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Marta's Micro-Market Mirth - part 2
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Marta's Micro-Market Mirth - part 1
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Sleep learning and smell-o-vision - part 3
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Robot noses and pheromones
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How do we smell, again? - part 1
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Apps for Brain-Computer-Interfaces - part 2
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Apps for Brain-Computer-Interfaces - part 1
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Comedy in his DNA
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Small Modular Nuclear Reactors AGAIN
MP3 From 2022: Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer? The Liberal-National Party want you to think so. News of a vaccine for hair loss, and a reminder from the original Moon landing. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Can...
Lord Morton's mare and robotic gutars
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Nanoparticle breath on analogue Mars
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Music for moral equations
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2023 Ig Nobel Prizes - part 2
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2023 Ig Nobel Prizes - part 1
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AI has a human alignment problem
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AI needs nurturing
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Humans almost extinct and Rat Matrix
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Face transplant and spice for life
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Are earthquakes affected by climate change?
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Woomera blasts off
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') From 2015: Asteroid moons Earth, Invisible planets sought by Ian Woolf Kerrie Dougherty describes the beginnings of the Woomera Rocket Range. Production checked by Charles Willlock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Asteroid...
Aussie Space Mail
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Levitating worms, 2023 Nobel Prizes
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Don't ignore your symptoms
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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...
Neurofeedback virtual learning
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Non-coding RNA Puppets
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') From 2014: Turn another human into your hand puppet by Ian Woolf Leonard Lipovich explains non-coding RNA, ENCODE and CHARGE, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Leonard Lipovich Genome database and browser ENCODE...
Brain Fog Therapy
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Nuclear Australia - pros and cons
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Assange, Music and the law
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WorldCoin and Rejuventation by dilution
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Cute Beard Slime
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Gravity Maverick - part 1
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Augment your memory
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Douglas Engelbart - Inventing the 21st Century
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Killer AI and 2010 Ignobels
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Sex and the single geek
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The Long-Term Threat
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Categorification, Not A Crime
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Analysing chemicals and Synthesizing text
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Modelling to Mars!
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Stable Diffusion Litigation
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Stable Diffusion?
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Australian Computer Museum Society - part 2
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Fly Singularity
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SETI switch
MP3 From 2010, why the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence has been doing it wrong! The discovery of an Earth-like planet 20 light years away, and high resolution tapes of the Moon landing recovered. Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf....
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...
2022 Ig Nobel Prizes
MP3 Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, then makes you think - from the Annals of Improbable Research, hosted by Marc Abrahams, edited down to 26 minutes and 50 seconds by Ian Woolf. 2022 Ig Nobel ceremony 2022...
Sydney Space suits - part 1
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Dishbrain puppeting drones in VR
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Tardigrades to the Moon!
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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...
Machines Behaving Badly - part 2
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2022 Nobel Prizes
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Fuctional Super Food
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GFC - what did we learn?
MP3 From 2009: 'Bad Economic Science' Marc West talks to Nick Davis from the World Economics Forum about what went wrong in the current Global Economic Crisis, Panel Discussion: Lithium in drinking water, man-made swine flu and exciting electronics by...
SETI and Alien archaeology
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Small Modular Reactors
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Expressly Human - part 2
MP3 Computing pioneer Kathleen Booth reaches 100 by Ian Woolf, Dr Mark Changizi talks about how emotional expression evolved - part 2. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Mark Changizi Expressly Human interview part 1 The Vision Revolution book review...
How safe is your seafood from Ciguatera?
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Superworm and fake human meat
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Balancing Medical Censorship
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Plants to eat, and plants that eat
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Vision Revolutions
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Core asthma steam spies
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Summon Pompeo - banish EBV
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Trustworthy fakes and edited hamsters
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What Science Policy?
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Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2
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Questioning Science Frontiers - part 1
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Creating the Future
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Plato's Compass
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Variants, printed livers and woven TVs
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When viruses collude
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Desiderosmia
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Nuclear waste storage
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Nuclear windmill synaesthesia - in memory of Charles Willock
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The Physics Behind The Internet
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New year new behaviour
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Plagued - part 2 revisited
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Plagued - part 1 revisited
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Precognition Revolution
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2021 Trivia special
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Gut bugs!
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Transhuman and Transhumanitarian
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Vaccination explanation
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The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 3
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Quick Tests and Cognitive Biases
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Horizontal Memory Transfer
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Virtual Augmented Extended Reality
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Ventilation stops the spread
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Census and Privacy 2021 - part 2
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Vaccines and surveillance
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20 years of Bug-bots
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Deception and Proteomics
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Intellectual Property and Medicine - part 2
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Spread by aerosol - part 1
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Glow worm quiz immunity
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Plagued - part 2
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Plagued - part 1
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Life and Toydeath
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Molecular machines magnified
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Strange Geometry in Antiquity - part 2
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Strange geometry in Antiquity - part 1
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The Pais Effect
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Dave Sings Sight Scan Science
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Assange Extradition Decision
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2020 Ig Nobel Prize Awards
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Little Green Molecules
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Insect passion and extradition
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Food microbiology
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Landing on Mars
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Life on Mars
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Asteroid mining and virtual power
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Savannasaurus and teenage blood
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Seagrasses, Art, and maggots revisted
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Dinosaurs and CSIRO
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Longevity policy undetectable faces
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Oz nuclear dump and virtual biohacking
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Diamonds and milk
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Biomimicry and coral bones
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Photobiomodulation and bees
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Weird pets, possums and blood vessels
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Save the carnivorous plants
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Open Source Science Accelerates
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Open Source Malaria
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My Health Records -private?
