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Sleep learning and smell-o-vision - part 3
MP3 download From 2020: Synthetic smells and Sleep smelling memories by Ian Woolf James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 3, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr James Hayes UNSW Odour Laboratory Manipulating synthetic optogenetic odors reveals...
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors AGAIN
MP3 From 2022: Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer? The Liberal-National Party want you to think so. News of a vaccine for hair loss, and a reminder from the original Moon landing. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Can...
Face transplant and spice for life
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Aussie Space Mail
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Worms uploaded to Lego by Ian Woolf, Kerrie Dougherty tells tales of Rockets delivering mail in Australia before Woomera. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Kerrie Dougherty, courtesy of Valentin Shkolny Dennett rocket...
Nuclear Australia - pros and cons
download MP3 From the 2013 Nuclear Energy For Australia? conference: Uranium miner Dr Erica Smyth argues for nuclear power for Australia, Conservationist Professor Ian Lowe argues against nuclear power for Australia Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Erica Smyth...
Assange, Music and the law
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WorldCoin and Rejuventation by dilution
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Edward Teller, Isaac Newton and military Robots
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Douglas Engelbart - Inventing the 21st Century
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Robot guide dogs and Killer AI
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The Long-Term Threat
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SETI switch
MP3 From 2010, why the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence has been doing it wrong! The discovery of an Earth-like planet 20 light years away, and high resolution tapes of the Moon landing recovered. Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf....
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...
Dementia and Artificial Intelligence
MP3 Memory prosthesis for dementia by Ian Woolf, Tanya Petrovich from Dementia Australia, and Andrew Vouliotis from Deakin University's Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute talks about their AI training system for carers of people with dementia - Talk with Ted! Produced...
The Talking Dead
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SETI and Alien archaeology
MP3 Water world discovered, The Drake Equation, The Silurian Hypothesis, Produced and presented by Ian Woolf TOI-1452 b: SPIRou and TESS Reveal a Super-Earth in a Temperate Orbit Transiting an M4 Dwarf Scientists discover colossal ocean may completely cover this...
Small Modular Reactors
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Balancing Medical Censorship
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Dorkbot, Putin, Sneezing and Sunlight
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Nikola Tesla and Doc Oc
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The Right To Repair - part 1
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Life and Toydeath
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Venus Flytrap Science
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Molecular machines magnified
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In vitro meat ventriloquism
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Little Green Molecules
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Synthetic chemical adventures
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Organo-metallic chemist
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Developing brains
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Landing on Mars
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Life on Mars
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Solar explosions and insect minds
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Smell-o-vision and explosive bees
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COVIDFree without COVIDSafe
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Brainwave generation
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Future of Human Needs past
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Bop Seabin Mycoreality
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Synthetic biology and Future Science
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Kinder gentler transhumanism
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Robots Recycle Rags
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The Future of Human Needs
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Axiomatic - Never was a cornflake guy
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Axiomatic weird food and Bronowski
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Full automation and Elvis on the Moon
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Absinthe chemistry and Beer froth maths
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Anti-Encryption
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Vitamania, woken worms and DNA repair
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Bacterial love cleavage virtual observatories
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The Forgetting Machine - part 1
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Terminal decline and Zero emissions
MP3 This show was originally broadcast in 2011: Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the strained Australian health budget. Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple...
The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 2
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The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 1
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Rockets and Rejuvenation
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Pupils Pulse at Parkes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') SETI signals and Encoded E. coli by Ian Woolf, Rob Hollow talks about Pulse at Parkes for pupils at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Create UNSW, MakerSpace and Repair Cafe - DIY Day part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bionic bacteria get solar panels to make vinegar while yeast turns Astronaut urine into plastic by Ian Woolf, Anthony from Create UNSW show the latest student projects, Anna Lise explains MakerSpace, Bob invites...
What good is consciousness?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sea fleas and smart drugs by Ian Woolf, Peter Watts talks about biologically plausible aliens, why only two sexes, and suggests you don't need to be conscious. In the conversation we name-checked these...
Bioethics and the Narcissome
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Gut bacteria for longer life by Ian Woolf, Dr Ainsley Newson talks about bioethics and personal genomics. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Rynos Theme by Kevin MacLeod...
