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Apps for Brain-Computer-Interfaces - part 1
MP3 Listen to Sam Hosovsky explain to Ian Woolf how uCat is building apps to help paralysed people with Brain-Computer-Interfaces learn to speak using virtual reality and artificial intelligence - part 1 Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Sam Hosovsky,...
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...
Are earthquakes affected by climate change?
download MP3 Australian SpIRIT nano-satellite to be launched, How climate change may cause more volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and make them more severe. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf SpIRIT counting down to launch in the US How do you...
Graphene power
download MP3 Graphene antenna for more efficient solar power, Flanders and Swan, First and Second Law Controversial graphene circuit claims to extract energy from random heat fluctuations. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Doctoral student Ferdinand Harerimana and Professor Paul...
Nuclear Australia - pros and cons
download MP3 From the 2013 Nuclear Energy For Australia? conference: Uranium miner Dr Erica Smyth argues for nuclear power for Australia, Conservationist Professor Ian Lowe argues against nuclear power for Australia Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Erica Smyth...
Gravity Maverick - part 2
MP3 download Listen to Dr Viv Robinson boldly explain why the Universe isn't expanding and the Big bang never happened. News of new kind of renewable energy, and preventing long COVID. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Archive of www.universephysics.com...
Frontiers of Science part1
MP3 Listen to part 1 of the audience question and answer session of the Frontiers of Science Forum. Professor Robert Booy, Dr Anna Romanov, Associate Professor Susanna Guatelli and Dr David Bishop, with Ian Woolf. News of energy from thin...
Australian Computer Museum Society - part 2
MP3 Listen to Adrian Frenulovich talk about the joys and challengers of curating ancient computers, and their importance to our history. News of the energy breakthrough that wasn't. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Australian Computer Museum Society Nuclear Fusion...
Fly Singularity
MP3 From 2010, Ian Woolf explains how Gregory Benford uses flies and artificial intelligence for a healthy old age. News of Gummi hacking, chatbots argue on Twitter and weeds evolve. News by Ian Woolf Presented by Marc West, Discussion from...
Small Modular Reactors
MP3 Vaccine for hair loss, NASA postpones the Moon , Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer? Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Can you hit rewind on hair loss? Sinclair Dermatology Hair Trials Alopecia Areata Gets FDA-Approved Drug Demonstration...
Goats, studs and smart beds
download MP3 This episode first broadcast in 2008: Goat sacrifices of the military by Ian Woolf, Wired Beds by Tilly Boleyn and Evan Shapiro, Junk DNA points the way by Patrick Rubie, Female rats prefer males with recent sexual experience...
What Science Policy?
download MP3 A new crystal of ice by Ian Woolf, What are the Science Policies of the major Australian parties for the 2022 election? by Ian Woolf Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Liberal Party of Australia National Party of...
Hydrogen greenwash
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The Pais Effect
MP3 download Frontiers of Science Forum, Two spacecraft arrive at Mars this week, a third next week by Ian Woolf, The Pais Effect - shake as you spin as you charge - a second deep dive into weird science and...
First Contact Time Travel
MP3 download Superconductors warm up by Ian Woolf, Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham makes First Contact and Travels through Time - part 2, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Maria Cunningham Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride First room-temperature...
Brain wave discoveries
MP3 download Clean money for dirty hydrogen, Tracing app can't yet trace, but can track by Ian Woolf, R Douglas Fields talks about the discovery of brainwaves and Elon Musk's Neural-link part 2. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf R....
Trauma, pain, and fish
MP3 download Dump deception - nuclear waste dump sneakiness by Ian Woolf, Joel Hoffman reduces trauma for refugees, Lindsay Parker measures chronic pain, Laura Michie sees dams making fish too cold. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Joel Hoffman Lindsay...
Exponential Energy
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Future Low Energy Electronic Technology
MP3 download The 2019 Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics by Ian Woolf, Samuel Bladwell explains Future Low Energy Electronic Technologies, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Samuel Bladwell FLEET The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 The Nobel Prize in...
Kinder gentler transhumanism
MP3 download Small modular nuclear reactors by Ian Woolf, Andrew Despri talks about a kinder, gentler Transhumanism, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Andrew Despi Akin Small Isn't Always Beautiful - Safety, Security, and Cost Concerns about Small Modular Reactors...