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Exo-planets - another Earth?
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#Censusfail or Privacy?
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Fine tuning for Life
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Music inspired by Space
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Oz in High Earth Orbit
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Heat shock for longer life and Physics poetry
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Cellf - making a musician
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More Carbs for longer life
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Solar racing and women's ageing part 2
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Pulsar glitches and biological ageing
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Pursuing pulsars, part 1
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Biohacking baby formula
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Kids 3D print Internet Barbie
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Physics of Music revisited
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Hackagong and Biofoundry
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Fate of the Universe
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Innovation Engineering
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Blockchain Citizen Science
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Real Space Cowboys and Star AI
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Visual illusions for computer vision
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Ig Nobel Prizes 2015 special edition
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3D printed Jewellery baldness cure
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IdeasBoom Educating for the Future
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Dark matter anyon computing
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Virtual Observatory defeating salt
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Antarctic astronomy biofuel catalyst
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Lateral, entropy, and the egg
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Inclusion soothes your genes
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Change your genes
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Black holes, worm holes and time machines
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Future work, farmbot and Chiptunes
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Biological art and killer robots
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Mind controlled brain art and artificial IQ
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Hyperspectral fleet and Giant robots
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Urthecast and space lasers
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Brainwaves and Photonics
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Photonics and quadcopters
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Kidneys, Hearts and Coal
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Virtual, Augmented and Robot Reality
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Synthetic Biology De-extinction
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Asteroid mining and radioactive waste dumps
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Diet, bacteria, and health
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Bionic eyes traffic and Do-arama
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TV spying and Biohacker stimulation
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Woomera blasts off, Asteroid moons Earth
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Bitcoin disrupts home-made Segway
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Transition waves rideable multicopters
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Bitcoin rules soliton waves
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2015 - The year of the drone
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Aussie Rockets Worm Lego
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Vaping Freematics
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Solidifier, Ozberry Pi and RoboDojo
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Carotenoids - why vegetables are good for you
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Non-coding RNA and hand puppets
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3D Printing for Everyone
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Singing frogs and spliced mice
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Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen
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Invisibility donuts and Mars Direct
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2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - Food
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Makers of every generation
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Astronomy for Life and Toydeath
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Drones in the air and underwater
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Social context and Electric cars
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FundScience, Albatross, LoVid
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Fact or Fiction Implants
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Galactic Haloes light walls
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Giant echidnas drive air conditioned thorium cars
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Re-using carbon and Biohack Syd
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Mission to Earth
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3D Printing way out West
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Infinity and Money part 3
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Geo-engineering Art
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Powdered alcohol and Money part 2
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Spiderman 2 and Money
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Wearable Experiments
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Pet CSI, treasure maps and cartilage
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Time, Mars and chocolate
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Set Google Glass to Stun
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Space Beer, OrbitOz and Launchbox
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Aging brains and Ciguatera
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Stem cells for ailing hearts
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Phish tales and Zapping mosquito bites
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Where is Ciguatera? Ritalin for CFS
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Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week
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Plasticised brains, tea, and pain
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Artificial arguments and alcohol messages
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Rat Park and Chromatic Composer
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Stem cells fight HIV and Biohacking
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Healing corneas and building robots
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Valves, rockets and Doctor Who
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BrainChips and artificial intelligence
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Stem Cell Revolutions and HIV protein
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Shadow profiles and eating babies
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Thorium Trans-Tasman 3MT competition
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SkeptiCamp, Life and HackerSpace
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BitCoin mining and Panspermia
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30 IQ points more, and BitCoin
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Asteroids, Nanowires and Llamas
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Gambling addiction and Big Data
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Nuclear power for Australia? part 2
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Nuclear power for Australia? part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Wearable computing news by Ian Woolf. Ian Woolf attends the Nuclear Energy For Australia? conference and speaks with: Dr Erica Smyth argues for nuclear power for Australia, Dr Timos Aikas explains how nuclear...
Trolling science and throat singing
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Physics of Music special
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Hypercolour vision and soap
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Microfactories and synthetic food
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Angus Deveson spoke with Ian Woolf about Microfactories and 3D printing Ian Woolf explores synthetic food, from lab grown hamburgers, to food printers, and the man who is just a social eater. Presented...
Young blood RoboWars
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Future silkmoth tricycle games
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Diffusion cut from 2SER
The Diffusion science show has been cut by 2SER, to make room for new shows by new volunteers. After 19 years on air, and 15 years of contributions from me, its the final Diffusion Science Radio broadcast from 2SER tonight...
