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Are earthquakes affected by climate change?
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Don't ignore your symptoms
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Graphene power
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Brain Fog Therapy
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Nuclear Australia - pros and cons
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Assange, Music and the law
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Gravity Maverick - part 1
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Augment your memory
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Douglas Engelbart - Inventing the 21st Century
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Unsimulated mint longevity
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Tardigrades to the Moon!
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The Talking Dead
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Expressly Human - part 2
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Expressly Human - part 1
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Balancing Medical Censorship
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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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Trustworthy fakes and edited hamsters
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Goats, studs and smart beds
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What Science Policy?
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Plagued - part 2 revisited
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Plagued - part 1 revisited
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Vaccines and surveillance
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Witness Against Assange Lied
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Spread by aerosol - part 1
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Plagued - part 2
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Plagued - part 1
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The Pais Effect
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Synthetic chemical adventures
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Cyber-pig and Eye-cow
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COVIDSafe Brainwaves
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Technology and social justice
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Spins and valleys
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Diagnosing ME, and CFS
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Insulin DISCO crypto-jacking
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What good is consciousness?
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Weird pets, possums and blood vessels
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My Health Records -private?
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Music inspired by Space
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STEAM through space bubbles
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IdeasBoom Educating for the Future
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Brainwaves and Photonics
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Photonics and quadcopters
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Kidneys, Hearts and Coal
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Asteroid mining and radioactive waste dumps
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Bionic eyes traffic and Do-arama
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Singing frogs and spliced mice
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Mood Dress and the End of the World
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Neural Knitworks
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Mapping Robots and printed houses
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Time, Mars and chocolate
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Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week
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Stem Cell Revolutions and HIV protein
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30 IQ points more, and BitCoin
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The Bionic Eye is successfully tested, and the new Government closes down the Science Ministry. Trans-humanitarianism - Feeding and educating people to bring about the Singularity. Bitcoin for beginners by Chard Core and...
Sydney Maker Culture
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Meteors and publishing
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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
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Reindeer and Mistletoe science
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Sick prawns and sleep rehearsal
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Brain magnets, junk DNA and nymphomania
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Grave chemistry, anti-gravity, attractive armpits and rising sap!
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People puppets and molecular synthesis
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Cricket balls and Climate Fix Flicks
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Corpse power and blood pressure genes
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Cockroaches, crabs and kindness
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Sunstones, chocolate and rain-making
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Disgusting politics and drought resistance
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Labile languages and remembering Steve Jobs
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Stelarc and Artificial Brains
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Axis of eating and Secrets of Chocolate
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Artificial Intelligence and windy assassins
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Synthetic organisms and cloud-busting
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Seagrasses, Art and Maggots
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Hormoned beef and fracked farming
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A Social Experiment
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Bones, Devils and Mind Control
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Lizard babies and exploding stars
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Enquiry based learning and Hendra
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I love that word, Meltdown
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Lactating insects and handy fish
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Anatomical anomalies and Cane toads
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Birds and the bees and mint
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Let's talk about X... and exits
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Terminal Decline and Zero Emissions
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Phone cancer and giant cuttlefish
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Fear pathways and vampire allergies
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HIV vaccine, Sponge music, casual sex
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Circadian rhythms and sperm teasing
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Bionic Eyes and Synthetic Biology
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Driver Fatigue and Ury's Night
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Protect Research Rally and 3 blind mice
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Fukushima special!
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Handwashing, meltdown and nanocooling
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Smart Windows and Morton's Demon
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TB Day and CSIRO Vacations
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First computers and Radio mashups
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Smart Bras and cheesey pickup lines
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Nuclear medicine and the Singularity
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Unfair reporting and DNA Poetry
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Fire and Transhumanism
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Death by Chocolate!
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Science of Romance special
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Skin hunger and mouse Draculas
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Tsunami warning and Greentech awards
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Younger mice and spider invasions
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Real Doctors eat Breakfast
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Addict detention and child enhancement
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Genescient Healthy old age
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Plankton and the Artilect War
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Gene modified salmon and Sexy dancing
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BSD Sex and Beady-Eyed Agents
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Sports at altitude and Jacob Bronowski
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Wave energy and the Coming Famine
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Photic sneezing and a naked scientist
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Science Week special 2010
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Brown science, Solar cells, horse tale
MP3 download Aaron Cook presents this weekâs juicy news. Lachlan Whatmore finishes off his trilogy tribute to horse evolution. Marc West grills Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Green Party, about his partyâs stand on science in the upcoming election,...
