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Don't ignore your symptoms
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') New protein causing post-exertional malaise hints at new diagnostic tests and drugs for ME/CFS, Flaws found by critics in the PACE Trials and Cochrane Review recommending graded exercise therapy and Cognitive behavioural therapy...
X marks the Auto-immune disease
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Listen to Lachlan Gray talk about how auto-immune diseases affect many more females than males, and his research into how the X chromosome may be the cause. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Brain Fog Therapy
download MP3 Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy to treat brain fog from Long COVID, a new anti-COVID drug may protect from all variants and also heal Long COVID lung damage. Michael Persinger's God Helmet, From 2003, Tim Baynes speaks to...
Unsimulated mint longevity
MP3 Listen to the quantum experiment that proves we're not in a computer simulation, news of Mint for Minds, and Slowing the ageing clocks, with Ian Woolf Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Improvement of cognitive function in wild-type and...
Robert Booy - Infectious Diseases
MP3 Professor Robert Booy talks about infectious diseases, vaccines, epidemics and pandemics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf \ Professor Robert Booy Infectious diseases doctor’s message as ATAGI changes COVID-19 vaccine advice Infectious diseases expert weighs in on school mask...
Analysing chemicals and Synthesizing text
MP3 David Bishop explains how labs identify poisons diseases and minerals with mass spectrometers. Ian Woolf explains how ChatGPT works, and how to put it to work. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Associate Professor David Bishop Frontiers of Science...
Zapping mosquito bites and phish tales
MP3 Listen to tales of online scams, zapping mosquito bites, and sperm that can smell, in this episode from the 2014 archives. Odorant receptor-mediated sperm activation in disease vector mosquitoes...
Spinal Fusion
MP3 Dr Ashish Diwan, Professor Ganga Prusty and Dr Xiaopeng Li talk about coming together to make spinal fusion surgery work for patients with new materials, and new techniques in their new company Sentonix. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf...
When viruses collude
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') When COVID and herpes viruses team up by Ian Woolf From 2018: Brett Lidbury talks about diagnostic tests for Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf This image was released...
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...
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...
Census and Privacy 2021 - part 2
MP3 download Fruit fights Parkinson's disease, Magnetic brains by Ian Woolf, Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch discusses privacy and security concerns with the Australian 2021 Census - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Tom Sulston, Deputy Chair...
Witness Against Assange Lied
MP3 download New Alzheimer's disease drug more effective, Running improves cognition, Alzheimer's disease blood test by Ian Woolf, US Prosecution's star witness against Julian Assange has admitted he lied about everything, and offers proof, by Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced...
Vaccination announceable
MP3 download Vaccines are announceable by Ian Woolf, From 2008: The MMR vaccine, austism and anti-vaxxers by Marin Faccini and discussion with Ian Woolf, hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Australia secures a further 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine...
Plant genetics and vampires
MP3 download Vampires or leukemia by Ian Woolf, Kelsey Picard on moving her career from chocolate to plant genetics and science communication, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Kelsey Picard - Young Tassie Scientists That's What I Call Science Podcast...
Cyber-pig and Eye-cow
MP3 download Mask decontamination, Covid kids, Eye-cow Project, The Information Machine, Musk's Neuralink 2020 demonstration, The Eye-cow project, Ultrasonic coercion by Ian Woolf Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf a herd of cows, the central cow has eyes painted on...
COVIDFree without COVIDSafe
MP3 download New Zealand Covid-free, Police immune to Covid-19? Supermarket face surveillance by Ian Woolf Mark Andrejevic talks about COVIDSafe and facial recognition surveillance part 4 Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Facial recognition technology and the end of privacy...
Editing genetic disease and sports injuries
MP3 download Nuclear corrections and Assange update by Ian Woolf, Adam Culvenor from La Trobe University how surgery doesn't help sports knee injuries, Laurence Wilson from CSIRO,uses CRISPR to edit genetic diseases. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Adam Culvenor...
Electric cars, TB, and mutated whooping cough
MP3 download David Sinclair cures blind mice and makes them young again, Seyedfoad Taghizadeh from Maquarie University designed a intelligent car charger, Elinor Hortle from the Centenary Institute fights Tuberculosis with aspirin, Laurence Luu from University of New South Wales,...
Future of Human Needs past
MP3 download This show was originally broadcast 2019-02-04: 3D printed steaks, One cheap pill to treat most of aging by Ian Woolf, Nathan Waters examines Human Needs, now and into the future - part 1, Sound checked by Charles Willock,...