Steve Mann, qBits, and goodbye 2SER
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf showcases the wearable computers of Steve Mann. Ed Pollitt reports on the invention of silicon quantum bits. Ian Woolf delves into the history of Diffusion as told by our theme music...
Sonic Screwdrivers and ingenuity awards
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Head, heart and galaxy
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Pond scum and ALS
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Plutonium credit and IQ
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Meteors and publishing
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Colour evolution and Darwin part 6
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Horizontal genes and Darwin part 3
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Octopus bush and Darwin part2
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Tilting at windmills, Natural Selection
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Reindeer and Mistletoe science
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The Singularity and Nuclear Medicine
download MP3 (This show was first broadcast on 2011-02-28) What is the technological Singularity? by Ian Woolf I'm Atoms by Derek Muller Can medical radioisotopes be made without reactors and without uranium? by Ian Woolf I am the very model...
Fukushima stresses Europe, Petrol from air
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Cute science, Smart slime and Beard beer
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Hybrids, Healing Fat, Snap tentacles
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Snail snorkels and authentic science
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Misleading science and carnivorous pineapples
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The Tassie Devil's Dilemma and the Big Chill!
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Sick prawns and sleep rehearsal
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Species Invasion and Burritobot
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Extreme Science Experience special
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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....
Hot locusts and digital contact lenses
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Smart Sand, Video Glasses, Electric Universe
download MP3 Larissa Savvas reports on Smart sand and breast cancer detection. Julie-Anne Popple reports on the Royal Society's Science and the Media Forum. Ian Woolf reports on the emergence of wearable cameras and computers from science fiction to reality,...
MMORPGs, fattening air & prostates
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on fattening air,and deep voices, Ian Woolf reports on baldness, prostate protection, and hard games. Ian Woolf speaks with Geoff Batty of NICTA about peer to peer research into Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games. Produced...
Coral Art Life Science TV Eyes
download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple visits the Coral Art Life Science Exhibition at he University of Sydney and speaks with: science inspired artist Carmel Wallance, and Dr Adrienne Grant about her research into copper and corals. Ian Woolf continues his series...
Phone fears, eco-kids and DNA nanopores
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Boycotts, Tricorders and Everything
download MP3 Larrissa Savas reports on Rett's Sydnrome, Ian Woolf reports on the Tricorder X Prize, Victoria Bond and Marc West discuss the History of Nearly Everything, and the scientific boycott of Elsevier publications. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Grave chemistry, anti-gravity, attractive armpits and rising sap!
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Meat, and 200 million year old art
download MP3 Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf and Therese Chen discuss: How much meat can an Eco-citizen eat? The LHC may explain why there is more matter than ant-matter, 200 hundred million year old art may be from a 30 metre...
Stelarc and Artificial Brains
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on Faster Than Light Neutrinos, and cats that shine in nightclubs. From the Singularity Summit Australia, Ian Woolf speaks to Artifical Brain builder Colin Hales, and the amazing transhuman performance artist Stelarc. Presented and produced...
Artificial Intelligence and windy assassins
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Lizard babies and exploding stars
download MP3 Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Brigid Murphy about her discovery that lizards live births illuminate the evolution of cancer, Ian Woolf speaks to Dr Martin van Kerkwijk about his research in new types of supernovas and neutron stars, News...
Enquiry based learning and Hendra
download MP3 Associate Professor Les Kirkup spoke to Ian Woolf about how to make lab classes more interesting, James Bourne, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf discuss the Hendra virus news. Presented by James Bourne, Produced by Ian Woolf Inquiry-oriented learning...
I love that word, Meltdown
download MP3 Ian Woolf tells us about the latest and greatest in stem cell organ transplant. Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf, and Martin Faccini speak to to Matt Dawson, the amateur astronomer who named the recently discovered planetoid "255073: victoriabond". Martin...
Anatomical anomalies and Cane toads
download MP3 Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Robert Quinby about his discovery of a third type of supernova, Victoria Bond speaks with Dr Adam Freeman about Anatomical variations, Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Professor Rick Shine about cane toad research, News...
Fear pathways and vampire allergies
MP3 download Mic Cavazzini interviews Dr Tim Bredy from the Queensland Brain Institute about post traumatic stress disorder, Patrick Rubie reports: - Peanuts eaten by donors can hurt blood transfusion recipients, - Planets without stars observed by gravitational micro-lensing, -...
HIV vaccine, Sponge music, casual sex
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Driver Fatigue and Ury's Night
MP3 download Victoria Bond celebrates 50 years of human space travel, Ian Woolf interviews Dr Sara Lal and Diarmuid Kavanagh about stopping tiredness killing people, News by Patrick Rubie: - safe injecting cuts overdoses - premature pregnancy evolves - NASA...
Protect Research Rally and 3 blind mice
MP3 download Ian Woolf visits the protest rally against proposed medical research budget cuts, and interviews: Bettina Arndt, Bill Ferris, Judy Black, and Andrea MacFarland. Patrick Rubie with the latest medical research news: Blindness, Schizophrenia and Depression. Produced and presented...
