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The Big Misunderstanding
download MP3 Listen to John Mattick explain why Junk DNA is the big misunderstanding of molecular biology. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor John Mattick Equus quagga and Lord Morton's mare Telegony and guitars...
Face transplant and spice for life
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Levitating worms, 2023 Nobel Prizes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Worms hitch rides on bumblebees with electric fields, Nobel Prizes for attosecond lasers, Quantum dots and mRNA vaccines. hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Caenorhabditis elegans transfers across a gap under an electric...
Robert Booy - Infectious Diseases
MP3 Professor Robert Booy talks about infectious diseases, vaccines, epidemics and pandemics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf \ Professor Robert Booy Infectious diseases doctor’s message as ATAGI changes COVID-19 vaccine advice Infectious diseases expert weighs in on school mask...
Analysing chemicals and Synthesizing text
MP3 David Bishop explains how labs identify poisons diseases and minerals with mass spectrometers. Ian Woolf explains how ChatGPT works, and how to put it to work. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Associate Professor David Bishop Frontiers of Science...
Modelling to Mars!
MP3 Susanna Guatelli uses models to shield astronauts from radiation on their way to Mars, and during their stay on the Moon. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Associate Professor Susanna Guatelli Dr Susanna Guatelli Frontiers of Science Forum 2023...
Zapping mosquito bites and phish tales
MP3 Listen to tales of online scams, zapping mosquito bites, and sperm that can smell, in this episode from the 2014 archives. Odorant receptor-mediated sperm activation in disease vector mosquitoes...
Sydney Space suits - part 2
MP3 Join founder Kiriti Rambhalta on a tour of the Metakosmos Space suit facility in Sydney with host Ian Woolf. Listen to an in-person follow-up to last week's Zoom interview Produced by Ian Woolf. Metakosmos...
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...
Spinal Fusion
MP3 Dr Ashish Diwan, Professor Ganga Prusty and Dr Xiaopeng Li talk about coming together to make spinal fusion surgery work for patients with new materials, and new techniques in their new company Sentonix. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf...
2022 Nobel Prizes
MP3 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, for discoveries about the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution, Nobel Prize for Chemistry for a new type of chemical engineering or "functional chemistry" called "click chemistry", Nobel Prize for Physics for...
Women in Science and Gender-bending
MP3 International Womens' 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...
Emerge Australia
download MP3 Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia talks about the need to change the Clinical Guidlines for diagnosis and treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Emerge Australia...
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis what's changed?
download MP3 1999 ME/CFS Conference with harmful Clinical Guidelines for treatment, 2008 ME/CFS Conference interview with Dr Stephen Graves, 2022 talk by Dr Richard Loeffel on the need for new Clinical Guidlines for diagnosis and treatment for people suffering ME/CFS,...
Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') UN Climate Report released, Governments fail to act, scientists protest by Ian Woolf, Audience questions from the Frontiers of Science Forum - part 2 featuring Professor Johannes le Coutre, Professor Martina Stenzel, Professor...
Questioning Science Frontiers - part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') NASA telescope naming scandal by Ian Woolf, Audience questions from the Frontiers of Science Forum - part 1 featuring Professor Johannes le Coutre, Professor Martina Stenzel, Professor Chirs Tisdell, and Professor Ben Eggleton,...
Tiny targeted plastic
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Professor Martina Stenzel talks about using polymer nanotechnology to deliver drugs to fight cancer with less side effects. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Martina Stenzel Frontiers of Science Forum 2022...
Plagued - part 2 revisited
MP3 download Ingenuity flies on Mars by Ian Woolf, Dr John Froude talks about how plagues have shaped human evolution. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr John Froude NASA's Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight Ingenuity deployment NASA...
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...
The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 2
MP3 download 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine for touch and heat receptors by Ian Woolf, Steven Hoffman, author of The Five Forces That Change Everything talks about irresistibly intelligent assistants, biohackers and new species of humans - part 2 Hosted...
Census and Privacy 2021 - part 2
MP3 download Fruit fights Parkinson's disease, Magnetic brains by Ian Woolf, Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch discusses privacy and security concerns with the Australian 2021 Census - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Tom Sulston, Deputy Chair...
Intellectual Property and Medicine - part 2
MP3 download Ultrasound helps memory by Ian Woolf, Professor Matthew Rimmer talks about intellectual property and COVID vacccines - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Matthew Rimmer Low-intensity ultrasound restores long-term potentiation and memory in senescent mice...
Intellectual Property and Medicine - part 1
MP3 download 110 clots per million Astrazeneca doses by Ian Woolf, Professor Matthew Rimmer talks about intellectual property and COVID vacccines - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Matthew Rimmer Arterial events, venous thromboembolism, thrombocytopenia, and bleeding...
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...
Climate change health
MP3 download Elderberry retraction, Brain reading, Furry faces, and viral music by Ian Woolf, Melanie Zeppel talks about climate change and the health of humans and forests. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Melanie Zeppel SCOPUS Awards Flu vaccines yes,...
