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Edward Teller, Isaac Newton and military Robots

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 31, 2023 7:25 PM

Goats, studs and smart beds

download MP3 This episode first broadcast in 2008: 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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on May 2, 2022 12:02 PM

The Pais Effect

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 8, 2021 2:37 PM

Assange Extradition Decision

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 4, 2021 12:03 PM

Print spies dolphin terrorists

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 21, 2020 10:50 AM

Kinder gentler transhumanism

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 2, 2019 12:04 PM

Tales from feathers and quills

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 12, 2019 12:40 PM

Space Force and Llamas

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 5, 2018 5:47 PM

The Forgetting Machine - part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 29, 2018 4:18 PM

Biological art and killer robots

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 10, 2015 8:05 PM

Falling cats and Stem cell tourism

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 27, 2015 12:06 PM

Urthecast and space lasers

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 29, 2015 2:33 PM

Healing corneas and building robots

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 9, 2013 3:22 PM

Robots, Newton, Teller and Fugu

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 26, 2012 5:18 PM

Neutron bombs, GM apples and Zanzibar

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 6, 2010 10:47 PM

War goats, rat studs, and smart beds

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Posted by Diffusion on February 21, 2008 12:09 AM

Synchrotron and phone spam

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Posted by Diffusion on May 10, 2007 9:00 AM

Simulated Nightclubs

Remember when American soldiers given amphetamine "GO pills" accidentally dropped a laser-guided bomb on Canadian and British soldiers during the invasion of Afghanistan? Now American soldiers traumatised by their war experiences are being asked to volunteer for simulated nightclubs, where...

Posted by Ian Woolf on February 28, 2005 7:19 PM

Diffusion 9th July 2002

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 9, 2002 9:00 AM

Diffusion 4th June 2002

Play Now Presented by Tim Baynes. News by Gina Sartore. Tim explains Bioluminescence. Lachlan Whatmore talks about the military uses of bioluminescence, and the latest global warming sceptical research. Kangaroo leather with Dr Jacinta Poole of CSIRO. Dinosaur stampede...

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 4, 2002 9:00 AM

29 May 2001

Report on polymer banknotes by Angelique Hutchison, Ian Woolf talks with Dr Spike Barlow and Dr Bob McKay about AI and military strategy. News by Tim Baynes. Presented by Lachlan Whatmore. Produced by Ian Woolf with technical assistance from...

Posted by Ian Woolf on May 29, 2001 1:14 AM