracy and LHC
MP3 News by Victoria Bond - familiarity breeds contempt - gentler needles from mosquitoes, - listeners predict how sentences will finish The Large Hadron Collider switch-on discussed by Victoria Bond, Patrick Rubie, and Ian Woolf, Jason Heimaster brings a...
Smashing atoms and nanotechnology
play nowVictoria Bond finds out if the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the world,Ian Woolf talks to Professor Mike Cortie about zapping gold nanoparticles in your body with lasers to cure mind-control parasites,News by Patrick Rubie- King Tut's foetuses-...
Bad weather, appropedia, wet Mars
play nowLachlan Whatmore talks to Dr Helen Reed from the Metereology Bureau about La Nina, Ian talks to Chris Watkins about sustainable technology and Appropedia,News by Victoria Bond, News by Victoria Bond - coffee good for you - cone...
'Popular and polarising science'
play now'Rock radar and solar cells' (The ATSE Clunies Ross Awards: part 1) - Amy Bullen interviews two award-winning scientists, David Noon and Stuart Wenham on their inventions'A tribute to David Attenborough' by Victoria Bond and Martin FaciniDiscussion forum...
Tasmanian Tiger bosses spy syphilis
play nowTasmanian Tigers on the mainland by Chris Rehberg,Syphilis dose 2 by John August,Policing at work and school by Ian Woolf,News by Victoria Bond - mineral deficiency delayed evolution, - fertilisation fighting malaria,Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf...
Big pox big cats remotely lie
play nowJohn August gives us Syphilis,Chris Rehberg chases Singleton Big Cats,News by Patrick Rubie and Victoria Bond, - remote lie detection - two faced girl - spinal healing with nano-polymers - piezoelectric nano-fibres rub up some power Multilingual dyslexia...
Silky spiders with wireless chips
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