Handwashing, meltdown and nanocooling
MP3 download Victoria Bond gets the scoop from Ian Woolf on the nuclear reactor situation in Japan and asks, what is a meltdown, exactly? Victoria Bond speaks to Adam Freeman about why surgeons get so passionate about hand hygiene. Ian...
Nuclear medicine and the Singularity
MP3 download What is the technological Singularity? I'm Atoms by Derek Muller Can medical radioisotopes be made without reactors and without Uranium? Singularitarian by Charlie Cam Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Skin hunger and mouse Draculas
MP3 download Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall King explain to Ian Woolf why men in our culture suffer from skin hunger, Ian Woolf explores research rejuvenating old mice with the blood of young glowing mice, Professor Joe Silk talks to...
Neutron bombs, GM apples and Zanzibar
MP3 download Lachlan Whatmore looks back over the history of neutron bombs, Victoria Bond reports on apples genetically modified to hide spoilage, discussion from Marc West, Peta Waller-Bryant, Ian Woolf, Phillipe Perez, Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore. News by Phillipe...
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...
SETI Live Subscriber Drive
MP3 download You get two Diffusion shows for the price of one this week! This is the live 2SER subscriber drive edition, where we ask listeners to kick in a few dollars to help 2SER keep broadcasting. Marc West discusses...
Ig Nobels 2010 and Artilects 3
MP3 download This is the pre-recorded version of Diffusion that was broadcast on the Community Radio Network. There is a second live subscriber drive edition for this date. Ian Woolf and Marc West discuss the Ig Nobels awarded by the...
Wave energy and the Coming Famine
MP3 download Victoria Bond covers this week's news: helium shortages, revolutionary tuberculosis testing and a suggestion to take a walk and leave the ipod at home. Joel Werner investigates the newest contender for green energy: wave power! Victoria Bond spoke...
Brown science, Solar cells, horse tale
MP3 download Aaron Cook presents this weekâs juicy news. Lachlan Whatmore finishes off his trilogy tribute to horse evolution. Marc West grills Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Green Party, about his partyâs stand on science in the upcoming election,...
Rare Earth, Horses, Nano-wires
MP3 download Brigid Mullane interviews Dr Matthew James about rare earth minerals from mines to electronics, Lachlan Whatmore begins part 1 of the evolution of the horse, Ian Woolf interviews Professor Matthew Phillips about nano-wires and LEDs Presented and panelled...
Trigeneration and Sports networks
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Sexy Greys and Super-planes
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Rising seas and the oil crises
MP3 download Ian Woolf interviews Melissa Neighbour about Project Survival Pacific and disappearing landmass in the Pacific islands Aaron Cook talks about the link between singing and cricket balls Jon Bale breathes new life in the science of sighs Victoria...
Inside the Earth, pharmacogenomics
MP3 download Aaron Cooke asks Geophysicist Hrvoje Tkalcic whats happening inside the Earth, Ollie Barrand, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss Pharmacogenomics and Gattaca, Ian Woolf and Aaron Cooke discuss forbidden words and the healing powers of marmite. Presented and...
Earworms and cultured meat
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The ghost of Diffusion past - Xmas 2000
MP3 download The ghost of Diffusion past - the Xmas show from 2000 sampled at 20kbps: Myths and facts of the great Aussie Beer Gut by Nick Perkins Anthropomorphisation by Lachlan Whatmore Weird science by Gina Sartore - GM Potato...
Rad Cooling, SETI and Augmented Reality
MP3 download Use the cold of space to cool your home with Angus Gentle and Ian Woolf. Search for alien life and Extraterrestrial Intelligence with Carol Oliver and Marc West. Visits Bondi Beach with Ian Woolf, to explore the futuristic...
Music and Viruses
MP3 Fighting HIV' Patrick Rubie interviews Andrew Low from the Centre for Excellence in Medical Research, the University of British Columbia about the newest weapons to fight HIV. Lachlan Whatmore presents Part 2 of his tribute to Les Paul, honouring...
10daysofscience and marijuana science
MP3 Caitlin Howlett interviews Kate Hennessy, editor of www.10daysofscience.com about the Ultimo Science Festival, Victoria Bond celebrates 400 years of Galilean astronomy, Dan Keogh and Caitlin Howlett lead a discussion on the science of marijuana with Celine Steinfield, Victoria Bond,...
Emailing aliens, and Future Festivals
MP3 Marc West talks with Jacqui Hayes about the HelloFromEarth.net project, From the Live Futures Festival, Dr Zheng asks us about what it should be like to live in cities in the future, Natalie Rowland talks to Ian Woolf about...
Moon landings and Whalesong
MP3 Ian Woolf informs us on 10 Apollo 11 facts that will surprise you, Ian and Marc West chat the science and politics of moon landings, and we feature some out-of-this-world music. And just for balance, we come back to...
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...
Earth Hour and Carnivorous plants
MP3 Marc West interviews Dr Ben McNeil about Climate Change science and policy, Ian Woolf talks about Carnivorous plants, News by Ian Woolf - Solar cycle could get noisy - Strangers make better mates - Genes diversify in hard times...
Bats and sharks, correlated?