Future Low Energy Electronic Technology
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Quantum dots
MP3 download ANSTO workers hurt again by Ian Woolf, Alison Campbell talks about quantum dots. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Alison Campbell Molecular Photophysics (MP2) research group ANSTO workers exposed to unique occupational risk Lucas Heights nuclear medicine production...
Transhumanism engineering Cat-girls
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Asteroid deflection and CRISPR babies
MP3 download CRISPR baby by Ian Woolf, Nikola Schmidt and Petr Bohacek talk about Planetary Defense - part 2. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. ESA Planetary Defense NASA Planetary Defense United Nations...
Parasite hacks and computer vision
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Akane Tanaka finds new treatments for auto-immune disorders by studying how parasites hack our immune system, Quian Wu uses computer vision and machine learning to find your clothing size, and also to track...
Honey therapy and emotional helmets
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') China surveils emotions? by Ian Woolf, Nural Cokcetin talks about the therapeutic properties of honey, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Nural Cokcetin Nural Cokcetin on...
Head transplant HEAVEN?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stephen Juan talks with Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf about keeping a severed head alive , Head transplants - HEAVEN? by Ian Woolf, RE: Your brains by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles...
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...
Head transplant HEAVEN
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stephen Juan talks with Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf about keeping a severed head alive , Head transplants - HEAVEN? by Ian Woolf, RE: Your brains by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles...
The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Space Agency for Australia? by Ian Woolf,, Claire Hooker completes the story of Ruby Payne -Scott, pioneer radio-astronomer. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme by Kevin...
The story of Ruby Payne-Scott part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Octopolis and DolphinAttack by Ian Woolf, Claire Hooker tells the first part of the story of Ruby Payne -Scott, pioneer radio-astronomer. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos...
3 parent baby ethics and flavour tripping
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') No more fillings by Ian Woolf, Dr Ainsley Newson talks about the bioethics of babies with a third parent, Miracle berries by Ian Woolf. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced by Ian Woolf...
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...
Freeze, wait, reanimate?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Southern Cryonics starts building a facility to freeze people for eventual revival by Ian Woolf. Matt Fisher talks about why you want to be frozen when you die. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
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,...
Seagrasses, Art, and maggots revisted
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') No manned space craft for the International Space station rescue by Victoria Bond, Art meets Science at the Powerhouse Museum by Ian Woolf, Professor Pinas talks about maggot therapy with Victoria Bond, Eureka...
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...
Weird pets, possums and blood vessels
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine, Wifi emotions by Ian Woolf, Stewart McPherson travels the world documenting nature - part 2, Bright spark challenge: - Edward Waters, University of Notre Dame – Possums: furry...
Rhino horn, mitochondria and GenSpace
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Carnivorous plants fluoresce blue by Ian Woolf, Fresh Science Bright Sparks Challenge: Kyle Ewart identifies rhino horn, Minal Menezes detects mitochondrial diseases, Dr Ellen Jorgenson talks about GenSpace. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
Open Source Science Accelerates
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Excel breaks science by Ian Woolf, Matt Todd explains Open Source Malaria research, and the acceleration of science, part 2. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Associate Professor...
Music inspired by Space
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Brains scan bugs by Ian Woolf, Keyna Wilkins talks about creating music inspired by Astronomy, Paul Francis has transcoded radio astronomy signals into haunting sounds. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted...
Sly Moulds
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Robot cars driving blind people, Direct to brain bionic eyes, and lithium for long life by Ian Woolf, Chris Reid talks about slime mould and their emergent behaviour. Production checked by Charles Willock....
Kids 3D print Internet Barbie
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stem cells seeded on apples to make organs for transplant by Ian Woolf, Patrick Catanzariti talks about kids 3D printers, the perils of Internet Barbie, and how to develop for emerging techgnologies. Production...
Embryonic stem cells and crocodiles again
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Crocodiles climb, and use tools, while alligators make video by Ian Woolf, Michael Morris spoke with Ian Woolf about investigating the basic science of embryology to find out how embryonic stem cells become...
Virtual Observatory defeating salt
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Asthma drug rejuvenates brains by Ian Woolf, Yeshe Fenner talks about Virtual Observatories, Natalie Lister talks about eating potassium to defeat harmful effects of salt in your diet. Nemeses by Jonathan Coulton. Production...
Dynamics of expectation
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Nobel prize in Medicine for anti-parasite drugs by Ian Woolf Dr Casimir MacGregor talks about the sociology of anti-ageing and stem cell tourism, Glucose, glucose by Science Groove, Production checked by Charles Willock,...
Good cop/Bad cop: Cholesterol
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Magnetic nanoparticles stimulate the brain by Ian Woolf, Good Cop/Bad Cop: Cholesterol talk by Blake Cochran, Cholesterol interview with Blake Cochran by Ian Woolf. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Maker's Place Think Differently
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 3D printed high rises, Synthetic milk, and medical tattoos by Ian Woolf, Mel Fuller talks about Maker's Place, Bronwyn Milkins from UWA asks Can retraining your thinking improve your sleep? Production checked by...
Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The 2014 Nobel prizes for Medicine, Chemistry and Physics by Ian Woolf, From the 2013 Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis Competition: Thomas Fin: Oxygen - a double edged sword for lifeforms, Demi Gow -...