Surprizing stories and Quantum computers
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Flashing lights treat Alzheimer's mice by Ian Woolf, Professor Stuart Kauffman reads from The surprizing story of Patrick, Rupert, Sly and Gus - evolutionary niches and complexity. Quantum computing made simple by Ian...
The origin of life - inevitable?
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Zap your genes into space
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2016 Ig Nobel Prizes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The 2016 IgNobel prizes condensed from 2 hours down to 27 minutes: REPRODUCTION PRIZE [EGYPT] — The effects of wearing polyester, cotton, or wool trousers on the sex life of rats, and humans,...
Oz nuclear dump and virtual biohacking
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My Health Records -private?
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Life, the Universe & Carnivorous plants
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#Censusfail or Privacy?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') How has privacy been endangered by the Australian Census? by Ian Woolf Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn from the Australian Privacy Foundation talks about the Australian Census 2016. Honest Australian Census advert by The Juice...
Fine tuning for Life
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Heat shock for longer life and Physics poetry
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More Carbs for longer life
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Pulsar glitches and biological ageing
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Pulsar glitching and Biological Ageing A round-up of the Australian Biological Ageing Conference by Ian Woolf - part 1, Jim Palfreyman talks about glitching pulsar discoveries, part 2. Checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Sly Moulds
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Dark matter anyon computing
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Lateral, entropy, and the egg
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Life and death of Stars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sleek Geek Eureka Primary School prizes by Ian Woolf, Michael Burton explains the life and death of stars, Why does the Sun really shine by They Might Be Giants, Production checked by Charles...
Biological art and killer robots
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Mind controlled brain art and artificial IQ
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Hyperspectral fleet and Giant robots
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Urthecast and space lasers
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Canada in Space & Google listens
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DIY Space Exploration
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Bionic eyes traffic and Do-arama
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TV spying and Biohacker stimulation
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Transition waves rideable multicopters
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Bitcoin rules soliton waves
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Aussie Rockets Worm Lego
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Primate RNA and pocket communicators
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Wildlife Forensics and Water Divining
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Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen
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Astronomy for Life and Toydeath
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Fact or Fiction Implants
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Play sub-atomic games in Space!
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Space law and Bee decisions
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Biohacking Citizen Science
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Powdered alcohol and Money part 2
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Wearable Experiments
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Rat Park and Chromatic Composer
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Mechanical stem cells and Origin catalysts
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Thorium Trans-Tasman 3MT competition
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SkeptiCamp, Life and HackerSpace
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BitCoin mining and Panspermia
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Magnetic bacteria and chilli
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Microfactories and synthetic food
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Future silkmoth tricycle games
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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...
Cognitive Reserve and Solar max
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Fecal transplants and Darwin part 5
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Tilting at windmills, Natural Selection
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Open Source Cryptoparty
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Robots, Newton, Teller and Fugu
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Singing mice, Ig Nobles, MooresCloud
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Dragons, astronauts and surveillance
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Digging for Cicadas, Glow-worms and Life on Mars
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Coral Art Life Science TV Eyes
download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple visits the Coral Art Life Science Exhibition at he University of Sydney and speaks with: science inspired artist Carmel Wallance, and Dr Adrienne Grant about her research into copper and corals. Ian Woolf continues his series...
Freeze, wait, reanimate!
download MP3 In this Cryonics special edition Ian Woolf speaks with immortalist Matt Fisher about freezing people after death for future resuscitation, and the state of Cryonics in Australia. "Our Cryonic World" written and sung by Charlie Kam. Presented and...
Let's talk about X... and exits
MP3 Victoria Bond speaks to Dr. Jacqui McPhee about her experiences in ICU and palliative care, and end of life care, Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss Terry Pratchet's endorsement of euthanasia, Mic Cavazzini speaks to Professor Jenny Graves of...
Terminal Decline and Zero Emissions
MP3 Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the strained Australian health budget. Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss their thoughts on end of life...
Circadian rhythms and sperm teasing
MP3 download Victoria Bond interviews Professor Ian Hickie about circadian rhythms and depression, Patrick Rubie reports on: - Sperm teasing - big tobacco cures starvation - asteroid dust and the origins of life Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
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...
Lifelogging and fake meat
MP3 download Record your life with life-logging. Do you care about privacy on the internet? Would you eat fake meat? Discussion by Ollie Barrand, Catherine Beahag, Marc West and Aaron Cook. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
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...
