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Tardigrades to the Moon!

MP3 A deep dive into the science of tardigrades - the tiny water bears or moss piglets that can withstand extremes of cold, heat, dryness, pressure, and vacuum, by going into suspended animation and then revitalising when its safe again...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 21, 2022 12:29 PM

Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') UN Climate Report released, Governments fail to act, scientists protest by Ian Woolf, Audience questions from the Frontiers of Science Forum - part 2 featuring Professor Johannes le Coutre, Professor Martina Stenzel, Professor...

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 11, 2022 11:22 PM

Little Ice Ages and future housing

MP3 download This show was originally broadcast 2019-02-11: Will the Sun cool the Earth? by Ian Woolf, Nathan Waters looks to the future of work and housing needs- part 2, Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 6, 2020 10:51 PM

Solar cooling, work and housing

MP3 download Will the Sun cool the Earth? by Ian Woolf, Nathan Waters looks to the future of work and housing needs- part 2, Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Frost fairs, sunspots and the...

Posted by Ian Woolf on February 11, 2019 4:04 PM

Geo-engineering Art

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') An introduction to popular geoengineering methods by Ian Woolf, Josh Wodak speaks with Ian Woolf about Climate change, geo-engineering and art. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Illegal Iron Dumping Spawns Huge Algal...

Posted by Ian Woolf on May 5, 2014 4:08 PM

Singing mice, Ig Nobles, MooresCloud

download MP3 Live special edition of Diffusion! Julie-Anne Popple reports on DNA half-life with expert comments from Dr Simon Ho from the University of Sydney, and on singing mice. Arwen Cross, Oliver Featherstone, Therese Chen and Julie-Anne Popple discuss the...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 15, 2012 12:44 PM

Sizzled intelligence retention

download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple reports on the global warming comedy Sizzle with a hot issues discussion panel of Randy Olsen, Dr Rod Lamberts, Professor Lesley Hughes, and Professor Tim Flannery. Ian Woolf reports on: license to crime, artificial intelligence finds...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 16, 2012 10:36 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 30, 2009 1:46 PM

Christmas 2008 special

MP3 Marc West interviews Hayley Birch organiser of the Geek Pop Festival, Marc West and Darren Osborne reflect on the science that made the news in 2008, news on Santa dealing with global warming and the global financial crisis, Reindeer...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 22, 2008 11:17 PM

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,...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 1, 2008 6:31 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 24, 2008 6:32 PM

Bleaching coral and androids

MP3 Ian Woolf speaks with Peter Ralph about global warming modelling, from coral bleaching to Antarctic algae, Patrick Rubie examines the issue, are robots better than androids - R2D2 or CP30? News by Victoria Bond, read by Dean Procter:...

Posted by Ian Woolf on September 29, 2008 6:30 PM

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...

Posted by Diffusion on July 26, 2007 12:09 AM

Diffusion 25th June 2002

Play Now News by Dr Branwen Morgan. Presented by Gina Sartore. Adam Mark talk about the latest on Spina Bifida. Tim Baynes discusses the scientific debate on Global warming, and talks with people in Katoomba street at the Blue...

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 25, 2002 9:00 AM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 4, 2002 9:00 AM