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Douglas Engelbart - Inventing the 21st Century
MP3 download Douglas Engelbart invented the 21st Century! In 1968 his Mother of All Demos showed how together work in social networks, using computer screens with graphic user interface, mouse, word processors, hyperlinks, online document sharing and video-conferencing, as part...
The Long-Term Threat
MP3 The Long-Term Threat - the open letter to pause AI research, and who wrote it, News of plagiarising anti-plagiarism anti-Ai AI by Ian Woolf Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf The Problems With UChicago's Glaze Glaze Glaze is violating...
The Talking Dead
MP3 A deep dive into the Digital Afterlife Industry - companies offering to let you have a conversation with dead people who speak back, and offering you a chance to live on as a digital avatar. Produced and hosted by...
Superworm and fake human meat
MP3 Sound implants prevent cancer, Sun made me hungry, Superworms, sub-millimetre robots Fake cannibalism Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf An implantable ultrasound-powered device for the treatment of brain cancer using electromagnetic fields Food-seeking behavior is triggered by skin ultraviolet...
Dorkbot, Putin, Sneezing and Sunlight
download MP3 President Putin's views on the science of whaling and climate change by Lachlan Whatmore How Grapefruit could make you pregnant by Ian Woolf Ian Woolf speaks to Leigh Russell at Dorkbot. Leigh explodes a hydrogen filled condom to...
Contraceptives and cocktails
MP3 download From 2009: The Pill vs condoms, which is greener? by Sarah Wood and Jacqui Hayes, The science of cocktails - Marc West interviews Manuel Tarron, 1962 Bell Labs Peek in the Future, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf...
Venus Flytrap Science
MP3 download Venus flytraps can count, Venus flytraps have a biomagnetic field, How Venus flytraps remember and sense time, How Venus flytraps snap shut, How Venus flytraps sense insects. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Calcium dynamics during trap closure...
To the Moon with fireworks and geckos
MP3 download From 2007: Mining the Moon by Ian Woolf, Fireworks frenzy by Patrick Rubie Fireworks discussion by Charles Willock, Ian Woolf, Joanne Chang, Lara Davis and Patrick Rubie Gecko-inspired cleaning cloths by Celine Steinfeld hosted and produced by Ian...
Print spies dolphin terrorists
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Life on Mars
MP3 download The race to Mars, Fusion fuel? by Ian Woolf Bonnie Teece, Kirsten Banks and Martin Kranendonk talk about the search for life on Mars - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf The Australian Centre for Astrobiology...
Brain wave discoveries
MP3 download Clean money for dirty hydrogen, Tracing app can't yet trace, but can track by Ian Woolf, R Douglas Fields talks about the discovery of brainwaves and Elon Musk's Neural-link part 2. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf R....
COVIDSafe Brainwaves
MP3 download The broken promises of COVIDSafe by Ian Woolf R Douglas Fields talks about the Electric Brain part 1, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf R. Douglas Fields Tracing the challenges of COVIDSafe Interactive COVIDSafe simulator (Digital Rights Watch)...
Nano-tech train sets
MP3 download This show first broadcast in February 2019: Cyber attack on Australia, Weird technology from the US Navy, by Ian Woolf, Nano-engineering molecular motors by Dr Shelley Wickham, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by...
Neuromorphic social impact
MP3 download Face recognition through stealing photos used by police, by Ian Woolf, Yesh Bethi demonstrates neuromorphic cameras on foosball tables, Nic Ralph uses neuromorphic cameras on satellites, Hervé Harvard and Sophie Ritchie bridge academic engineering to real world problems...
Solar Race Suicide Model Virtual Pain
MP3 download Over a billion animals dead in fires by Ian Woolf, Georgi Georgieff talks about the solar car race, Mark Heffernan talks about preventing suicide with modelling, Anton Bogdanovych uses virtual reality to train people in chronic pain management....
Tales from feathers and quills
MP3 download Big radioactive explosion in Russia by Ian Woolf, Kate Brandis talk how wetland bird feathers tell tales, Gina Sartore's The Daughter of Time about Grace Hopper, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Scientists in the Bookshop: Tales from...
Coral reefs in NSW
MP3 download Tracey Ainsworth and Steph Gardner from UNSW talk about NSW coral reefs Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Associate Professor Tracey AinsworthDr Stephanie Gardner From Reef to Harbour: The Hidden Wonder of NSW Corals Climate change: Marine heatwaves...
Nano Molecular train sets
MP3 download Cyber attack on Australia, Weird technology from the US Navy, by Ian Woolf, Nano-engineering molecular motors by Dr Shelley Wickham, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Shelley Wickham A DNA-based...
Space Force and Llamas
MP3 download Llamas fight flu by Ian Woolf, Steven Freeland talks about the US Space Force, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Steven Freeland The US plan for a Space Force risks escalating...
