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Lord Morton's mare and robotic gutars

MP3 Dr Angela Crean explains environmental effects on fathers, and non-genetic inheritance in Lord Morton's mare and the quagga. Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Angela Crean Sex, flies and sperm count: young...

Posted by Ian Woolf on February 19, 2024 3:15 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 26, 2023 1:45 PM

Plagued - part 2 revisited

MP3 download Ingenuity flies on Mars by Ian Woolf, Dr John Froude talks about how plagues have shaped human evolution. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr John Froude NASA's Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight Ingenuity deployment NASA...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 3, 2022 1:48 PM

Plagued - part 2

MP3 download Ingenuity flies on Mars by Ian Woolf, Dr John Froude talks about how plagues have shaped human evolution. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr John Froude NASA's Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight Ingenuity deployment NASA...

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 19, 2021 1:41 PM

Nobels and Ig nobels

MP3 download from October 2005: News by Jacqui Pfeffer, Rubber from fruit flies, Ultra-violet spiders, Dumped by SMS, the Nobel Prize winners with Adam Richardson, the IgNoble Prize winners with Ian Woolf, Presented by Matthew Francis Produced by Chris Stewart...

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 11, 2018 10:00 PM

Telegony and guitars

MP3 Dr Angela Crean explains environmental effects on fathers, and non-genetic inheritance. Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar. Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Angela Crean Sex, flies and sperm count: young scientist's research...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 15, 2018 1:44 PM

Bright Sparks 2017 - part 3 poetry

MP3 Meltdown, Spectre and Nuclear detonation news by Ian Woolf, For the final Bright Sparks challenge, the Fresh scientists perform their haiku and limericks, and share the insights they've gained: Mohamed Tashani on vaccines from The University of Sydney, Xufeng...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 8, 2018 12:05 PM

Bright Sparks 2017 - part 2

MP3 Fresh Scientists: Claire Henry - Ovarian cancer targets, Juliano Morimoto - Fertility and gut bacteria, Rebecca Poulos - Sunlight and cancer, Mohamed Tashani – Making pneumonia vaccine more affordable, and Amy Moss – More chicken with less feed. Haiku...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 1, 2018 12:56 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on September 11, 2017 2:22 PM

2016 Ig Nobel Prizes

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The 2016 IgNobel prizes condensed from 2 hours down to 27 minutes: REPRODUCTION PRIZE [EGYPT] — The effects of wearing polyester, cotton, or wool trousers on the sex life of rats, and humans,...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 26, 2016 9:59 AM

Sly Moulds

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Robot cars driving blind people, Direct to brain bionic eyes, and lithium for long life by Ian Woolf, Chris Reid talks about slime mould and their emergent behaviour. Production checked by Charles Willock....

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 11, 2016 3:31 PM

Hackagong and Biofoundry

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Water safety scientists sacked, by Ian Woolf, Travis Wall talks about HackaGong, Meow Ludo Meow Meow tells us about the Biofoundry's plans for 2016. 24/7 Lecture by Professor Sarah Lewis on Fireflies from...

Posted by Ian Woolf on February 24, 2016 9:43 PM

Invisibility donuts and Mars Direct

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Invisibility doughnuts and wearable drones by Ian Woolf, A potted history of Martian exploration, Robert Zubrin talks about Mars Direct and the Case for Mars in 2000. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...

Posted by Ian Woolf on September 29, 2014 3:15 PM

Social context and Electric cars

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Fruit flies rolled by magnets by Ian Woolf, Ian Sharpe talks about social context, leadership and solving problems for NASA, Mark Taylor talks about Electric cars at the Mini Maker Faire, Production checked...

Posted by Ian Woolf on August 18, 2014 5:08 PM

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!...

Posted by Ian Woolf on May 14, 2013 10:30 PM

Fukushima stresses Europe, Petrol from air

download MP3 Therese Chen reports LED researchers are learning from fireflies. Charles Willock reports on how Europe is learning to be ready for Fukushima style emergencies, Ian Woolf reports on the production of petrol from air. Presented and produced by...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 17, 2012 5:18 PM

Quolls, laser planes, anosmic flies

MP3 download Jon Bale discusses glow in the dark sperm (because who doesn't love glow in the dark sperm?), Victoria Bond talks geriatric dieting fruit flies, and Ian Woolf gets excited about laser-propelled paper planes. Marc West gets to the...

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 26, 2010 2:40 AM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on May 28, 2004 3:08 PM