MP3 Nick Evershed interviews Dr. Lindy Lumsden about Pipistrelle bats near extinction, Ian Woolf gives his view of the New Scientist interview assertion that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is "almost all in the mind" because you "think yourself sick", Marc West...
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...
Maths, hot leaves, and body swapping
MP3 Marc West talks with Jamos McAlister and Marcus Findlay about teaching kids that "calculations are the spelling of maths, not the story", Ian Woolf talks to Dr Andrea Leigh at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of...
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...
Censorship, broken and fixed hearts
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews Crikey tech writer Stilgherrian about the Australian Government's plan to censor the internet. Patrick Rubie tells about heart-powered pacemakers, and why looks matter more at speed dating sessions, Caitlin Howlett pleads the case of whales versus...
Proteomics and close relatives
MP3 Our closest relatives are all of us, You can learn to change the way genes are expressed in your body, Ben Herbert explains proteomics, Melinda Hall King explains childhood deception, Produced and presented by Ian Woolf...
Writing News items
News on Diffusion is usually several short science news items. The script for each item should only take about a minute to read. If the story needs a longer amount of time, then it would sound better if it was...
Invisible illness and exploding spacecraft
play nowIan Woolf reports the latest in the war on aging, the Live Futures Festival to be held simultaneously in Newtown and Second Life on August 17th, and The doomed attempt of the commercial SpaceX Falcon 1 spacecraft to...
Clones, Steam Hero and Mind Control
play nowCloning by Michelle Kovacevic,Steam engines and Hero of Alexandria by Lachlan Whatmore,Emotiv Mind Control interview with Tan Le by Daz Chandler,News by Ian Woolf - Wooden nuclear power plant accident in Vermont, - Moon race goes underground at...
Diffusion moves to Monday 6:30pm tonight!
We'll no longer be heard on Thursday mornings in Sydney. Diffusion broadcasts tonight in its new Monday 6:30pm timeslot on 2SER 107.3FM for the first time....
Growing fat and shrinking brains
play nowCannabis: shrinking brains or fighting fear? by Patrick Rubie Epigenetics by Tilly Boleyn and Jacqui Hayes (taken from 2SERâs Friday Daily 06/06/08)Less money, more fat by Patrick RubieNews prepared by Ian Woolf and read by Patrick Rubie- Fruits...
Brain cells and water wells
play nowInside your brain with Muhsin Karim,Watching the Water: Interview by Amy Bullen with Clunies Ross Award winner Iven Mareels,News by Jacqui Hayes, - Panda's survive the Chinese Earthquake, - Interplanetary locust robots, - Bubonic plague's secret weaknessPresented and...
Tasmanian Tiger bosses spy syphilis
play nowTasmanian Tigers on the mainland by Chris Rehberg,Syphilis dose 2 by John August,Policing at work and school by Ian Woolf,News by Victoria Bond - mineral deficiency delayed evolution, - fertilisation fighting malaria,Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf...
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...
Power-dressing giant frogs with ID cards
MP3ID card pensions by Ian WoolfSynaesthesia by Charles WillockPower-dressing giant frogs by Tilly Boleyn and Evan ShapiroNews by Patrick Rubie- Wild winter viruses- snake jaws sailing sound waves- solving a 140 year old equation Song '"A Thumbnail 160 -Atomic...
'Plug into your Prius, replicate with RepRap'
MP3 'Self-replicating 3-D printers' by Ian Woolf 'Plug-in batteries for hybrid cars' by Brigid Mullane 'DNA taxis' by Patrick Rubie, Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf News by Patrick Rubie - Black Strings - Stem cells give birth to a...
Zombie Sex Change Lizard Medical Myth
play now Free will or zombie-hood explored by Amy Bullen, Medical myths dispelled by Michelle Kovacevic, Hot sex changing lizards get cool with Jacqui Hayes, Michelle Kovacevic, Amy Bullen, and Patrick Rubie. News by Patrick Rubie: - Virgin Galactic...
Coelacanth, Xmas trees Stand pregnant
play now The Science of Xmas Trees by Patrick Rubie, Coelacanths fishy resurrection by Rabia Khan, News by Ian Woolf - Scary time - Flipping coins - Fearless mice Stand to be Pregnant and BBQ cancer by Jacqui Hayes...
Robot Love, Nuclear Power, Safe?
play now A Diffusion Science Nuclear Special (Part II). Instead of looking only at CO2, we look at the other important issues surrounding nuclear power generation. This week: the risks of proliferation. Special Guests Dr Sue Wareham OAM of...
Nuclear Waste: Safe for 240,000 years?
play now A Diffusion Science Nuclear Special. We look at the breakdown of nuclear waste storage materials with time, and the problems associated with cleanup of the Maralinga nuclear test site. Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to...
Apt Apertures, Microbial Fuel Cells
play now News by Emily Fearn - drop in ocean pH harms snail defences - ancient evidence of modern behaviour Apt Apertures by Charles Willock DIY Beer Power with Microbial Fuel Cells by Patrick Rubie Presented by Ian Woolf...
Sound barrier, Virgin green
play now Aviation special 60th Anniversary of the first supersonic flight by Lachlan Whatmore, Virgin Blue goes green by Emily Fearn, News by Erin Passmore, - Suicidal genetics - Of moose and man - Urine as fertiliser, Presented by...
