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Marta's Micro-Market Mirth - part 1
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Apps for Brain-Computer-Interfaces - part 2
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Apps for Brain-Computer-Interfaces - part 1
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Small Modular Nuclear Reactors AGAIN
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Choice Blindness
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Music for moral equations
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Face transplant and spice for life
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Are earthquakes affected by climate change?
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Red Cross Blood Bank
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Don't ignore your symptoms
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Neurofeedback virtual learning
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Graphene power
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Nuclear Australia - pros and cons
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Assange, Music and the law
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WorldCoin and Rejuventation by dilution
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Multi-agent AI TV shows
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Gravity Maverick - part 2
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Gravity Maverick - part 1
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Augment your memory
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Killer AI and 2010 Ignobels
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Robot guide dogs and Killer AI
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Public Trust in Science part 2
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The Long-Term Threat
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Waluigi Alignment
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Robert Booy - Infectious Diseases
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Analysing chemicals and Synthesizing text
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Stable Diffusion Litigation
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Australian Computer Museum Society - part 1
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SETI switch
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Tardigrades to the Moon!
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The Talking Dead
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Machines Behaving Badly - part 2
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Machines Behaving Badly - part 1
MP3 Professor Toby Walsh talks about the ethical dilemmas around Artificial Intelligence and how they affect us, and his new book "Machines Behaving Badly" - part 1 Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Toby Walsh...
GFC - what did we learn?
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Women in Science and Gender-bending
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Small Modular Reactors
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Expressly Human - part 2
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Expressly Human - part 1
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Robot birthdays, and Dentists
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How safe is your seafood from Ciguatera?
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Superworm and fake human meat
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Autonomous algorithms
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Plants to eat, and plants that eat
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Vision Revolutions
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Summon Pompeo - banish EBV
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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis what's changed?
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Goats, studs and smart beds
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What Science Policy?
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Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2
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Creating the Future
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Variants, printed livers and woven TVs
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When viruses collude
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The Physics Behind The Internet
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Plagued - part 2 revisited
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Precognition Revolution
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Sarcastic Multi-dimensional Octopus
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The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 3
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Virtual Augmented Extended Reality
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The Right To Repair - part 2
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20 years of Bug-bots
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Spread by aerosol - part 1
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Plagued - part 2
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Strange Geometry in Antiquity - part 2
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The Pais Effect
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COVIDSafe Brainwaves
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The science of podcasts
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Nano-tech train sets
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Emerging technology and gender
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Solar quantum dots
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Little Ice Ages and future housing
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Synthetic biology and Future Science
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Ignoble Artilect War
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Innovation Engineering
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2015 - The year of the drone
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Makers of every generation
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Fact or Fiction Implants
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Mission to Earth
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Infinity and Money part 3
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Mini Maker Faire and Google You
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BrainChips and artificial intelligence
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30 IQ points more, and BitCoin
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Sydney Maker Culture
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Physics of Music special
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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,...
Chocolate robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf reports on asteroids with moons, and squeezing breast cancer. At CeBIT 2013 Ian Woolf spoke to Fred Pauling about Telepresence robots, to Cindy Huang about ThunderDownUnder's robot trophy, to Dalton Tandulka...
Diffusion cut from 2SER
The Diffusion science show has been cut by 2SER, to make room for new shows by new volunteers. After 19 years on air, and 15 years of contributions from me, its the final Diffusion Science Radio broadcast from 2SER tonight...
Steve Mann, qBits, and goodbye 2SER
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf showcases the wearable computers of Steve Mann. Ed Pollitt reports on the invention of silicon quantum bits. Ian Woolf delves into the history of Diffusion as told by our theme music...
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...
Red Cross Blood Science Special
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on Vel-negative blood, What are A, B and O, and what is RH negative and positive? Ian Woolf speaks with with Joe Patkes, Red Cell Serologist at the Red Cross Blood Services centre in Alexandria...
Cognitive Reserve and Solar max
download MP3 (right-click and choose 'save as") Penguins, planetary engineering, and introverted charges by Deanna Coleman, Cognitive Reserve by Ian Woolf, Craniometry by Lachlan Whatmore, Tim Baynes looks into the Sun. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Education and Dementia...
