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Choice Blindness

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 22, 2024 11:12 PM

WorldCoin and Rejuventation by dilution

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 7, 2023 8:29 PM

The Long-Term Threat

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 24, 2023 10:33 AM

The Talking Dead

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 7, 2022 11:04 PM

Expressly Human - part 1

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 15, 2022 4:11 PM

Goats, studs and smart beds

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

Vaccination explanation

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 8, 2021 4:03 PM

Pick-up lines radio reward

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 11, 2021 4:44 PM

Pheromones and robot noses

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 13, 2020 2:45 PM

How do we smell?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 6, 2020 11:39 AM

Face recognition antagonism

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 25, 2020 12:07 PM

Brain wave discoveries

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 4, 2020 1:32 PM

Full automation and Elvis on the Moon

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 10, 2018 10:32 AM

Anti-Encryption

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 8, 2018 11:47 AM

Why You're Not Dead Yet

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 23, 2018 9:09 PM

Transport implant

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 10, 2017 1:14 PM

Identity cards for Australia again?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 16, 2017 12:08 PM

Longevity policy undetectable faces

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 14, 2016 11:34 AM

Open Source Science Accelerates

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 12, 2016 8:02 PM

Open Source Malaria

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 5, 2016 8:26 PM

Cellf - making a musician

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 13, 2016 1:24 AM

Visual illusions for computer vision

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 28, 2015 9:10 PM

Lateral, entropy, and the egg

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 19, 2015 2:00 PM

Warp drive and Antigravity

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 31, 2015 4:14 PM

Paper engineering city spiders

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 20, 2015 2:21 PM

Good cop/Bad cop: Cholesterol

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 16, 2015 7:24 PM

Breakfast robots and TECHmyway

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 16, 2015 1:14 PM

Vaping Freematics

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 8, 2014 1:51 PM

Re-using carbon and Biohack Syd

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 16, 2014 3:02 PM

Shadow profiles and eating babies

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 1, 2013 4:32 PM

3D Paper and Identity theft

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 26, 2013 5:14 PM

Trolling science and throat singing

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 15, 2013 12:24 AM

Hypercolour vision and soap

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 17, 2013 10:20 PM

Magnetic bacteria and chilli

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 10, 2013 2:25 PM

Misleading science and carnivorous pineapples

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 17, 2012 2:57 PM

Quolls, laser planes, anosmic flies

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 26, 2010 2:40 AM

Primes, codes and entanglement

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 26, 2009 9:23 PM

Writing News items

News on Diffusion is usually several short science news items. The script for each item should only take about a minute to read. If the story needs a longer amount of time, then it would sound better if it was...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 3, 2008 10:46 PM

Holistic medicine and ancient engines

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Posted by Diffusion on June 30, 2008 12:09 AM

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Posted by Diffusion on August 2, 2007 12:09 AM

ID Card - Is Big Brother Stalking You?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 1, 2007 10:18 PM

Diffusion 19th February 2002

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 19, 2002 9:00 AM