'Science, Politics and the Nuclear Meltdown'
play now 'Science in Poltics' and 'Nuclear Meltdown' by Charles Willock, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie News by Ed Politt Presented by Ian Woolf Panelled and Produced by Patrick Rubie...
Dino-bird, Scientists miscast, Sputnik
play nowNews by Emily Fearn and Jo Dessman - Velociraptor possibly had feathers - Hearing problems in the classroom - Scientists angry at being miscast in doco 50th Anniversary of Sputnik by Lachlan Whatmore Presented and Produced by Ed...
Diffusion Medical Special
play nowNews by Ed Pollitt - toys recalled for lead and magnets - sexy slug pheromone orgies - immune system recognizes fats The Evolution of Medicine by Emily Fearn Presented by Erin Passmore, Produced by Ian Woolf...
Asperger's adventure Nuclear shutdown
play now Asperger's Adventures by Patrick Rubie, Nuclear shutdown by Ian Woolf, News by Ian Woolf - Paper aircraft - Neurological guardian angel The Science of Niceness presented by Bre Bunce Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf...
Global Swindle, Snow Science, E-voting
play now News by Ian Woolf - Australian Audiovisual Archive - Caffeine Thinking - Gesture Control - Micro Movers - Early Altruism Global Warming Swindle Review by John August Snow Science by Patrick Rubie E-voting by Ian Woolf Presented...
Icelandic Science, Heart Brain, Robots
play now News by Patrick Rubie - Hubble sees new stars - energy generator using vibrations - rat-brained robot - Aesop's fable tested - gut parasites from the ocean - largest bird's secret of flight Science of Iceland by...
The Sciencegasm, Ice Skating, Vegemite
play now News by Erin Passmore - Smoking - Sticky gecko feet - Familial plants - Cold pain The Science of Orgasm by Tisha Dejmanee Ice Skating Science by Celine Steinfeld and Jeffrey Heaton Southern Directions and Vegemite by...
Cloned and Dressed for Success
play now This week's Diffusion casts aside vanity and looks at how healthy those belts, braces and bras really are when we try to dress up. The beer drinking scientists ask your opinion on cloning, life in general and...
Da Vinci, Climate-Fried Fish, the Pope
play now Discover Da Vinci's workshop full of flying machines, theatrical contraptions and submarines. Take a splash with the frenzied fish that are migrating across our warming ocean. But where does the Pope fit into all this? Find out...
International Womens Day Special
Medicating Mr Faithful, Green Senator Kerry Nettle and the Women behind Science Let's celebrate all those XX chromosomes out there! On Diffusion this week, we will have a chat with the Greens Senator and environmental scientist, Kerry Nettle. We...
ID Card - Is Big Brother Stalking You?
This is a special edition of the Diffusion Science Radio show looking at a controversial application of science and technology: the proposed card to identify everyone accessing Australian government services. Go directly to Podcasts: --> Download/listen, 64kbs MP3 (13.4...
Turbulent mile high chemical cocktails
MP3 Ever wanted to join the mile high club? Want to put strange things into your body? This week, the Diffusion Team tackles the science of things that go bump in the air - well turbulence anyway - and what...
Natural asbestos and Carbon Trading
Asbestos interview with Mark Hendrickxs by Darren Osborne, Carbon Trading by Patrick Rubie, News by Emily Fearn, Jack Cotterell, Celine Steinfeld, Patrick Rubie and Chris Stewart, Produced and Presented by Chris Stewart....
Scientifically drinking water and beer
Marc West and Darren Osborne talk all things science in the first ever feature of "The beer drinking scientists". Kachina Allen takes a look into the weird and wonderful world of water. Presented by Emily Fearn and Celine Steinfeld....
Gift giving and genetic engineering
Play Now We sum up the science that defined 2006 with Jacqui Hayes and Sacha Stelzer, Ian Woolf reveals a plan to create bearded babies and hairless men, Gifts for your scientist by Chris Stewart, and a morbid look...
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...
Hearing URLs, Pasteur, Zapping food
Play Now News by Jacqui Hayes, Synaesthesia by Charles Willock, The life of Louis Pasteur by Lachlan Whatmore, How to play with your food, by Ian Woolf, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf....
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Keir Smith
After 7 years roaming the Antarctic wilderness in search of a place to call to home, or at least a hot meal, Keir was rescued by the Discovery helicopter. He has spent the time since then working off the debt...
Vegemite-gate, Largest Nuclear Bomb
Play Now Presented by Marc West. Science news by Vanessa Gardos. Vegemite scandal questioned by Ian Woolf. The World's Largest Nuclear Bomb by Charles Willock. Also contains wise words from Jacqui Pfeffer and Tilly Boleyn. Produced by Tilly Boleyn....
I love your program
I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your program, being in the USA finding a program of your quality is a rare thing. As I will be traveling in to the American Midwest I have at lest a...
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...