Superlative hydrogen
MP3 download Hydrogen hijinks, by Ian Woolf, Matthew Laplante talks about his book Superlative: The biology of extremes, Part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Matthew Laplante CSIRO Hydrogen Roadmap Hydrogen gas trial in western Sydney could unlock $1.7bn...
Home synthetic biology lab
MP3 download Electric cars are the new NBN by Ian Woolf, JJ Hastings talks about creating art and science and her new authorised synthetic biology home lab Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf JJ Hastings JJ Hasting's garage synthetic biology...
Gravitational wave generators
MP3 download High Frequency Gravitational Wave generator by Ian Woolf, Alcubierre warp drive, EM inertia-less drive and anti-gravity with Professor Geraint Lewis, The strange case of the disappearing anti-gravity researchers by Dr Tim Baynes, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf...
Tickets and power in NSW
MP3 download When is a ticket not a ticket? by Ian Woolf Meow Ludo Meow Meow explains the legalities of travelling with an implanted ticket, Sander Fransen concludes When the stars will align for Zero Carbon energy in NSW Fact...
Zero Carbon stars align
MP3 download Cameras take roll call all day in Australian schools by Ian Woolf, Sander Fransen asks When will the stars align for Zero Carbon energy in NSW? Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
Asteroid mining and virtual power
MP3 Giant batteries make a profit, and Virtual power to the people by Ian Woolf, William Crowe talks about mining asteroids that come to Earth, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf High Earth...
Terminal decline and Zero emissions
MP3 This show was originally broadcast in 2011: Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the strained Australian health budget. Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple...
Transport implant
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Tesla builds a battery for South Australia, Programmable dress by Ian Woolf, Meow Ludo Meow Meow talks about his implanted transport chip. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme...
Voice, micro-algae and CFS
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers found to have damaged calcium ion channels and energy generation, by Ian Woolf, Noel Hanna talks about what we know about the voice, George Pappou talks about innovations for...
Science Party Australian Election bonus edition
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Brendan Clarke talks about the National Broadband Network, James Jansson talks about the need for an Australian Space Agency, James Coffey talks about the Science Party's Energy policy. Hosted and produced by Ian...
Cellf - making a musician
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The science policies of seven parties competing in the Australian Federal Election by Ian Woolf, Guy Ben-Ary talks about Cellf - a dish of living neurons that jams with human musicians. Celff in...
More Carbs for longer life
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Solar panels reach world record high efficiency, but funding will be cut, Universe expanding faster than predicted by Ian Woolf, David LeCouteur talks about healthier ageing through a high carbohydrate diet. Production checked...
Science Poetry Slam rewind
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Urine power news by Ian Woolf. Highlights from the Science Spoken Word Spectacular from: Ian Bryce "Ode to the Higgs" and "The Bull's Lament", Vanessa Hill "When you wish upon a star", Lou...
Heatwave detecting cancer
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Clean water from thin air by Ian Woolf, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick talks about heatwaves - measuring and predicting them, Majid Warkiani talks about developing a blood test for all cancers, Production checked by Charles...
What are you looking at?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Plants put out the bat signal by Ian Woolf, Tracking your attention with Dan Sovick, Let them eat coal! by Ian Woolf, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
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...
Koalas, robots, and brains
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Cheap flexible solar cells, Randomness chips, and the breaking 2014 Nobel prize for Physics by Ian Woolf, From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Elwin tracks Koalas online, Gavin has built a robot coffee...
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...
Giant echidnas drive air conditioned thorium cars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Giant echidnas may still live in WA by Ian Woolf, Vahid Vkiloroaya talks abut solar absorber air conditioning, Thorium cars run on rainbows by Ian Woolf. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf This...
Re-using carbon and Biohack Syd
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sydney Mini Maker Faire returns, and NASA's mission to Charon by Ian Woolf, Mouse vampire retractions by Ian Woolf, Matt speaks with Ian Woolf about Biohack Syd, Ken Richards talks about his Consensus...
Powdered alcohol and Money part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Glucosamine for longer life, Powdered alcohol, Solar thermal fuel by Ian Woolf Bitcoin Mining with James Nichols, Money part 2 with Joffre Balce. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf D-Glucosamine supplementation extends life...
Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Tiny turbines, and myco-diesel by Ian Woolf. Professor Helen Swarbrick speaks with Ian Woolf about Orthokeratology for correcting short-sightedness without surgery or wearing lenses, Copyright week and the Trans-Pacific-partnership agreement. Presented and produced...
