Diffusion Science radio

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

Plagued - part 1 revisited

MP3 download From 2021-04-12: Dr John Froude talks about plagues past, present and future - part 1, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Dr John Froude...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 27, 2021 1:15 PM

Plagued - part 1

MP3 download Dr John Froude talks about plagues past, present and future - part 1, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Dr John Froude...

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 12, 2021 9:28 PM

Gifts, Glows and Gold

MP3 download Platypuses and tardigrades glow by Ian Woolf, Gifts to avoid by Ian Woolf, Marc West, Chris Stewart, Lachlan Whatmore, Catherine Beehag and Sacha Stelzer, Michael Cortie zaps mind-control parasites with lasers, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 30, 2020 2:15 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 21, 2020 10:50 AM

Identity cards for Australia again?

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') (This show was first broadcast on the 1st of March 2007) ID Card news by Ian Woolf, Synthetic interview with Anna Johnston of the Australian Privacy Foundation about privacy concerns, by Anonymous Voice,...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 16, 2017 12:08 PM

Fine tuning for Life

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Rat robot stingrays have heart by Ian Woolf, Luke Barnes discusses how finely tuned the Universe is for life, Callisto by the Ephemera Ensemble. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 18, 2016 1:14 PM

Real Space Cowboys and Star AI

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Alien planet in the Goldilocks zone by Ian Woolf, Ed Buckbee talks about the Real Space Cowboys and Space Camp, Elise Hampton uses machine learning to crunch astronomical amounts of data. Production checked...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 4, 2016 1:14 PM

Smashing atoms and nanotechnology

play nowVictoria Bond finds out if the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the world,Ian Woolf talks to Professor Mike Cortie about zapping gold nanoparticles in your body with lasers to cure mind-control parasites,News by Patrick Rubie- King Tut's foetuses-...

Posted by Diffusion on August 11, 2008 6:30 PM

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...

Posted by Diffusion on June 21, 2007 12:00 AM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on March 1, 2007 10:18 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 15, 2006 9:00 AM