Power tool orchestra, self attraction?
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Female physicists and belly button dynamics
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Beauty and the Geek, and Homeopathy
MP3 download Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore speak to the Australian Beauty and the Geek reality TV show, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the UK de-funding of Homeopathic hospitals, News By Victoria Bond - bird brains are like ours...
Sexual selection and the bionic eye
MP3 download Marc West continues his interview with Professor Rob Brook about sexual selection in evolution, The latest Bionic Eye development is explained to Ian Woolf by Nianjun Liu and Paullette Lieby of NICTA Presented and panelled by Ian Woolf...
Sex Evolution and Technological Art
MP3 download Marc West interviews Professor Rob Brook about sexual selection in evolution. Ian Woolf participates in a technological art workshop to build an interactive sculpture with artist Ian Burns, and talks with participants Neil McGann, Bharti Patel, Liz O'Reilly...
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,...
Solar racing and toxoplasma
MP3 download Alexandra Bulgakov talks with Ian Woolf about the UNSW Solar powered racing car, Victoria Bond talk about Toxoplasmosis Gondii, News by Victoria Bond, Presented by Marc West, Produced by Victoria Bond find out more about the SunSwift UNSW...
Trigeneration and Sports networks
MP3 download Aaron Cooke reports on Sydney Council's plan for 85% efficient gas trigeneration power plants for Sydney, Ian Woolf speaks with Lief Hamlin about sports networks from NICTA, News by Marc West - Pacific Islands unihabitable but above water...
R.I.P. Martin Gardner and Rover Phoenix
MP3 download Diffusion remembers the wondrous Martin Gardner and his contribution to science education. Aaron Cook commemorates Rover Phoenix after a long slog on Mars. News by Aaron Cook, Marc West, and Victoria Bond. Presented by Sarah Bartlett, produced by...
Sexy Greys and Super-planes
MP3 download Ian Woolf, Dan Keogh and Aaron Cook examine: - super planes that use 50% less fuel - how male antelopes fake predator warnings to keep females nearby, - the $100 tablet computer, - choosing sexually attractive grey human...
Rising seas and the oil crises
MP3 download Ian Woolf interviews Melissa Neighbour about Project Survival Pacific and disappearing landmass in the Pacific islands Aaron Cook talks about the link between singing and cricket balls Jon Bale breathes new life in the science of sighs Victoria...
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...
Doc Oc, Element 117, and Nikola Tesla
MP3 download Aaron Cook reports on Element 117-- Ununseptium Marc West speaks with "Doctor Boob" about villain Doc Oc Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the life and legend of Nikola Tesla Presented by Ian Woolf, Produced by Victoria Bond,...
Australian Pirate Party, and LHC restarted
MP3 download The Australian Pirate Party's Simon Frew explains how the party is for online civil liberties to Ian Woolf. Victoria Bond reports that the Large Hadron Collider didn't destroy the world, the brain has a moral centre that can...
Inside the Earth, pharmacogenomics
MP3 download Aaron Cooke asks Geophysicist Hrvoje Tkalcic whats happening inside the Earth, Ollie Barrand, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss Pharmacogenomics and Gattaca, Ian Woolf and Aaron Cooke discuss forbidden words and the healing powers of marmite. Presented and...
Solar Gem, and Wolverine bones
MP3 download Ian Woolf interviews Khimji Vaghjiani of Solar Gem about saving the world with affordable solar powered lighting, Marc West interviews Dr Chris Pettigrew about splicing metal to Wolverine's bones, and Marc's correlation of the week: are aetheists and...
GAY MUMS, TELOMERES, TRANSSEXUAL CLOWNFISH
MP3 download Special International Women's Day edition! Victoria Bond talks about transsexuality in clownfish Catherine Beehag explains the science behind nobel-prize winning telomeres News by Victoria Bond and Catherine Beehag Presented by Catherine Beehag; Produced by Victoria Bond...
G-spot, wealth and nanotechnology
MP3 download Can we vaccinate cows against producing methane? Is the G-spot a myth? by Ollie Barrand. The correlation between wealth and orgasms By Marc West. Nanotechnology hypothetical reported by Ian Woolf and discussed by Marc West and Ollie Barrand....