The Future of Human Needs
MP3 download 3D printed steaks, One cheap pill to treat most of aging by Ian Woolf, Nathan Waters examines Human Needs, now and into the future - part 1, Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
Coeliac genes and zombies
MP3 download Nepenthes lure insects with carbon dioxide by Ian Woolf, Richard Charlesworth examines gene expression to diagnose Coeliac disease spectrum, The secrets of real zombies by Ian Woolf, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Hearts, strawberries and water
MP3 download Strawberries help Inflammatory Bowel Disease symptoms, Nano-fibre nets catch water from the air by Ian Woolf, Muthu Vellayappan mends hearts with groovy patches. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Muthu Vellayappan...
Wound honey and rhythmotron
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Walk fast if you want to live by Ian Woolf, Daniel Bouzho talks about Manuka honey and bacteria, Raelene Sommer describes the Rhythmotron and Penrith Observatory. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock,...
Photobiomodulation and bees
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bees teach pulling strings, Bees count to four, Fruit fly brain brain ageing reversed with spermadine by Ian Woolf. Daniel Johnstone uses photobiomodulation to treat neuro-degenerative diseases. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Rhino horn, mitochondria and GenSpace
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Carnivorous plants fluoresce blue by Ian Woolf, Fresh Science Bright Sparks Challenge: Kyle Ewart identifies rhino horn, Minal Menezes detects mitochondrial diseases, Dr Ellen Jorgenson talks about GenSpace. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
Open Source Malaria
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is like hibernation? by Ian Woolf, Associate Professor Mat Todd talks about Open Source malaria research - part 1. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
RobotX Carp telepresence
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Carp! by Ian Woolf, A round-up of the Australian Biological Ageing Conference by Ian Woolf - part 2, Jarrah Peddie talks about the RobotX competition and Underwater Autonomous Vehicles at CeBIT, Jake Fountain...
Visual illusions for computer vision
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Brain ageing and Alzheimers disease reversed in mice by Ian Woolf, Astrid Zeman's talk about visual illusions at Ultimo Library, Astrid Zeman chats about illusions and computer vision. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
Dark matter anyon computing
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') A pill to slow ageing by Ian Woolf, Catherine de Burgh-Day hunts for Dark Matter with gravity lenses, Robert Pfeiffer computes with exotic matter, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Gene repair, eggs and entropy
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') LHC tests Rainbow Gravity, Daraprim for a dollar by Ian Woolf, Elizabeth Hinde describes how to see genes repaired for Fresh Science, John August talks about the Egg and Entropy, part 2. Production...
Brainwaves and Photonics
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Robot shops the Darknet by Ian Woolf Ben Eggleton talks about his research into the physics of light, Genevieve Steiner talks about using brainwaves to help cure Alzheimer's disease. Production checked by Charles...
Photonics and quadcopters
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') All you can eat diet for healthy mice by Ian Woolf, Graphene propelled by light by Ian Woolf, Ben Eggleton talks about the International Year of Light, Quadcopter science by Ian Woolf Production...
Kidneys, Hearts and Coal
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Heavy fat for slow aging by Ian Woolf, Megan Rossi talks about a gut feeling about kidney disease, Rina Soetanto explains How you mend a broken heart, a big role for small RNAs...
Famelab: Bacteria, Labeckia and Wellness
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Where does the fat go when you lose weight? by Ian Woolf Famelab 2015 talks: Solving bacteria's identity crisis by Sabgeeta Bhatia, Lebeckia: a perennial for deep sandy soils by Sofie De Meyer,...
Diet, bacteria, and health
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sounding out Alzheimer's symptoms by Ian Woolf, Mark Read explains how diet affects the bacteria that influence your health. Bacteria by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by Ian...
Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The 2014 Nobel prizes for Medicine, Chemistry and Physics by Ian Woolf, From the 2013 Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis Competition: Thomas Fin: Oxygen - a double edged sword for lifeforms, Demi Gow -...
Play sub-atomic games in Space!
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Pill to help immune system defeat all cancers, and mechanical 3D printer without electricity by Ian Woolf, Paul Sztajer talks about his game of sub-atomic physics - Particulars, Tim Nelson talks about the...
Aging brains and Ciguatera
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Fukushima reactor spills radioactive water yet again by Ian Woolf, Dr Nady Braidy talks about toxins causing neuro-degenerative age-related brain diseases, and Ciguatera Fish Poison. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf How ciguatoxins...
Stem cells for ailing hearts
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Flying snakes by Ian Woolf Dr Alexis Bosman speaks with Ian Woolf about creating stem cells to understand inherited heart disease. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Alexis Bosman Cell Reprogramming Australia...
Phish tales and Zapping mosquito bites
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sperm can smell by Ian Woolf, Mosquito bite zapping by Ian Woolf, Phishing tales by Ian Woolf, presented and produced by Ian Woolf Odorant receptor-mediated sperm activation in disease vector mosquitoes Zanza-Click Portable...
Building Biosensors to detect disease
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Placebos for sleep, exercise and vision by Ian Woolf, Dr Olivier Laczka speaks with Ian Woolf about designing biosensors for marine pathogens, Indigo V open source science, and detecting HIV. Presented and produced...
