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Marta's Micro-Market Mirth - part 1

MP3 download Listen to Marta Khomyn talk about financial markets, data science and comedy school, with news of optic nerve restoration. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Marta Khomyn Marta Khomyn YouTube channel Vision rescue via chemically engineered endogenous retinal...

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 22, 2024 3:11 PM

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...

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

Robot guide dogs and Killer AI

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 5, 2023 1:45 PM

Red dust, smart dogs and twitter

MP3 From 2009, the red dust storm hit Sydney, rats on twitter, and how smart are dogs? Fun science with Marc West and Ian Woolf. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dust storm blankets Sydney as drought bites...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 9, 2023 11:17 AM

The Woolf-Pulfrich Effect

MP3 download From 24th January 2011: Whistling caterpillars, bug zappers powered by the bugs they zap, fluoridated water can hurt children's teeth, Gotham partners announce they will profile EVERYBODY, Peer Review by the Peer Review Players, Paying attention can lose...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 28, 2019 1:37 PM

Absinthe chemistry and Beer froth maths

MP3 download DIY genetic engineering, Potatoes stop bleeding, Gaffa tape stops warts, and Venusian bacteria by Ian Woolf 2002 Chemistry Nobel Prize - identifying biological macro-molecules by Chris Stewart, Absinthe science by Adam Mark, 2002 IgNobel Prizes - Scrotal asymmetry...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 22, 2018 2:41 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 15, 2018 8:19 PM

Head transplant HEAVEN?

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stephen Juan talks with Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf about keeping a severed head alive , Head transplants - HEAVEN? by Ian Woolf, RE: Your brains by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 11, 2017 8:40 PM

Head transplant HEAVEN

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stephen Juan talks with Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf about keeping a severed head alive , Head transplants - HEAVEN? by Ian Woolf, RE: Your brains by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 23, 2017 7:03 PM

Life, the Universe & Carnivorous plants

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Plants that eat, help you eat wheat by Ian Woolf, Professor Mark Colyvan talks about the fine tuning of the Universe for Life, Science is Real by They Might Be Giants, Produced and...

Posted by Ian Woolf on August 8, 2016 10:48 PM

Space Psychology Array

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Electric brains by Ian Woolf, Adena Silverstein on the psychology of space travel, Matthew Whiting on processing Big Data from the Australian Square Kilometre Array pathfinder telescope. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...

Posted by Ian Woolf on February 1, 2016 1:39 PM

2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - Food

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') MAVEN orbits Mars by Ian Woolf, The 2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - science that first makes you laugh, then make you think, by Ian Woolf. Checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by...

Posted by Ian Woolf on September 22, 2014 12:05 PM

Semaphore and legal Biohacking

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 3D printed ice cream, solar cheaper than coal, Sydney Mini Maker Faire and a contradicting study for women's smell choice by Ian Woolf. Meow Ludo Meow Meow talks about how Biohacking is regulated...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 28, 2014 11:48 AM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on February 24, 2014 4:31 PM

Wallaby, damaged doubt, rat pilots

download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple discusses the foraging behaviour of swamp wallabies with Miguel Bedoya-Perez. Ian Woolf finds out how damage to your brain can reduce your ability to doubt your beliefs. Julie-Anne Popple reports on dog shaking, cave spiders and...

Posted by Ian Woolf on August 20, 2012 2:00 PM

The 2005 science trivia special fresh from Alaska

download MP3 The ghost of Diffusions Xmas past! Listen to a classic from the vaults: the 2005 Christmas special! It was an eventful time - we were served a "Cease and Desist order" from using the name "Discovery", and we...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 26, 2011 6:49 PM

Disgusting politics and drought resistance

download MP3 Ian Woolf explains the neuropolitics of left and right wing brains, Mic Cavazzini interviews Professor Jim Hasselof about the consequences of genetically engineering drought resistant crops, News by Ian Woolf: - red plumage vanishing from Chernobyl - Global...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 31, 2011 11:05 AM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on August 2, 2010 6:30 PM

Electric spaceships and domesticating dogs

MP3 download Marc West interviews Alan Wilton about the history of dog domestification. Aaron Cooke reports - how dementia caring puts carers at risk of dementia, - how some countries will be uninhabitable by humans in 2100. Jon Bale tells...

Posted by Ian Woolf on May 10, 2010 7:01 PM

Dust, smart dogs and rats on twitter

MP3 Marc West explains the new dust storms that have hit Australia, Marc and Ian Woolf discuss whether the internet is addictive, and just how smart are dogs really? Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...

Posted by Ian Woolf on September 28, 2009 10:00 PM

Diffusion Christmas Quiz 2006

Play Now The Diffusion Christmas Quiz: Schrodinger's Cats vs Pavlov's Dogs in a Winner-Takes-All contest. Hosted by Chris Stewart, with Tilly Boleyn, Vanessa Gardos, Shona Blair, Catherine Beehag, Celine Steinfeld, Jacqui Pfeffer, Jacqui Hayes, Ian Woolf, Darren Osbourne, Derek...

Posted by Diffusion on December 21, 2006 12:00 AM

Reviewed on the Internet Archive!

Pluto's demotion and an inconvenient truthReviewer: etherdog - - September 12, 2006Subject: Lively discussion of science topicsThe Aussie crew provide meaningful discussion of science topics in the news along with a couple of music tracks. My only complaint is that...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 10, 2006 7:10 PM

A Very Disco Xmas

Play Now the annual Christmas Science Quiz. Quiz master Chris Stewart plays the Schroedinger Cats against the Pavlov's dogs, with everything to win in a game of science trivia. Playing are: Ian Woolf, Noel Hannah, Natalie Staib, Matt Clarke,...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 22, 2005 9:00 AM