Spooky worms and animal farms
download MP3 Animal special from 2007 'Spooky Worms' by Lachlan Whatmore 'Dr Pet and Medicine Farms' by Patrick Rubie News by Patrick Rubie Presented by Lachlan Whatmore Produced by Patrick Rubie...
Meteors and publishing
download MP3 A meteor explodes over Russia, harming a thousand people. Science publishing, politics, profits, Aaron Swartz, Richard O'Dwyer, Garry Mackinnon and Julian Assange. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Why science doesn't belong to everyone yet - Upulie Divisekera...
Extremophiles and The Vision Revolution
download MP3 From 2000, Tim Baynes interviews Professor Rick Cavicchioli from UNSW about bacteria that thrive in extreme conditions, Derek Muller sings about electricity, From 2010, Ian Woolf reviews The Vision Revolution by Mark Changizi Presented and produced by Ian...
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...
Horizontal genes and Darwin part 3
download MP3 Natural genetic modified cows, The Little Prince saves the world, and deaf mice regain their hearing by Ian Woolf, Natural Selection part 3, a radioplay by Lachlan Whatmore. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Open Source Cryptoparty
download MP3 Arwen Cross reports on life under the ice, Therese Chen reports on Tasmanian Devil tumours Ian Woolf speaks with Ben Dechrai about Open Source software, and about Cryptoparties at the Open Source Developers' Conference. Produced and presented by...
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...
Voyager 1 and the Multiverses
download MP3 Twitter history and the police by Ian Woolf Atomic imaging by James Millar, Oliver Featherston speaks with Associate Professor Fred Menck about Voyager 1's journey, A parallel guide to the Multiverses by Ian Woolf Produced and Presented by...
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...
Sick prawns and sleep rehearsal
download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple reports on Turtle death mysteries, spray on batteries, and Hot dinosaurs. Ian Woolf reports on Sleep rehearsal,Vortex data streams Hiccupops, Shoes for efficient running, record Solar power,,Alcohol and caffeine sprays. Bonnie Yiu reports on pesticide pollution...
From 2007: ID Card special
download MP3 Is Big Brother Stalking You? In March 2007 this special edition examined in depth issues of identity and privacy raised by the proposed introduction of a card to identify everyone using Government services. Presented by Darren Osborne, Synthetic...
Too smart phones, Venus and Science
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on Balding Wombats, Ian Woolf reports on too smart phones, and the SpaceX Dragon returns triumphant, Victoria Bond speaks with Kathryn Ticehurst and James Bond about what Science is, Victoria Bond and Kathryn Ticehurst discuss...
Gigabit wires and 3D Printers
download MP3 In the news: Wikileaks on trial without charges, Fan Ng tells Ian Woolf how his invention makes plain old telephone wires carry gigabit broadband, Bruce Jackson and Dale Nichols from 3D Printer Systems talk with Ian Woolf about...
The Seven Deadly Things
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on flatulent dinosaurs and Ian Woolf looks at treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Aubrey De Grey talks about the 'Seven Deadly Things' of ageing and Ian Woolf interviews him on curing the diseases of ageing. Presented...
Super Vaccines, Meat Ice-cream & Bees!
download MP3 Victoria Bond reports on a super vaccine against cancer. Julie-Anne Popple reports on meat ice-cream and Free-loving Flipper. On this weeks 'In the name of science', Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Trevor Wilson about staring at plant genitals. Julie-Anne...
MMORPGs, fattening air & prostates
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on fattening air,and deep voices, Ian Woolf reports on baldness, prostate protection, and hard games. Ian Woolf speaks with Geoff Batty of NICTA about peer to peer research into Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games. Produced...
E-Cat, bionic bugs and 3 parents
download MP3 Larissa Savvas reports on the prospect of having 3 parents, Therese Chen reports on the suggestion of introducing megafauna to Australia, Julie-Anne Popple reports on Cybernetics in the service of insect spies and augmenting people, Ian Woolf interviews...