Evolution, Ventriloquism and Hiccups
Play Now Lachlan Whatmore explains Convergent Evolution, Kachina Allen explores Ventriloquism, Marc West announces two of this years Ig Nobel prizes News by Ian Woolf, Presented by Jacqui Pfeffer, Produced by Matt Clarke...
Ultimo Science Festival, and nuclear waste
Play Now The Ultimo Science Festival in Sydney, interview by Tilly Boleyn. Warnings to the future about radioactive waste, by Adam Richardson. News by Jacqui Pfeffer and Chris Stewart. Presented by Chris Stewart. Produced by Chris Stewart....
Nuclear Fusion and the movies
Play Now Fusion - the other nuclear energy, Diffusion goes to the Movies, and lots and lots of science news. Presented by Jacqui Pfeffer. Fusion by Chris Stewart. Movies by Marc West. News by David Harcourt, Chris, Marc and...
Nuclear power and its alternatives
(right-click and choose 'save as' to download) Play Now how Nuclear power is generated, how it's waste is managed and also a few alternatives. On board: Jacqui Hayes, Marc West, David Harcourt, and Matthew Clarke. Produced by Matthew Clarke...
Invisibility and Whale Hunting
Play Now This week the Diffusion Team investigate the facts and future of research into invisibility and dive into the controversy surrounding the recent decision by the International Whaling Commission. Presented by Tilly Boleyn, Science news by Jacqui Pfeffer,...
Women Know, the Golden Ratio, and Nuclear expense
Play Now An all guy episode this week. So what better topic than chicks. Why do they like us (why wouldn't they!?) and why do they keep us around for a long time or just a good time? Presented...
Ghosts, Blimps, and maybe mermaids
Play Now This week the diffusion team has gone searching for the little mermaid, ghostbusting and cruisin' the skies. Presented by Marc West, News by Matt Clarke, Living on the sea floor, by Lachlan Whatmore, A call for scientific...
Toads, Flying cars and Monkey Mating
Play Now This week was a bit of a lazy one for Team Diffusion. We lAughed at convention and just talked about what ever we wanted to. Science News? Who needs it? Scripts? I think not. Science Radio by...
Parrot Environment, Rutherford part 2
Play Now Part 2 of the life of the amazing Kiwi scientist Ernest Rutherford, who made possible nuclear "fussion" and silican "chups". The two latest media love birds are the Environment Minister Ian Campbell and the orange-bellied parrot -...
No Petrol, Nose Picking and Asteroids
Play Now Presenter Tilly Boleyn, News by Chris Stewart, Alternatives to petrol in the future by Matt Clarke, The healthy side of nose picking by Jacqui Pfeffer, Asteroids heading towards Earth by Chris Stewart, Produced by Tilly Boleyn....
Diffusion 20th Apr 2006
Play Now Substance use and mental health, Tim Baynes interviews Amanda George from the Centre for Mental Health Research, March of the Penguins, a review by Phil Dooley A substitute for alcohol? Hunting animals over the internet? by Matt...
Common colds, and chimps
Play Now The Common Cold -- not so cold, and not so common -- could save us all from bird flu; what makes us so different from chimps?; and all the latest science news. Presented by Jacqui Hayes, News...
UnDiscovered 12th January 2006
Play Now Science in Summer Mode: Chris Stewart and Jacqui Hayes kick back on the beanbags, discussing the year in science that was 2005, the year ahead in 2006 and all the cool science that's happening right now. Produced...
UnDiscovered 29th December 2005
Play Now Jacqui Hayes explores Virgin Galactic and rival commercial spaceships, Natalie Staib looks into ancient footprints in Australia, Noel Hannah explains the bizarre thinking inside the Hollow Earth theory, News by Ian Woolf, Presented by Noel Hannah, Produced...
Chris Stewart
In a past life, Chris spent five years studying the physics of quarks, the tiny particles that sit at the heart of protons and neutrons, which in turn make up the nucleus of the atom. After a while, he realised...
Diffusion 8th December 2005
Play Now How to search for ETs: an Interview with SETI Master Dr Jill Tarter, death by online gaming and all the latest science news. Presented by Chris Stewart, News by Adam Richardson, SETI by Chris Stewart, Gaming Death...
18th August 2005
Play Now Presented and produced by Matt ClarkeNews by Jacqui PfefferHi-tech Snow Gear by Keir SmithLachlan Whatmore presents the life of scientist Fanny MacleayOpen mike chat about vitamin-enriched GM "super rice", and the trouble-free space shuttle mission and Sydney...
11th August 2005
Play Now Presented by Matthew ClarkeNews by Jacqui PfefferEvolution of alien life on Earth by MattTaylor Bildstein interviews Keith Sainsbury about sustainable fisheriesOpen mike science chat about the new solar planet, remote manipulation of moving sperm, lunar soil and...
Using the Panel
The LED Meters In the middle of the vertical part of the consul you will see that there are three LED (Light Emitting Diode) Meters. The Meter on the left corresponds with Channel 1, the channel that you use when...
Diffusion 11th April 2005
Play Now Presenter Matthew Clarke, News by Catherine Beehag, Jaquie Hayes about the first human to leave Earth - Urys Night,National Conservation Strategies Taylor Bielstein interviews Dr Bob Mesibov about Tasmanian insects, How to deal with unwanted email -...