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...
Embryonic stem cells and crocodiles
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Crocodiles climb, and use tools, while alligators make video by Ian Woolf, Michael Morris spoke with Ian Woolf about investigating the basic science of embryology to find out how embryonic stem cells become...
Stem cells for ailing hearts
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Flying snakes by Ian Woolf Dr Alexis Bosman speaks with Ian Woolf about creating stem cells to understand inherited heart disease. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Alexis Bosman Cell Reprogramming Australia...
Stem cells fight HIV and Biohacking
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') News of Fibromyalgic pain explained, and Dream images identified by computer, by Ian Woolf. Associate Professor Geoff Symonds talks with Ian Woolf about using HIV to modify stem cells to fight HIV, From...
Healing corneas and building robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') News of: DARPA brain implants, Sony smart wigs, and prosthetic hands that feel, by Ian Woolf. Professor Stephanie Watson spoke with Ian Woolf about how she heals corneas with stem cells, From the...
2013 Ig Nobels and Willpower
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bitcoin for the homeless, Tricorders for food, and willpower never runs out, by Ian Woolf The 2013 Ig Nobel Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think, by...
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...
The Singularity and Nuclear Medicine
download MP3 (This show was first broadcast on 2011-02-28) What is the technological Singularity? by Ian Woolf I'm Atoms by Derek Muller Can medical radioisotopes be made without reactors and without uranium? by Ian Woolf I am the very model...
Roulette, Nobels, Rocking Science
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on profiting from the physics of Roulette. Ian Woolf reviews "The Eudaemonic Pie" by Thomas Bass about a group of physicists winning at roulette with shoe computers in the 1970's. Ian Woolf reports on Disney's...
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...
Species Invasion and Burritobot
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Pokemon thrips, and Night at the disease museum
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on plasma jets and migraine shock therapy. Therese Chen reports on developments Nano-medicine to treat Cerebral Palsy. Julie-Anne Popple speaks to Dr James Gilbert about 'pokemon' thrips and David Cutting about making modern day mummies....
Protein, penicillin and parasites
download MP3 The Ignobel prizes reported by Ian Woolf, discussion from Therese Chen and Julie-Anne Popple. Victoria Bond talks penicillin shortages with Professor Robert Bhoy, Julie-Anne Popple interviews Professor Steve Simpson and Dr Alsion Gosby about the protein hypothesis for...
Driver Fatigue and Ury's Night
MP3 download Victoria Bond celebrates 50 years of human space travel, Ian Woolf interviews Dr Sara Lal and Diarmuid Kavanagh about stopping tiredness killing people, News by Patrick Rubie: - safe injecting cuts overdoses - premature pregnancy evolves - NASA...
Nuclear medicine and the Singularity
MP3 download What is the technological Singularity? I'm Atoms by Derek Muller Can medical radioisotopes be made without reactors and without Uranium? Singularitarian by Charlie Cam Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Neutron bombs, GM apples and Zanzibar
MP3 download Lachlan Whatmore looks back over the history of neutron bombs, Victoria Bond reports on apples genetically modified to hide spoilage, discussion from Marc West, Peta Waller-Bryant, Ian Woolf, Phillipe Perez, Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore. News by Phillipe...
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...
Holistic medicine and ancient engines
play nowLachlan Whatmore looks at waterwheels and other ancient machines,Patrick Rubie talks to the president of the Sydney University Holistic Society,News by Ian Woolf, - solar powered solar power - neurology of cinema - erasable printing paperproduced by Lachlan...
Parasitic Koels and space robots
MP3 Koels of summer by Lindsey Gray, Kayuga probes the moon by Ian Woolf, News by Ian Woolf, - Glowing mind parasites get jammed, - Magnetic nano-medicines, Presented by Derek Williamson, Produced by Ian Woolf...
Evidence kills smallpox placebo
play now Evidence based medicine by Erin Passmore Smallpox and vaccination by John August Evidence, smallpox and placebo discussed by Rabia Khan, Patrick Rubie, John August, Joanne Chang, Linda Wang and Ian Woolf News by Patrick Rubie - climate...
Diffusion Animal Special: Spooky Worms, Dr Pet and Medicine Farms
play now 'Spooky Worms' by Lachlan Whatmore 'Dr Pet and Medicine Farms' by Patrick Rubie News by Patrick Rubie Presented by Lachlan Whatmore Panelled/Produced by Patrick Rubie...
Dark matter and alternative medicine
play now 'The Dark Side of the Cosmos' - Professor Joe Silk interviewed by Ian Woolf 'What's the alternative?' by Patrick Rubie News by Patrick Rubie Presented by Ian Woolf Produced by Patrick Rubie Professor Joe Silk' is the...
Diffusion Medical Special
play nowNews by Ed Pollitt - toys recalled for lead and magnets - sexy slug pheromone orgies - immune system recognizes fats The Evolution of Medicine by Emily Fearn Presented by Erin Passmore, Produced by Ian Woolf...
Genetic Peas Uncomplimentary Medicine
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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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