Dr Rachie vs anti-vax, and DSM psycho
MP3 download Dr Rachael Dunlop tells Ian Woolf about her battle with the Australian Vaccination Network. Victoria Bond explains the new DSM descriptions of mental illness. News by Victoria Bond - Coma patients may be conscious and communicate by brain...
Safflower insulin, and sperm spit protons
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Earworms and cultured meat
MP3 download ver had a song that you just can't get out of your head? Patrick Rubie explains Earworms, News by Ian Woolf - Cultured meat - 2 million years without sex - Cola powered phones Presented by Aaron Cooke,...
Wolverine, snails of steel, and you
MP3 download Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew try to recreate Wolverine in the lab. Marc West, Aaron Cooke and Ian Woolf discuss the science of superheroes. Ian Woolf challenges you to read his mind in a Diffusion listener experiment!...
Housework, sex and comedy
MP3 download Marc West examines the correlation between sex and housework, Victoria Bond walks into a bar with science comedian Brian Malow, News by. Aaron Cooke - starquakes, - stroking rats, - mosquito attraction, - how green tea fights cancer....
Cancer alternative and Santa's role
MP3 download Alternative Cancer by John August, Santa sets a bad role model by Patrick Rubie News by Ian Woolf - kanagaroo cream to prevent skin cancer - testosterone does not produce aggression in humans - Methuselah Foundation's top 5...
The ghost of Diffusion past - Xmas 2000
MP3 download The ghost of Diffusion past - the Xmas show from 2000 sampled at 20kbps: Myths and facts of the great Aussie Beer Gut by Nick Perkins Anthropomorphisation by Lachlan Whatmore Weird science by Gina Sartore - GM Potato...
Lung flutes, leg growing and Science circuses
MP3 download Pahia Cooper picks her favourite inventions of 2009: the Lung flute, greensulate mushroom packaging, and the Mindflex; Aaron Cook interviews Pahia Cooper about her experiences travelling in the Questacon Science Circus; News by Aaron Cook - how to...
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...
Portable forensics, and ET in the pub
MP3 download Portable forensics, sexual revolutions and ET in the pub! Dr Alsion Beavis talks to Ian Woolf about portable crime scene investigation labs. Marc West and Darren Osborne talk to pub-goers about Extra-Terrestrials. Aaron Cook reports on Kiwis in...
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...
Rad Cooling, SETI and Augmented Reality
MP3 download Use the cold of space to cool your home with Angus Gentle and Ian Woolf. Search for alien life and Extraterrestrial Intelligence with Carol Oliver and Marc West. Visits Bondi Beach with Ian Woolf, to explore the futuristic...
Mars, Myopia, Mesoglea, Mildred Cohn
MP3 achlan Whatmore gets squishy on ya with immortal jellyfish. Victoria Bond eulogises the Mars rovers, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf discuss new understandings about short-sightedness, Ian Woolf and Pat Rubie collide with bread and hadrons Lachlan Whatmore eulogises mighty...
Hot Maths and Disintermediation
MP3 Brigid Mullane interviews Dr Michael Cavanagh about new software to help teach Maths at school, Ian Woolf talks with Futurist Janine Cahill about the paradigm shift from Traditional to New Media, Mobile Banking, Serious Games and Disintermediation. The future...
Mystique, pill ills, sin distribution
MP3 Marc West asks Dr Chris Pettigrew how X-men character Mystique's super-powers might really work, Charles Willock reports on the distribution of sin in the USA, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss the lesser known side effects of the contraceptive...
Primes, codes and entanglement
MP3 Prime numbers, secret messages and quantum teleportation! Marc West explore prime numbers and speaks to Terrance Tao. Ian Woolf and Marc West discuss Quantum technology - quantum entanglement, quantum cryptography and quantum teleportation. News by Marc West -Mobile phones...
Deadly worms and pig orgasms
MP3 "Worms worms worms" by Lachlan Whatmore "Science Trivia" hosted by Victoria Bond. Contributors are Lachlan Whatmore, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie "The number 30" by Patrick Rubie News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf -Evolutionary Leap -Hadron Collider -Placebo...
Vaccination special!
MP3 All you need to know about vaccinations! Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf talk about how vaccines are made, how they work, the biochemistry behind vaccines, the controversies, and even a little maths! Hosted by Ian Woolf Produced...