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...
DIY EMP, Putin and Sunlight
MP3 download Ian Woolf speaks to Leigh Russell at Dorkbot. Leigh explodes a hydrogen filled condom to cause an Electromagnetic pulse that reboots a computer. He moves beads with sound and brings non-Newtonian fluids to life. Listener question: Is sunlight...
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...
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,...
Drinking with Aliens
MP3 download The Ordinary Guy (from the Brains Matter podcast) talks to Dr Ali Ford from Monash University , Australia about life in space, Patrick Rubie talks to Joe Duncan, co-owner of the Bowral Brewing Company and Pigs Fly Beer,...
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...
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...
Wildlife, sperm, cricket and elections
MP3 Caitlin Howlett explores wildlife corridors, Marc West looks for the correlations between cricket and weather, Ian Woolf investigates a lack of randomness in the Iranian election statistics, News by Caitlin Howlett - Eco race, - shrinking sheep, - pulsars,...
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,...
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:...
Invisible illness and exploding spacecraft
play nowIan Woolf reports the latest in the war on aging, the Live Futures Festival to be held simultaneously in Newtown and Second Life on August 17th, and The doomed attempt of the commercial SpaceX Falcon 1 spacecraft to...
Reducible Evolution Special
play nowThermoregulation with Frank Seebacher interviewed by Jesse SilvermanThe irreducibly complex Michael Behe by Alex JordanNews by Jesse Silverman - life from space - hobbits - Ancient sea monsters - AIDS resistance - Antarctic giantsPresented by Carla AvolioProduced by...
Robot Love, Nuclear Power, Safe?
play now A Diffusion Science Nuclear Special (Part II). Instead of looking only at CO2, we look at the other important issues surrounding nuclear power generation. This week: the risks of proliferation. Special Guests Dr Sue Wareham OAM of...
Robots, baby birds and free internet
play now Jacqui Pfeffer discusses Robot Relationships with Hugh Durrant White Ian Woolf interviews Lachlan Hardy about freeing the net http://lachstock.com.au Charles Willock looks at the life of baby birds News by Ian Woolf Presented by Lara Davis Produced...
Brain music and Smelly science
play now Mind Listening to the Mind Listening by Ian Woolf, Smells like Science by Patrick Rubie, News by Patrick Rubie - taking the urine, - holograph testing - synthetic life - jellyfish cosmetics - ancient chilli Presented by...
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...
Hearing URLs, Pasteur, Zapping food
Play Now News by Jacqui Hayes, Synaesthesia by Charles Willock, The life of Louis Pasteur by Lachlan Whatmore, How to play with your food, by Ian Woolf, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf....
Radiothon, Showers, Stephen Hawking
Play Now Life and Times of Stephen Hawking by Marc West How dangerous is my shower by Kachina Allen Produced by Christ Stewart Presented by Marc West Expert commentary by Vanessa Gardoss and Tilly Boleyn...
Parrot Environment, Rutherford part 2
Play Now Part 2 of the life of the amazing Kiwi scientist Ernest Rutherford, who made possible nuclear "fussion" and silican "chups". The two latest media love birds are the Environment Minister Ian Campbell and the orange-bellied parrot -...
Chris Stewart
In a past life, Chris spent five years studying the physics of quarks, the tiny particles that sit at the heart of protons and neutrons, which in turn make up the nucleus of the atom. After a while, he realised...
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...
11th August 2005
Play Now Presented by Matthew ClarkeNews by Jacqui PfefferEvolution of alien life on Earth by MattTaylor Bildstein interviews Keith Sainsbury about sustainable fisheriesOpen mike science chat about the new solar planet, remote manipulation of moving sperm, lunar soil and...
18 November 2002
Presented by Chris Stewart. News by Nik Yannoulatos. Gina Sartore reports how what happens in our brains when we forget . Chris Stewart asks Professor Rick Shine to describe a day in the life of a field Herpetologist. Produced by...
Diffusion 11th June 2002
Play Now Presented by Tim Baynes. News by Tim. Gina Sartore reports from the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, and how life events affect health. Lachlan Whatmore gives a guided tour of the insides and outsides of sea sponges. Produced...
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