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Edward Teller, Isaac Newton and military Robots
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on Fairy Wren passwords (2012), Chris Stewart interviews Sir Isaac Newton (2003) Tim Baynes reports on fish poison, molecular machines and kidneys, (2003) Chris Stewart reports on the life and science of Edward Teller,(2003) Arwen...
How safe is your seafood from Ciguatera?
MP3 Protesters hit with bail conditions that ban them from modern technology for not protesting, Professor Shauna Murray finds how marine micro-organisms move around Australia's coast, to keep seafood safe from Ciguatera poison. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Professor...
The Public Goods game
download MP3 This episode was first broadcast in 2011: Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Simon Gaechter from the University of Nottingham about why we humans just can't co-operate with one another- before putting our panelists through Gaechter's Public Goods Game...
Print spies dolphin terrorists
MP3 download Male Mobile phone lekking by Tim Baynes, The Laserprinter conspiracy by Matt Clarke, Nano-cars with Chris Stewart, Dolphin terrorists by Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Mobile phones as lekking devices among human males Why printers...
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...
Launching Arlula
MP3 download Aftermath of the big radioactive explosion in Russia, Singing fish by Ian Woolf, Sebastian Chaoui and Arran Salerno talk about their space image business Arlula, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Arlula Global network's nuclear sensors in Russia...
The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Octopolis and DolphinAttack by Ian Woolf, Claire Hooker tells the first part of the story of Ruby Payne -Scott, pioneer radio-astronomer. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos...
Rockets and Rejuvenation
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Fish and flies young again by Ian Woolf, Patrick Wang talks rocket science with SpaceOps Australia. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme by Kevin MacLeod Patrick...
What good is consciousness?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sea fleas and smart drugs by Ian Woolf, Peter Watts talks about biologically plausible aliens, why only two sexes, and suggests you don't need to be conscious. In the conversation we name-checked these...
NAD+ and Ciguatera Fish Poison
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Rosmarinic acid for your spinal injury, and aged brain by Ian Woolf, Nady Braidy talks about Ciguatera, Chronic Faqtigue Syndrome and NAD+, Ian Woolf reports the latest from the Louis Mallard Institute's research...
Freeze, wait, reanimate?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Southern Cryonics starts building a facility to freeze people for eventual revival by Ian Woolf. Matt Fisher talks about why you want to be frozen when you die. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
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...
3D printed Jewellery baldness cure
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bacteria for baldness by Ian Woolf, 3D printed Jewellery with Caitlin Dubler, Not the news - Melbourne Uni space program, Colourful fish, ads on your phone, CMBP research node, Healing yoga sounds, 7...
Drones in the air and underwater
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') See like a fish by changing vitamins by Ian Woolf, Ian Lyons talks about flying quadcopters, Dominic talks about DIY underwater remotely operated vehicles for exploration and education, at the Sydney Mini Maker...
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...
Where is Ciguatera? Ritalin for CFS
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Genetically engineering green glowing eggs to reduce cruelty to chicks, Trial of Ritalin and nutrients to treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Ian Woolf. Associate Professor Shauna Murray and Gurjeet Singh Kohli explain how...
Sydney Maker Culture
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australian National Security Enquiry needs a time machine by Ian Woolf, Daniel Green plans the Sydney Mini Maker Faire. Adam Farrow-palmer describes his electronic shirt, Iain Chalmers talks about MooresCloud networked lights, Manuel...
Magnetic bacteria and chilli
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf reports on rapid aging from fish oil, Podcasting threatened by patents, and paper 3D printers. Tim Baynes investigates magnetically sensitive animals, Christine Baker speaks with Lara Farrell about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,...
Future silkmoth tricycle games
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf reports on Harvard University flies robot bees. Janine Cahill speaks with Ian Woolf about improving the future with games. Silkmoths ride robot tricycles cruising for sexy females in Japan, for science!...
Colour evolution and Darwin part 6
download MP3 Do fish feel pain? by Ian Woolf Ian Woolf interviews Mark Changizi about the evolution of colour vision, O2Amp and more. The sixth and final part of Natural Selection, a radioplay by Lachlan Whatmore. Presented and produced by...
Octopus bush and Darwin part2
download MP3 News by Ian Woolf: 3D printing becomes recyclable, 3D printing of huts and satellites, and walk-in 3D print studios. Wearable cameras take photos all day. Natural Selection part 2 - a radio play by Lachlan Whatmore, Octopus bush...
Robots, Newton, Teller and Fugu
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on Fairy Wren passwords, Chris Stewart interviews Sir Isaac Newton (2003) Tim Baynes reports on fish poison, molecular machines and kidneys, (2003) Chris Stewart reports on the life and science of Edward Teller,(2003) Arwen Cross,...
Crown of thorns, and Single cell science
download MP3 James Millar reports on self-healing concrete and organ rhythms, Ian Woolf reports on Smart highways and hurricane prevention. Arwen Crossexplains the imortance of studying single cell science, Oliver Featherston interviews Dr Hugh Sweatman about the Crown of Thorns...
How to change your mind, snakes on a plane
download MP3 Nathan Sinclair explains How to change your mind, Professor Mike Thompson spoke with Julie-Anne Popple about the time he got a snake on a plane, Ian Woolf reports on the lack of Dark Matter, James Millar reports on...
Hot locusts and digital contact lenses
download MP3 Patrick Rubie reports the news: - left handed sports - zebra fish heart stem cells - adventurers matched with scientists Ian Woolf reports on Augmented Reality contact lenses and the EyeRing, Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Fiona Clissold about...