Disgusting politics and drought resistance
download MP3 Ian Woolf explains the neuropolitics of left and right wing brains, Mic Cavazzini interviews Professor Jim Hasselof about the consequences of genetically engineering drought resistant crops, News by Ian Woolf: - red plumage vanishing from Chernobyl - Global...
Enquiry based learning and Hendra
download MP3 Associate Professor Les Kirkup spoke to Ian Woolf about how to make lab classes more interesting, James Bourne, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf discuss the Hendra virus news. Presented by James Bourne, Produced by Ian Woolf Inquiry-oriented learning...
I love that word, Meltdown
download MP3 Ian Woolf tells us about the latest and greatest in stem cell organ transplant. Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf, and Martin Faccini speak to to Matt Dawson, the amateur astronomer who named the recently discovered planetoid "255073: victoriabond". Martin...
Bionic Eyes and Synthetic Biology
MP3 download Associate Professor Gregg Suaning shares his Bionic Vision with Ian Woolf, Ian Woolf explores Synthetic Biology, and would he would do with access to a wet printer. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Protect Research Rally and 3 blind mice
MP3 download Ian Woolf visits the protest rally against proposed medical research budget cuts, and interviews: Bettina Arndt, Bill Ferris, Judy Black, and Andrea MacFarland. Patrick Rubie with the latest medical research news: Blindness, Schizophrenia and Depression. Produced and presented...
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...
Skin hunger and mouse Draculas
MP3 download Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall King explain to Ian Woolf why men in our culture suffer from skin hunger, Ian Woolf explores research rejuvenating old mice with the blood of young glowing mice, Professor Joe Silk talks to...
Younger mice and spider invasions
MP3 download Marc West speaks to Dr Cor Vink about the invasion of foreign spiders to New Zealand Ian Woolf reports on the reversal of aging in Harvard lab mice, News from MX read by Ian Woolf: - private company...
Genescient Healthy old age
MP3 download Ian Woolf reports from the Singularity Summit on Gregory Benford's Genescient research into preventing the diseases of old age using genomics and artificial intelligence to produce evolutionary nutrigenomics that may allow a healthy old age, with discussion from...
Oxytocin, love and sex
MP3 download Subscriber drive 2010! Victoria Bond discusses oxytocin with Dr. Champion. Marc West trolls bars for opinions on love and sex. Ian Woolf voices in on antidepressant chemicals found in semen, Presented by Marc West. Panelled by Ian Woolf....
SETI Live Subscriber Drive
MP3 download You get two Diffusion shows for the price of one this week! This is the live 2SER subscriber drive edition, where we ask listeners to kick in a few dollars to help 2SER keep broadcasting. Marc West discusses...
Cognitive Load and Vision Revolution
MP3 download Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Bo Yin about how your voice can betray to software how hard you are concentrating, The Vision Revolution by Mark Changizi reviewed by Ian Woolf with commentary by Aaron Cooke and Daniel Keogh,...
Pill's 50th twitter box office hits
MP3 download Jon Bale covers the news with water-recycling cacti Marc West interviews Sitaram Asur about predicting box office hits on Twitter Victoria Bond celebrates the Pill's very special 50th birthday Produced and presented by Victoria Bond...
ET, choice mathematics and farts on Mars
MP3 download 'ET won't go home' by Marc West and Darren Osborne, 'the beer drinking scientists' 'Science of Choice' Ian Woolf interviews Dr Stephen Bush of the Centre for the Study of Choice, the University of Technology, Sydney. News by...
Karaoke science, stock superstitions
MP3 Australian uranium, the weapons makers who own it, and the new weapons in our region by Ian Woolf, Karaoke therapy to help sufferers of mild aphasia regain their voice by Ian Woolf, Superstition and the stock market by Marc...
Economics and lithium in our water
MP3 'Bad Economic Science' Marc West talks to Nick Davis from the World Economics Forum about what went wrong in the current Global Economic Crisis, Panel Discussion: Lithium in drinking water, man-made swine flu and exciting electronics by Ian Woolf,...
Gender, Curie, Franklin, and Carson
MP3 International Women's Day 2009 with Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf, Gender bending stories: - phthalates feminise boys - half boy half girl bird brain - sixth sense switches mice gender - gender gene identified - Gender and sex identity...