Plasticised brains, tea, and pain
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') News of Black tea blocks herpes, and fermentable fibre helps asthma, by Ian Woolf. Brains restored to the speed learning of childhood with a pill, by Ian Woolf, Dr Patrick Rubie and Ian...
Thorium Trans-Tasman 3MT competition
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Poverty uses up more brain power by Ian Woolf Thorium SkeptiCamp presentation by Ian Woolf, Ian Woolf attended the Trans-Tasman 3 minute thesis competition and spoke to" Kelsey Kennedy about winning the Trans-Tasman...
SkeptiCamp, Life and HackerSpace
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 3D Printed toothbrushes and nuclear fusion creeps nearer by Ian Woolf. Robin Hilliard talks to Ian Woolf about Conway's Game of Life, Alistair D'Silva explains to Ian Woolf how to make a bike...
Head, heart and galaxy
download MP3 Heartened Mummies by Therese Chen, Facebook Science by Ed Pollitt, Get Into Your Head Space interviews with Thomas Fath, Christine Froud, and Bridget Murphy by Ian Woolf, Discussion of Galaxy Zoo by Ed Pollitt and Ian Woolf, Presented...
Pond scum and ALS
download MP3 In a Brain Awareness week special, Dr Rachel Dunlop explains her research exploring the connection between blue-green algae and motor neurone disease, and how Gulf War veterans are coming down with ALS. Therese Chen reports on glue that...
Cognitive Reserve and Solar max
download MP3 (right-click and choose 'save as") Penguins, planetary engineering, and introverted charges by Deanna Coleman, Cognitive Reserve by Ian Woolf, Craniometry by Lachlan Whatmore, Tim Baynes looks into the Sun. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Education and Dementia...
Fecal transplants and Darwin part 5
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on Fecal microbiota transplantation and in 1999 interviewed Professor Thomas Borody who pioneered the field. Part 5 of Natural Selection, the life and discoveries of Charles Darwin, a radio-play by Lachlan Whatmore. Presented and produced...
Frozen memories and sex tentacles!
download MP3 In the science news Therese Chen reports on the Tassie Devil Facial Tunour Disease and gobies with a Napolean Complex. Ian Woolf interviews Phillip Rhoades about freezing brains to store memories, Dr James Gilbert joins Julie-Anne Popple in...
The Seven Deadly Things
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on flatulent dinosaurs and Ian Woolf looks at treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Aubrey De Grey talks about the 'Seven Deadly Things' of ageing and Ian Woolf interviews him on curing the diseases of ageing. Presented...
Pokemon thrips, and Night at the disease museum
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on plasma jets and migraine shock therapy. Therese Chen reports on developments Nano-medicine to treat Cerebral Palsy. Julie-Anne Popple speaks to Dr James Gilbert about 'pokemon' thrips and David Cutting about making modern day mummies....
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....
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...
Genescient Healthy old age
MP3 download Ian Woolf reports from the Singularity Summit on Gregory Benford's Genescient research into preventing the diseases of old age using genomics and artificial intelligence to produce evolutionary nutrigenomics that may allow a healthy old age, with discussion from...
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...
Spiders save lives and going to Mars
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about his research into how poisons from spiders can stop insects spreading disease and eating our food, and talks with Dr Pascal Lee about the NASA mission to send humans to Mars....
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...
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...
Parasite Wisdom, warming, space sugar
MP3 Marc West extends last week's report on global warming and the next ice age, explains how wine's bubbles can track the carbon dioxide from fossil fuels, about dating glaciers by atomic bomb residue, how wind farms may create weather,...
Cells, Cycling, and fake holograms
MP3 PhD student Phoebe Peters is conducting research at the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, she speaks to Ian Woolf about the role of proteins in the surprisingly complex mechanism of bacterial cell division. Cyling scientist Chris Lauf...
Bleeping cow robot reproduction
Play Now Produced and panelled by David Huang, News by Helen Sim, Movie review of What The Bleep Do We Know? by Ian Woolf, David Huang with computer software tackling cow diseases, Robot reproduction with Chris Stewart...
Sibling Saviours
Move over designer babies, five saviour siblings have been born in the United States, in a special IVF program/. The babies were carefully chosen so they would provide stem cells to treat older siblings with diseases such as leukaemia. Using...
22 May 2001
Ecstasy and Parkinson's Disease by Adam Mark, Kin Selection by Lachlan Whatmore, News by Gina Sartore, Presented by Angelique Hutchison, Produced by Adam Mark with technical support from Ian Woolf....
19 Dec 2000
Face recognition feature by Gina Sartore, Ian Woolf interviews Robert Robinson about the new reactor at Lucas Heights, Mad Cow disease feature by Adam Mark, News by Ben Cole. Produced by Gina Sartore with technical support by Ian Woolf....
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