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...
Robots and Voxels at CeBIT
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') New Zealand launches a 3D-printed rocket by Ian Woolf, Claude Sammut from UNSW talks about robots at CeBIT, Todd the T1000 by Jonathan Coulton, Gavin Smith from Voxon Photonics talks about 3D displays...
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,...
Solar racing and women's ageing part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australian science has become a political playground by Ian Woolf, Part 2 of Judy Ford talking about slowing women's ageing, Will Green talks about the Sunswift solar racer. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
Innovation Engineering
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Climate scientists take to the streets by Ian Woolf, Rowan Braham talks about Innovation Engineering at Laing O'Rourke. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rowan Braham CSIRO head...
DIY Space Exploration
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Mystery lights on Ceres by Ian Woolf, Sebastian Chaoui talks about DIY Space Exploration and Quberider, Interplanetary Cubsats by Ian Woolf Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf QubeRider...
Transition waves rideable multicopters
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Balanced bladderworts Ian's script read by David Merriman, Ridable multicopters by Ian Woolf, Soliton oscillations by John August, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Capture of algae promotes...
Fact or Fiction Implants
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Remote controlled contraceptrives could lead to altered choices by Ian Woolf, Rod Dowler from ANSTO talks about the Fact or Fiction show with Marc West, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf ANSTO Fact...
Spiderman 2 and Money
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Social media censorship for Australia - DIBP DIBP DIBP, Dob, dob, dob? More CSIRO job cuts, #Australiansforcoal trends on twitter by Ian Woolf, Review of the science of SpiderMan 2 by Ian Woolf,...
Plasticised brains, tea, and pain
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') News of Black tea blocks herpes, and fermentable fibre helps asthma, by Ian Woolf. Brains restored to the speed learning of childhood with a pill, by Ian Woolf, Dr Patrick Rubie and Ian...
Artificial arguments and alcohol messages
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') News of male contraception and LCD contact lenses, by Ian Woolf. Alcoholic text messages from across the room by Ian Woolf, Automated arguments online by Ian Woolf, 3 Second Theses by Ian Woolf,...
Trigeneration and Sports networks
MP3 download Aaron Cooke reports on Sydney Council's plan for 85% efficient gas trigeneration power plants for Sydney, Ian Woolf speaks with Lief Hamlin about sports networks from NICTA, News by Marc West - Pacific Islands unihabitable but above water...
Dwarf planets and cooperating rats
MP3 download Pluto demoted again? It's been some fall from grace for Pluto. This week sees a possible new definition of dwarf-planet, and it seems Pluto is hardly special at all. interview by Marc West Ian Woolf tackles grey hair...
Portable forensics, and ET in the pub
MP3 download Portable forensics, sexual revolutions and ET in the pub! Dr Alsion Beavis talks to Ian Woolf about portable crime scene investigation labs. Marc West and Darren Osborne talk to pub-goers about Extra-Terrestrials. Aaron Cook reports on Kiwis in...
Mystique, pill ills, sin distribution
MP3 Marc West asks Dr Chris Pettigrew how X-men character Mystique's super-powers might really work, Charles Willock reports on the distribution of sin in the USA, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss the lesser known side effects of the contraceptive...
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,...
Blindsight, deja vu, and male contraception
MP3 Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss Using blindSight to find your keys, deja Vu, bacteria taught to count, male contraception in China, deja vu and a new element for the table. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf....
Green contraception, Fifth grade science
MP3 When getting cosy with your partner of choice, have you ever wondered what form of contraception is better for the environment? Sarah Wood has, and the answer will surprise you. Plus, Caitlin Howlett has a brain-busting quiz covering your...
Steam work and giant wallabies
play nowLachlan Whatmore puts steam to work, Jacqui Hayes and Caitlin Howlett review the week in science - happiness science, - giant wallabies in Tasmania - confirmation that contraceptive pills reverse attraction - vaccination against alcoholic pleasure Amy Bullen...
Clones, Steam Hero and Mind Control
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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...
21st October 2002
Presented by Amanda Hamilton. News by Chris Stewart. Amanda interviews Professor Jenny Grace from ANU who is sequencing the genome of the kangaroo. Lachlan Whatmore explains anthropomorphism. Produced by Lock, with technical support from Adam Mark....
21st October 2002
Presented by Amanda Hamilton. News by Chris Stewart. Amanda interviews Professor Jenny Grace from ANU who is sequencing the genome of the kangaroo. Lachlan Whatmore explains anthropomorphism. Produced by Lock, with technical support from Adam Mark....
Diffusion 11th September 2001
Play Now Tim Baynes talks about normal pure maths and PI. Gina Sartore presents the DAughter of Time, about Admiral Grace Hopper and computer bugs. News by Chris Stewart. Presented by Ian Woolf. Produced by Chris Stewart with technical...
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