Diffusion Science radio

Are earthquakes affected by climate change?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 13, 2023 8:16 PM

The Talking Dead

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 7, 2022 11:04 PM

Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 11, 2022 11:22 PM

Variants, printed livers and woven TVs

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 21, 2022 7:47 PM

Solar Race Suicide Model Virtual Pain

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 13, 2020 3:20 PM

Plight of the platypus

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 23, 2019 11:33 PM

Opt out of My Health Record

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 21, 2019 4:16 PM

My Health Record Opt Out

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 12, 2018 2:38 PM

Why You're Not Dead Yet

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 23, 2018 9:09 PM

Ghost of Xmas 2000

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 18, 2017 6:00 PM

The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 2

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

2016 Ig Nobel Prizes

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

My Health Records -private?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 22, 2016 2:00 PM

Music inspired by Space

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 11, 2016 12:27 PM

Innovation Engineering

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 8, 2016 12:19 AM

Synthetic Biology De-extinction

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 27, 2015 1:06 PM

SkeptiCamp, Life and HackerSpace

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 14, 2013 9:39 PM

The Seven Deadly Things

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 21, 2012 6:32 PM

Freeze, wait, reanimate!

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 20, 2012 10:18 AM

The ghost of Diffusion past - Xmas 2000

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 28, 2009 5:52 PM

Deadly worms and pig orgasms

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 19, 2009 2:28 PM

Marijuana debate and Pirated Soy sauce

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 24, 2006 9:00 AM