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Australian Computer Museum Society - part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 6, 2023 8:47 PM

Expressly Human - part 1

MP3 Pleading the fourth - suing the CIA by Ian Woolf, Dr Mark Chanizi talks about what we said before language was invented - part 1. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Mark Changizi Expressly Human interview part 2 The...

Posted by Ian Woolf on August 15, 2022 4:11 PM

Trustworthy fakes and edited hamsters

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 23, 2022 11:43 PM

Pick-up lines radio reward

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 11, 2021 4:44 PM

Cancer dust super-tasting

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 1, 2021 2:02 PM

Superlative hydrogen

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 24, 2019 10:54 AM

Seaweed science week and memory

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 20, 2018 6:23 PM

Diagnosing ME, and CFS

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 16, 2018 12:07 PM

Mathematically impossible legislation

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 2, 2018 8:59 PM

Face recognition and civil rights

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 9, 2017 3:16 PM

The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 25, 2017 7:53 PM

The five pillars of biohacking

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 17, 2017 2:45 PM

2016 Ig Nobel Prizes

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 26, 2016 9:59 AM

Solar racing and women's ageing part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 23, 2016 12:47 PM

STEAM through space bubbles

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 4, 2016 2:53 PM

Science Poetry Slam rewind

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 7, 2016 10:33 PM

IdeasBoom Educating for the Future

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 7, 2015 1:04 PM

Mini Maker Faire and Google You

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 25, 2013 3:30 PM

Science Spoken Word Spectacular

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 22, 2013 8:07 PM

Cancer, dust and super-tasters

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 26, 2009 6:34 PM

Vampire moth, ghosts, and vasty deeps

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 3, 2008 6:34 PM

Radio rewards pick-up lines

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 20, 2008 6:30 PM

Steam work and giant wallabies

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 18, 2008 6:30 PM

Brain cells and water wells

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Posted by Diffusion on May 29, 2008 12:09 AM

'Popular and polarising science'

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Posted by Diffusion on May 22, 2008 12:09 AM

Flores Hobbits and Stinging Jellyfish

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Posted by Diffusion on May 15, 2008 12:09 AM

Quolls and Quokka dreaming

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Posted by Diffusion on May 1, 2008 12:09 AM

Galileo fish count quantum secrets

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Posted by Diffusion on March 27, 2008 12:09 AM

Space probes Borderless housing

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 20, 2008 9:00 AM

Echinoderms, illusions and your brain

MP3 Lachlan Whatmore explores the mysterious world of echinoderms, Ian Woolf reveals the illusion of scarcity, and the panel discusses the latest brain research: gaming gadgets, memory goggles, brain entrainers, happy genes, and why puberty is so difficult. Presented...

Posted by Ian Woolf on March 13, 2008 9:03 AM

Zombie Sex Change Lizard Medical Myth

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Posted by Diffusion on January 31, 2008 12:09 AM

Laterality and Left Handedness - By Adam Mark

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 1, 2004 12:40 PM