Green contraception, Fifth grade science
MP3 When getting cosy with your partner of choice, have you ever wondered what form of contraception is better for the environment? Sarah Wood has, and the answer will surprise you. Plus, Caitlin Howlett has a brain-busting quiz covering 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...
2008 Kisses, tantrums and infections
MP3 It’s the last show of 2008 so there’s plenty of love, tears and infection spreading! Patrick Rubie looks at the nice and the nasty side of mistletoe. Victoria Bond and Jaime Leclerc quiz you on infectious diseases. Ian Woolf...
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,...
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...
Censorship, broken and fixed hearts
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews Crikey tech writer Stilgherrian about the Australian Government's plan to censor the internet. Patrick Rubie tells about heart-powered pacemakers, and why looks matter more at speed dating sessions, Caitlin Howlett pleads the case of whales versus...
Tasmanian Tiger bosses spy syphilis
play nowTasmanian Tigers on the mainland by Chris Rehberg,Syphilis dose 2 by John August,Policing at work and school by Ian Woolf,News by Victoria Bond - mineral deficiency delayed evolution, - fertilisation fighting malaria,Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf...
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...
Zombie Sex Change Lizard Medical Myth
play now Free will or zombie-hood explored by Amy Bullen, Medical myths dispelled by Michelle Kovacevic, Hot sex changing lizards get cool with Jacqui Hayes, Michelle Kovacevic, Amy Bullen, and Patrick Rubie. News by Patrick Rubie: - Virgin Galactic...
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...
Puke-ray, Marriage, Expanding Universe
play now News by Ian Woolf - Iced Germs - Puke-ray - Mega sugar-rush Marriage Science by Kachina Allen Expanding Universe by Patrick Rubie Presented and produced by Ed Pollitt Music: Lies Are Much More Fun by The Grates,...
Asperger's adventure Nuclear shutdown
play now Asperger's Adventures by Patrick Rubie, Nuclear shutdown by Ian Woolf, News by Ian Woolf - Paper aircraft - Neurological guardian angel The Science of Niceness presented by Bre Bunce Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf...
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...
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...
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, -...
Magical mushrooms and so much more!
play now Scientific news and views by Ed Pollitt. Magical mushroom tour by Celine Steinfeld. Science Communication interview and lowdown by Catherine Beehag. Presented and produced by Tilly Boleyn. Music We will become silhouettes - The Postal Service Phantom...
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...
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...
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Slippery Ice, Misdirected Science
Play Now Presenter Jacqui Pfeffer, News by Tilly Boleyn, Ice science - why is ice slippery? by Adam Richardson, Deception and misdirection in science reporting by Ian Woolf, Produced by Tilly Boleyn Prolonged Illness after Infectious Mononucleosis Is Associated...
Diffusion 6th October 2005
Play Now Presented by Jacqui Pfeffer, News by Adam Richardson, Book review of "Tasmanian Devil: a unique and threatened animal" by Matt Francis, Discussion of the melting polar ice caps by Chris Stewart, Some startling news of really big...
18th August 2005
Play Now Presented and produced by Matt ClarkeNews by Jacqui PfefferHi-tech Snow Gear by Keir SmithLachlan Whatmore presents the life of scientist Fanny MacleayOpen mike chat about vitamin-enriched GM "super rice", and the trouble-free space shuttle mission and Sydney...
Using the Panel
The LED Meters In the middle of the vertical part of the consul you will see that there are three LED (Light Emitting Diode) Meters. The Meter on the left corresponds with Channel 1, the channel that you use when...
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...
Laterality and Left Handedness - By Adam Mark
Pop Quiz: What do Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton, have in common? Apart from having the same superannuation policies, all three ex-presidents are left handed. In fact they join the 13% of the population that prefers to...
25th August 2002
Adam Mark interviews Stephanie Moore about the future of Estuaries. Ian Woolf explains how Grapefruit juice might get you pregnant. Presented by Amanda Hamilton. News by Ian Woolf. Produced by Chris Stewart with technical support by Gina Sartore....
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...
5 dec 2000
Interview with Candice Webb about the Fijian Crested Iguana by Adam Mark, Panel discussion about the Federal government attack on the ABC....
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