Dr David Huang
David is a theoretical chemist and occasional journalist, editor and world traveller. Pathologically afraid of the real world, he has wasted ... spent 10 years studying at uni and has no immediate plans of leaving....
Dr David Huang
David is a theoretical chemist and occasional journalist, editor and world traveller. Pathologically afraid of the real world, he has wasted ... spent 10 years studying at uni and has no immediate plans of leaving....
Simulated Nightclubs
Remember when American soldiers given amphetamine "GO pills" accidentally dropped a laser-guided bomb on Canadian and British soldiers during the invasion of Afghanistan? Now American soldiers traumatised by their war experiences are being asked to volunteer for simulated nightclubs, where...
Keir Smith
After 7 years roaming the Antarctic wilderness in search of a place to call to home, or at least a hot meal, Keir was rescued by the Discovery helicopter. He has spent the time since then working off the debt...
Matthew Clarke
Learn more at Matt's HouseHunsband Diaries...
16th August 2004
Presented by Matt Clarke News by Danielle Quinn Eureka Prizes by Beck Scouler Christine Baker interviews our Dr Time Baynes about fridge magnets Ian Woolf reports his research into the Ciguatera Menace Produced and panelled by David Huang...
NEWS: dodgy space suits from NASA; dangerous neckties in the hospital ward & spiders with garbage in their webs.
NEWS: dodgy space suits from NASA; dangerous neckties in the hospital ward & spiders with garbage in their webs. NASA crew at the International Space Station are finding problems with their space suits, or so reports New Scientist magazine this...
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...
Bird Pollution
And finally, some nightingales have fallen foul of noise pollution laws in Europe. An ornithologist at the Free University of Berlin in Germany measured the calls of nightingales in busy urban areas and found that they increase the volume of...
Laterality and Left Handedness - By Adam Mark
Pop Quiz: What do Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton, have in common? Apart from having the same superannuation policies, all three ex-presidents are left handed. In fact they join the 13% of the population that prefers to...
28th October 2002
Presented by Adam Mark. News by Ian Woolf. Chris Stewart reports on the Nobel Prizes in Chemistry for 2002. Adam gives us the history of the green doom now available in Australia - Absinthe. Chris reports on this year's IgNoble...
16th September 2002
Presented by Adam Mark. News by Chris Stewart. Adam reports on the latest in ejaculation research. Chris presents part 1 of What's Up With Gravity. Produced by Lachlan Whatmore who also pushed the buttons....
Diffusion 2nd July 2002
Play Now Presented by Chris Stewart. Tim Baynes interviews Dr Virgina Shepherd about Fungi. Gina Sartore reports on research on methamphetamines and the immune system of cats, and the effect on the researcher, and then opens the microphone to...
12th August 2002
Radiothon edition presented by Chris Stewart. News by Tim Baynes and Chris. Ian Woolf reports on computers made from soybeans and chicken feathers. Tim interviews Dr Eugenie Shepherd about her latest research into algae and the movement of plants. Open...
Diffusion 9th July 2002
Play Now Presented by Branwen Morgan. News by Chris Stewart. Science and the military - the good, the bad, and the ugly - by Lachlan Whatmore.Groundswell team join in the discussion on miltary research. Produced by Tim Baynes with...
Diffusion 4th June 2002
Play Now Presented by Tim Baynes. News by Gina Sartore. Tim explains Bioluminescence. Lachlan Whatmore talks about the military uses of bioluminescence, and the latest global warming sceptical research. Kangaroo leather with Dr Jacinta Poole of CSIRO. Dinosaur stampede...
12 June 2001
Tim Baynes talks about the scientific research into Homeopathy. Adam Mark talks about the science of smell. Lachlan Whatmore talks about Sexual Selection. News by Branwen Morgan. Presented by Gina Sartore. Produced by Adam Mark with Technical assistance from...
Diffusion 1st May 2001
Play Now Presented by Angelique Hutchison. News by Ian Woolf. Tim Baynes interviews Robert Walsh about the Sun. Clean nuclear power using lithium fusion by Ian Woolf. Produced by Tim Baynes with technical assistance from Lachlan Whatmore....
Axiomatic
Axiomatic 18th January 2000 Ian Woolf explains why he Never Was a Cornflake Guy. Open mike discussion with Ian Woolf, Lachlan Whatmore and Sophie Kalavidas about what women think about circumcision and men . Lachlan Whatmore presents a tribute to...
Quantum Computer, Women, MindSwitch
Play Now Matt Whitfort asks Dr Michelle Smyth about the issues facing women in science. Ian Woolf interviews Professor Ashley Craig about his research into the UTS Mindswitch. Ian Woolf talks with Dr Andrew Djurak about Quantum Computers. Presented...
16 November 1999
Discovery 16th November 1999 (mp3) Presented by Carol Oliver. News by David Blank. Matt Whitfort asks Dr Michelle Smyth about the issues facing women in science. Ian Woolf interviews Professor Ashley Craig about his research into the UTS Mindswitch. Ian...
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