Starfish and talking corn
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on zooplankton resistance, talking corn, Ian Woolf reports on fracking versus carbon capture. Ian Woolf speaks with Max Ott from NICTA about mobile video, Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dave McElroy about sea star sperm and...
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...
Kind meat, ant war and Techfest2012
download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple talks about when ants go to war, Larissa Savass vtalks about kindly cultured burgers, Ian Woolf reports on the NICTA Techfest 2012, interviewing: James Laird about electronic pain management, Leif Hamlen about health data mining, Leonid...
Freeze, wait, reanimate!
download MP3 In this Cryonics special edition Ian Woolf speaks with immortalist Matt Fisher about freezing people after death for future resuscitation, and the state of Cryonics in Australia. "Our Cryonic World" written and sung by Charlie Kam. Presented and...
A Social Experiment
download MP3 Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Simon Gaechter from the University of Nottingham about why we humans just can't co-operate with one another- before putting our panelists through Gaechter's Public Goods Game to see just how selfish we all...
Lactating insects and handy fish
download MP3 Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr James Gilbert about insects that look after their young, News by Therese Chen - tool use by fish - magpies kill other magpies chicks - warm blooded dinosaurs Presented by Victoria Bond, Produced...
Phone cancer and giant cuttlefish
MP3 Ian Woolf, Julianne Popple, and Victoria Bond discuss mobile phones' upgrade in carcinogenicity category by the WHO. Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie talk about all the threats against giant cuttlefish. Panelled, hosted, and produced by Victoria Bond...
Darwinius and Zombie Fish
MP3 Everyone on the team was either sick or away this week, so we bring you the May 25th show from 2009: Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about Ciguatera zombie fish poison, Darwinius, science and the media by...
Addict detention and child enhancement
MP3 download Ian Woolf summarises Robert Sparrow's talk "The Not-so-New Eugenics: The Harsh Logic of human enhancement", about the ethics of child enhancing technology, from the Singularity Summit, Australia, Victoria Bond interviews Dr Fisher from Nepean hospital about the ethics...
Gene modified salmon and Sexy dancing
MP3 download Victoria Bond reports on the legalisation of genetically modified salmon and its Frankenfish implications, leading a panel discussion with Marc West, Phillipe Perez and Ian Woolf. Ian Woolf describes the male dance moves that sexually attract women, and...
GAY MUMS, TELOMERES, TRANSSEXUAL CLOWNFISH
MP3 download Special International Women's Day edition! Victoria Bond talks about transsexuality in clownfish Catherine Beehag explains the science behind nobel-prize winning telomeres News by Victoria Bond and Catherine Beehag Presented by Catherine Beehag; Produced by Victoria Bond...
Global Warming's Evil Twin
MP3 download Global warming's evil twin! Dr Ross Hill explains to Ian Woolf how the acidification of the oceans is causing osteoporosis in tropical reefs. Lachlan Whatmore reports on Apple's lemon, and the mangrove invasion of fresh-water wetlands. Ian Woolf...
Mars, Myopia, Mesoglea, Mildred Cohn
MP3 achlan Whatmore gets squishy on ya with immortal jellyfish. Victoria Bond eulogises the Mars rovers, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf discuss new understandings about short-sightedness, Ian Woolf and Pat Rubie collide with bread and hadrons Lachlan Whatmore eulogises mighty...
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...
Zombie fish and evolving Darwinius
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about Ciguatera zombie fish poison, Darwinius, science and the media by Victoria Bond, with discussion from Kalvin Ng and Ian Woolf, News by Kalvin Ng - territory disputes over underwater minerals -...
Space, babies and pregnant fish
MP3 Marc West talks to Bianca Nogrady from New Scientist Magazine about the last 3 unknown facts of our solar system. Lachlan Whatmore pays a tribute to a special lady called Ruby and explains why babies are so warm. Patrick...
Future Fab Labs and Fish and Chip cars
play now In this special edition from the Live Futures 2020 Festival, Brian Lennon speaks to Ian Woolf about the Fab Lab that could make anything with 3D printers and cars that run on used vegetable oil left over...
Flores Hobbits and Stinging Jellyfish
play nowAmy Bullen and Chris Rehberg interview Professor Mike Morwood about the Hobbits of Flores,Lachlan Whatmore talks about the stinging Irukandji jellyfish of Australia,News by Ian Woolf, It takes two people to trick the masses, Solar electric cars for...
Galileo fish count quantum secrets
play nowSpace probe Galileo by Lachlan WhatmoreQuantum cryptography by Amy BullenNews by Ian Woolf, - Superconductors, - Nanowires - Counting FishPresented by Amy BullenProduced by Lachlan Whatmore...
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...
Brain music and Smelly science
play now Mind Listening to the Mind Listening by Ian Woolf, Smells like Science by Patrick Rubie, News by Patrick Rubie - taking the urine, - holograph testing - synthetic life - jellyfish cosmetics - ancient chilli Presented by...
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...
Pubic lice, fishy & diesel science
Diffusion's Marc West reports on diesel from his stranded car, and Patrick Rubie taunts us with a fish science paradox. Vanessa Gardos manages to tell us all about pubic lice, pregnant lizards and Diffusion on wikipedia! Presented and Produced...
Diffusion 15th September 2005
Play Now Presented by Noel Hanna, News by Sam McOnie, Genetic crop improvement by Jacqui Pfeffer, Butterfly-inspired Photonics by Jacqui Hayes, Vampire Catfish with special powers by Chris Rayberg, Produced by Matt Clarke...
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...
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