Dating science, brains and bacterial art
MP3 What are the seven secrets of successful online dating? Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf unravel the mysteries; 'Brain spindles that minds are made of' Nija Dalal talks to Charles Siebert about our brains; And Patrick Rubie reveals bacterial artists...
Dust, smart dogs and rats on twitter
MP3 Marc West explains the new dust storms that have hit Australia, Marc and Ian Woolf discuss whether the internet is addictive, and just how smart are dogs really? Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Dark Energy, Vacuum and Casimir forces
MP3 Ian Woolf reports on Lawrence Karuss's talk on Dark Energy at the Powerhouse Museum, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss the expansion of the Universe, and harnessing Casimir forces from quantum vacuum energy. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Music and Viruses
MP3 Fighting HIV' Patrick Rubie interviews Andrew Low from the Centre for Excellence in Medical Research, the University of British Columbia about the newest weapons to fight HIV. Lachlan Whatmore presents Part 2 of his tribute to Les Paul, honouring...
Coffee and Guitar science
MP3 We get you up with the science of coffee, take you on a journey of musical genius with guitarist Les Paul, and generally squeeze so much science out of your stomach that you'll need a gastric bi-pass. Lachlan Whatmore...
Power, art and cocktails
MP3 Marc West talks with Jon Lomberg about sending art to aliens on the Voyager space probe, Ian Woolf speaks with Brian Lennon about smal, cheap and locally owned Geothermal Power plants and the Emissions Trading Scheme, Marc West drinks...
10daysofscience and marijuana science
MP3 Caitlin Howlett interviews Kate Hennessy, editor of www.10daysofscience.com about the Ultimo Science Festival, Victoria Bond celebrates 400 years of Galilean astronomy, Dan Keogh and Caitlin Howlett lead a discussion on the science of marijuana with Celine Steinfield, Victoria Bond,...
Emailing aliens, and Future Festivals
MP3 Marc West talks with Jacqui Hayes about the HelloFromEarth.net project, From the Live Futures Festival, Dr Zheng asks us about what it should be like to live in cities in the future, Natalie Rowland talks to Ian Woolf about...
The Diffusion Science Show Trivia Special!
MP3 Join Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf as we tackle questions in mathematics, biology, popular science and chemistry. Can you do better than the team? Produced and Panelled by Marc West Also starring Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf...
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...
Designer thinking and coral reefs 101
MP3 Ian Woolf speaks to Deborah Kneeshaw about using Design thinking to solve the world's problems, Lachaln Whatmore explains the nature of coral reefs to Marc West, News by Ian Woolf - unseen giant object crashes into Jupiter - circumcising...
Moon landings and Whalesong
MP3 Ian Woolf informs us on 10 Apollo 11 facts that will surprise you, Ian and Marc West chat the science and politics of moon landings, and we feature some out-of-this-world music. And just for balance, we come back to...
Newly possible futures
MP3 Futurist Janine Cahill interviewed by Ian Woolf about how we are living in an era where the impossible is becoming possible, News by Ian Woolf - Photographic memory pills, - Caffeine may reverse Alzheimers - zapping brains - Urine...
Ritzian physics and imaginary friends
MP3 Did you have an imaginary friend? Do you think the scientific establishment is suppressing alternative theories? Caitlin Howlett discusses giraffe evolution and Saturn's moons, and the benefits of imaginary conversations. John August debates the Ritzian alternative to Einstein's relativity...
Blindsight, deja vu, and male contraception
MP3 Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss Using blindSight to find your keys, deja Vu, bacteria taught to count, male contraception in China, deja vu and a new element for the table. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf....
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
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Reducible Evolution Special
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Crude oil and cruder monkeys
play now News and views by Jacqui Hayes. Lindsey Gray with a slick coverage of the competing crude oil formation theories. Matt Clarke couldn't help but tell us about monkey prostitution and pornography. Intelligent musings from Michelle Kovacevic. Produced...
Reviewed on the Internet Archive!
Pluto's demotion and an inconvenient truthReviewer: etherdog - - September 12, 2006Subject: Lively discussion of science topicsThe Aussie crew provide meaningful discussion of science topics in the news along with a couple of music tracks. My only complaint is that...
Toads, Flying cars and Monkey Mating
Play Now This week was a bit of a lazy one for Team Diffusion. We lAughed at convention and just talked about what ever we wanted to. Science News? Who needs it? Scripts? I think not. Science Radio by...
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