Valves, rockets and Doctor Who
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Steve Price talks about making Valve amplifiers, Lester talks about popup 3D printer workshops, George talks about launching your own rockets Ian Woolf revisits the science of...
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...
Nuclear power for Australia? part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Mind controlled rat news by Ian Woolf, Concluding Why Nuclear Australia? Howard Eastwood from New England Nuclear Energy speaks on endless clean energy, and Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe, explains why nuclear's not needed...
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...
Science Spoken Word Spectacular
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Urine power news by Ian Woolf. Highlights from the Science Spoken Word Spectacular from: Ian Bryce "Ode to the Higgs" and "The Bull's Lament", Vanessa Hill "When you wish upon a star", Lou...
Young blood RoboWars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf reports on Wind powered nuclear weapons, Google Glass, and turtle freezing genomes. Angus Deveson spoke with Ian Woolf about RoboWars Sydney, Glowing mouse draculas return to heal aged hearts - Ian...
Sonic Screwdrivers and ingenuity awards
download MP3 Ed Pollit reports on Dental Anxiety, Heart modelling and the Chinese moon mission. Ian Woolf investigates the Science of Doctor Who, The Rolex Awards for Enterprize by Ed Pollitt, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf The Fourth Dimension...
Corpse power and blood pressure genes
download MP3 Brigid Mullane interviews Professor Brian Morris about the genes for Hypertension, Larissa Savvas explores human corpses as renewable energy, Julie-Anne Popple talks timed turtles, Ian Woolf reports on printed bones and wireless sperm. Produced and presented by Ian...
Hormoned beef and fracked farming
download MP3 Patrick Rubie chimes in with this week's news: bacteria as a solution to dengue fever, and harnessing kinetic energy to power up your mobile phone. Victoria Bond and Martin Facini discuss the potential and hazards in coal seam...
TB Day and CSIRO Vacations
MP3 download Kate Barnard speaks to students in the CSIRO Vacation Scholarship Program, Victoria Bond talks about World Tuberculosis Day, Ian Woolf interviews Professor Geoff Smith about the importance of Nanophotonics to environmental energy flows, Presented and produced by Ian...
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...
Dark Energy, Vacuum and Casimir forces
MP3 Ian Woolf reports on Lawrence Karuss's talk on Dark Energy at the Powerhouse Museum, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss the expansion of the Universe, and harnessing Casimir forces from quantum vacuum energy. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Space colonies, sustainable science and giant sperm
MP3 Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss the recent Foresight Innovation Sustainability Hothouse (FISH@6) forum on renewable energy and waste management. John August talks about the concept of space colonies and social escapism. Plus the news from sun spots to...
CSIRO Wi-Fi win and Dunbar's number
MP3 Marc West interviews Dr Ben McNeil about alternative Energy and Australia, News by Ian Woolf, with discussion from Marc West and John August - CSIRO win their patent battle against 14 US Giants, - A hard limit on your...
Science in Namibia, Magnificent Maths
MP3 Patrick Rubie interviews Scott Daniel, a member of Australian Volunteers International and former National Science and Technology Centre (QUESTACON) worker, about teaching Science in Namibia. Marc West talks about the 5 biggest Mathematics stories of 2008. News by Kalvin...
Power-dressing giant frogs with ID cards
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War goats, rat studs, and smart beds
MP3 Goat sacrifices of the military by Ian Woolf, Wired Beds by Tilly Boleyn and Evan Shapiro, Junk DNA points the way by Patrick Rubie, Female rats prefer males with recent sexual experience by Patrick Rubie, Jacqui Hayes interviews Chris...
Zero Point Energy, Sex/Sport, Toy Boys
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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...
Oil free, Low fat cows, Green goes red
play now Darren Osborne interviews Dr David Lamb about Fuels of the Future, Tilly Boleyn and Vanessa Gardoz discuss: - Workchoice treadmills, - Nominative determinism, - lonely albatross, - red-stained windmills, News by Erin passmore and Ed Pollitt, -...
Solar saves coal, Green your home
play now Coal is too valuable to burn, by Ian Woolf, Angus Kell explains water and energy efficient home renovation to Patrick Rubie, Mark West shares his election fever, Presented by Jacqueline Hayes, Produced by Ian Woolf, with technical...
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...
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