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X marks the Auto-immune disease
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Listen to Lachlan Gray talk about how auto-immune diseases affect many more females than males, and his research into how the X chromosome may be the cause. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
Neurofeedback virtual learning
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Listen to Luke Turner talk about his project to use Neurofeedback and virtual reality to help people learn more things, more easily. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Luke Turner (right) Luke Turner's...
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...
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...
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...
Vaccination explanation
MP3 download Vaccines against aging, Vaccines against asthma by Ian Woolf from 2009: Dr Victoria Bond explains how vaccines work and how they are made to Marc West and Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Julie-Anne Popple, Marc...
Horizontal Memory Transfer
MP3 download The bizarre story of horizontal memory transfer in worms by Ian Woolf, The Ig Nobel 24/7 lectures by Marc Abrams. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Annals of Improbable Research The effects of regeneration upon retention of a...
Little Green Molecules
MP3 download The Moon is a bit wet by Ian Woolf, Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham searches for life off Earth - part 1, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Maria Cunningham NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of...
Plant genetics and vampires
MP3 download Vampires or leukemia by Ian Woolf, Kelsey Picard on moving her career from chocolate to plant genetics and science communication, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Kelsey Picard - Young Tassie Scientists That's What I Call Science Podcast...
Landing on Mars
MP3 download Assange arrest again by Ian Woolf Bonnie Teece, Kirsten Banks and Martin Kranendonk talk about 7 minutes of terror and the search for life on Mars - part 2. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf The Australian Centre...
FameLab Australia 2020
MP3 download Cody Frear - ‘Out with the old, in with the Noo-Noo’ Madelaine Ferarri - Self-compassion and Perfectionism Nisharnthi Duggan - A surprising treatment for stroke Samuel Hinton - Can you hear the Big Bang? Emily Brogan - Lost...
Face recognition antagonism
MP3 download Foreign interference in Australia, Masks and face recognition antagonism by Ian Woolf Mark Andrejevic talks about facial recognition surveillance in the pandemic part 2 Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Facial recognition technology and the end of privacy...
Face recognition pandemic
MP3 download Face recognition on trial around Australia by Ian Woolf Mark Andrejevic talks about facial recognition surveillance in the pandemic Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Facial recognition technology and the end of privacy for good Perth’s facial recognition...
C02 Concrete and fun fungi
MP3 download Professor Vivian Tan invented C02 Concrete, Tim Baynes speaks with Virginia Shepherd about the fun of fungi! Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Tim Baynes...
The science of podcasts
MP3 download This show was first broadcast in March 2019: Navy FTL space drive patent by Ian Woolf, Ben Kiernan's science of science podcasts and the Non-peer reviewed podcast, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by...
Science podcast science and FTL patents
MP3 download Navy FTL space drive patent by Ian Woolf, Ben Kiernan's science of science podcasts and the Non-peer reviewed podcast, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Ben Kiernan Non-peer reviewed podcast Craft...
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Whales, drones and bacteria
MP3 download Bacteria from humans can generate electricity by Ian Woolf, Vanessa Pirotta uses drones to sample whale snot, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Photo courtesy of Joanne Stephan Vanessa Pirotta A...
Hearts, strawberries and water
MP3 download Strawberries help Inflammatory Bowel Disease symptoms, Nano-fibre nets catch water from the air by Ian Woolf, Muthu Vellayappan mends hearts with groovy patches. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Muthu Vellayappan...
Funding ME and CFS research
MP3 download Senate Estimates prompts NHMRC to start an ME/CFS panel to target research funding, Stephen Graves describes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2008, Part 2 of Brett Lidbury talking about ME/CFS. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and...
Bright Sparks 2017 - part 3 poetry
MP3 Meltdown, Spectre and Nuclear detonation news by Ian Woolf, For the final Bright Sparks challenge, the Fresh scientists perform their haiku and limericks, and share the insights they've gained: Mohamed Tashani on vaccines from The University of Sydney, Xufeng...
Equal Reality for social intelligence
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Skeleton finger print unlocks phones by Ian Woolf, Annie Harper and Brennan Hatton talk use virtual reality to raise social intelligence, Nady Braidy treats alcohol addiction with NAD+, Lael Lim builds robohand. Production...
Lateral, entropy, and the egg
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Anomalies speed around nearby star, Anomalies block too much light around a distant star by Ian Woolf. Jack Scanlon talks about Lateral magazine, John August talks about Entropy and the Egg, part 1....
Wildlife Forensics and Water Divining
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Hover-boards are back, by Ian Woolf, Dr Greta Frankham from the Centre for Wildlife Genomics solves environmental crimes with wildlife forensics, Richard Saunders turns a skeptical eye on divining for water, Production checked...
Magnetic bacteria and chilli
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf reports on rapid aging from fish oil, Podcasting threatened by patents, and paper 3D printers. Tim Baynes investigates magnetically sensitive animals, Christine Baker speaks with Lara Farrell about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,...
Diffusion cut from 2SER
The Diffusion science show has been cut by 2SER, to make room for new shows by new volunteers. After 19 years on air, and 15 years of contributions from me, its the final Diffusion Science Radio broadcast from 2SER tonight...
Pond scum and ALS
download MP3 In a Brain Awareness week special, Dr Rachel Dunlop explains her research exploring the connection between blue-green algae and motor neurone disease, and how Gulf War veterans are coming down with ALS. Therese Chen reports on glue that...
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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,...
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...
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...
ID Card - Is Big Brother Stalking You?
This is a special edition of the Diffusion Science Radio show looking at a controversial application of science and technology: the proposed card to identify everyone accessing Australian government services. Go directly to Podcasts: --> Download/listen, 64kbs MP3 (13.4...
Marc West
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Donate your brain to science!
Would you like to be on radio? Do you have a passion about science that you want to share with the world? Do you like the idea of being able to go up to interesting scientists and ask them anything...
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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...
Diffusion 10th November 2005
Play Now The Optical Future of Super-fast Broadband, and The Ins and Outs of Podcasting. Presented by Matt Francis, Science News by Noel Hanna, Super-broadband by Chris Stewart, Podcasting by Ian Woolf. Production and technical support by Jacqui Pfeffer....
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