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Face transplant and spice for life

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 20, 2023 2:31 PM

Don't ignore your symptoms

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 2, 2023 11:37 AM

Brain Fog Therapy

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 28, 2023 12:01 AM

Unsimulated mint longevity

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 15, 2023 5:26 PM

Expressly Human - part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 22, 2022 7:52 PM

Expressly Human - part 1

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

Vision Revolutions

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 20, 2022 9:32 PM

Quick Tests and Cognitive Biases

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 20, 2021 2:45 PM

The Right To Repair - part 1

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 16, 2021 12:39 AM

Census and Privacy 2021 - part 1

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 26, 2021 12:23 PM

Retro Robot love

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 26, 2021 12:37 PM

Funding ME and CFS research

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 29, 2018 9:32 PM

What good is consciousness?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 7, 2017 3:52 PM

Crooke's radiometer mystery

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 3, 2017 7:47 PM

The origin of life - inevitable?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 6, 2017 1:48 PM

Savannasaurus and teenage blood

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 5, 2016 11:02 AM

Virtual Observatory defeating salt

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 9, 2015 11:41 AM

Future work, farmbot and Chiptunes

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 24, 2015 9:43 PM

Re-using carbon and Biohack Syd

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 16, 2014 3:02 PM

Building Biosensors to detect disease

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 27, 2014 1:12 PM

Plasticised brains, tea, and pain

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 6, 2014 8:16 PM

Thorium Trans-Tasman 3MT competition

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 24, 2013 2:54 PM

Cognitive Reserve and Solar max

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 11, 2013 3:12 PM

Extremophiles and The Vision Revolution

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 11, 2013 7:24 PM

Colour evolution and Darwin part 6

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 4, 2013 10:47 AM

Labile languages and remembering Steve Jobs

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 10, 2011 4:05 PM

Sex Evolution and Technological Art

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 28, 2010 12:32 AM

Cognitive Load and Vision Revolution

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 21, 2010 3:42 PM

Bionic soldiers and unlimited power

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 1, 2008 6:30 PM