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Cute Beard Slime

download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on Cute Science, Beard beer, Alpha Centauri B's planet and HIV milk - with comments from Julie-Anne Popple and Arwen Cross. Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Chris Reid, a biologist from the University of Sydney, about...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 17, 2023 6:03 PM

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

Plants to eat, and plants that eat

download MP3 Beetroot for heart health. Soluble fibre for healthy weight loss, Carnivorous plants go underground by Ian Woolf Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Daily beetroot juice could help people with common heart condition The 10 Best Foods to...

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 27, 2022 9:11 PM

20 years of Bug-bots

MP3 download Mice made friendly, Cyborg venus flytraps, 20 years of Robo-roaches, 2001-2021 by Ian Woolf Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors Implanted wireless device triggers mice to form...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 5, 2021 3:20 PM

Venus Flytrap Science

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 29, 2021 5:30 PM

Butt slings for beetles

MP3 download Shasta Henry shares her passion for the world of beetles, giraffe beetles and parasitising wasps part 2, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Shasta Henry at Young Tassie Scientists...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 19, 2020 5:08 PM

Insect passion and extradition

MP3 download Not a normal extradition trial by Ian Woolf, Shasta Henry shares her passion for the world of insects part 1, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Shasta Henry at Young Tassie Scientists Spanish court hears of security firm...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 12, 2020 5:33 PM

Solar explosions and insect minds

MP3 download From the 2001 archives: Falling penguins, shifting Earth, neurological optimism, by Deanna Coleman, Tim Baynes talks about explosions on the Sun, Nick Perkins speaks with Professor Srinivasan about insect minds, Ecstasy may damage your sex life, Protests threatened...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 27, 2020 5:54 PM

Coeliac genes and zombies

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 15, 2018 8:19 PM

Photobiomodulation and bees

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bees teach pulling strings, Bees count to four, Fruit fly brain brain ageing reversed with spermadine by Ian Woolf. Daniel Johnstone uses photobiomodulation to treat neuro-degenerative diseases. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 10, 2016 6:49 PM

Swarm intelligence

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Fair go for CSIRO by Ian Woolf, Tanya Latty talks about applying swarm intelligence, Phil Dooley tells a Physics Fairy Tale at Physics in The Pub. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 27, 2016 1:20 AM

Hyperspectral fleet and Giant robots

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Mind controlled cockroaches and giant battling robots by Ian Woolf, Brian Lim talks about tracking pollution from his fleet of hyperspectral satellites, Todd the T1000 by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles Willock,...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 6, 2015 5:00 PM

Galactic Haloes light walls

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Vibrating plants defend themselves, and reflux medicine can cause vitamin B12 deficiency by Ian Woolf, Vanessa Moss explains the halo around the Milky Way Galaxy, Rory McKay talks about projecting light art. Produced...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 11, 2014 3:03 PM

Phish tales and Zapping mosquito bites

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 6, 2014 12:24 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

Cute science, Smart slime and Beard beer

download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on Cute Science, Beard beer, Alpha Centauri B's planet and HIV milk - with comments from Julie-Anne Popple and Arwen Cross. Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Chris Reid, a biologist from the University of Sydney, about...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 22, 2012 2:07 PM

Hybrids, Healing Fat, Snap tentacles

download MP3 Arwen Cross reports on how climate change is leading to Grizzly bear and Polar bear hybrids, Ian Woolf reports on how stem cells from fat is being sold to treat osteoarthritis, Julie-Anne Popple reports on a carnivorous plant...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 8, 2012 1:41 PM

Belief updating kiwi

download MP3 Part 2 of How To Change Your Mind by Nathan Sinclair, Lindsey Gray talks about Kiwis with Julie-Anne Popple, Therese Chen reports on: - Curiosity - Attenborough's Goblin - dolphin subcluture - oldest insect fossil James Millar reports...

Posted by Ian Woolf on August 13, 2012 9:08 PM

Hot locusts and digital contact lenses

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 30, 2012 11:13 AM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on February 13, 2012 1:43 PM

Lactating insects and handy fish

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 18, 2011 2:08 PM

Spiders save lives and going to Mars

MP3 Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about his research into how poisons from spiders can stop insects spreading disease and eating our food, and talks with Dr Pascal Lee about the NASA mission to send humans to Mars....

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 8, 2009 6:30 PM

Cloned and Dressed for Success

play now This week's Diffusion casts aside vanity and looks at how healthy those belts, braces and bras really are when we try to dress up. The beer drinking scientists ask your opinion on cloning, life in general and...

Posted by Diffusion on April 26, 2007 9:00 AM

Diffusion 11th April 2005

Play Now Presenter Matthew Clarke, News by Catherine Beehag, Jaquie Hayes about the first human to leave Earth - Urys Night,National Conservation Strategies Taylor Bielstein interviews Dr Bob Mesibov about Tasmanian insects, How to deal with unwanted email -...

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 11, 2005 9:00 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