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Marta's Micro-Market Mirth - part 1
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Sleep learning and smell-o-vision - part 3
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How do we smell, again? - part 1
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Small Modular Nuclear Reactors AGAIN
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Choice Blindness
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Comedy, housework and sex
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AI needs nurturing
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Humans almost extinct and Rat Matrix
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Face transplant and spice for life
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Are earthquakes affected by climate change?
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Don't ignore your symptoms
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Graphene power
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Brain Fog Therapy
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Assange, Music and the law
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WorldCoin and Rejuventation by dilution
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Multi-agent AI TV shows
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Gravity Maverick - part 2
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Douglas Engelbart - Inventing the 21st Century
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Public Trust in Science part 2
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Waluigi Alignment
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Categorification, Not A Crime
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Analysing chemicals and Synthesizing text
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Stable Diffusion Litigation
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Stable Diffusion?
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Australian Computer Museum Society - part 2
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Australian Computer Museum Society - part 1
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SETI switch
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Red dust, smart dogs and twitter
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Tardigrades to the Moon!
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Spinal Fusion
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Machines Behaving Badly - part 2
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Fuctional Super Food
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SETI and Alien archaeology
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Small Modular Reactors
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Expressly Human - part 1
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Robot birthdays, and Dentists
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Superworm and fake human meat
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Balancing Medical Censorship
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Goats, studs and smart beds
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What Science Policy?
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The Public Goods game
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Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2
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Questioning Science Frontiers - part 1
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Creating the Future
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Desiderosmia
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The Physics Behind The Internet
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Horizontal Memory Transfer
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Ventilation stops the spread
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Assange Extradition Decision
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Asteroid mining and virtual power
MP3 Giant batteries make a profit, and Virtual power to the people by Ian Woolf, William Crowe talks about mining asteroids that come to Earth, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf High Earth...
The Forgetting Machine - part 1
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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...
Head transplant HEAVEN?
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Sound is the next wave
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The Science behind the Internet
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Head transplant HEAVEN
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Face recognition and civil rights
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Luna Letters and sub-orbital hops
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Run your own Space business
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Space students and Mars jars
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Crooke's radiometer mystery
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Bioethics and the Narcissome
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NAD+ and Ciguatera Fish Poison
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NAD+ and ageing
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More colours and March for Science part 2
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Voice, micro-algae and CFS
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Voice operated!
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Smart grids and Musk's wager
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The origin of life - inevitable?
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Freeze, wait, reanimate?
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Digging dinosaurs
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Zap your genes into space
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Identity cards for Australia again?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') (This show was first broadcast on the 1st of March 2007) ID Card news by Ian Woolf, Synthetic interview with Anna Johnston of the Australian Privacy Foundation about privacy concerns, by Anonymous Voice,...
Sexual ecology and Pirate privacy again
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') (This show was first broadcast on the 8th of July 2013) In Pitt St Mall, Ian Woolf talks to David W Campbell, Pirate Party Senate candidate about the PRISMbreak privacy protest. At Nerd...
2016 Ig Nobel Prizes
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Savannasaurus and teenage blood
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Seagrasses, Art, and maggots revisted
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Biohacking longevity and driver-less heroics
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Biomimicry and coral bones
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Photobiomodulation and bees
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Weird pets, possums and blood vessels
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Save the carnivorous plants
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Oldest computer music restored by Ian Woolf, Stewart McPherson talks about climbing 300 mountains to research 25 books and films on carnivorous plants part 1. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted...
Open Source Science Accelerates
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Open Source Malaria
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#Censusfail or Privacy?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') How has privacy been endangered by the Australian Census? by Ian Woolf Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn from the Australian Privacy Foundation talks about the Australian Census 2016. Honest Australian Census advert by The Juice...
Fine tuning for Life
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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...
Cellf - making a musician
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The science policies of seven parties competing in the Australian Federal Election by Ian Woolf, Guy Ben-Ary talks about Cellf - a dish of living neurons that jams with human musicians. Celff in...
More Carbs for longer life
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Solar panels reach world record high efficiency, but funding will be cut, Universe expanding faster than predicted by Ian Woolf, David LeCouteur talks about healthier ageing through a high carbohydrate diet. Production checked...
STEAM through space bubbles
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AI, smart watches and augmented reality
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Science Poetry Slam rewind
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Hackagong and Biofoundry
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Fate of the Universe
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Gravitational waves, The Creeping Garden, Glowing waste is the best part? by Ian Woolf Professor John Barrow talks about where the Universe has been, and where its heading. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
Plasma rocket science
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Heatwave detecting cancer
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Gene repair, eggs and entropy
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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,...
Crowd-funding Galaxy Exploration
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Inclusion soothes your genes
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Warp drive and Antigravity
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Future work, farmbot and Chiptunes
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Falling cats and Stem cell tourism
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Military drones for farmers and cataracts dissolved with eye drops by Ian Woolf, Dr Ken Silburn talks about falling cats and the dangers of DHMO, Dr Heather Main talks about Stem Cell Tourism,...
Vaccination ethics and electricity wars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sydney Science festival news by Ian Woolf, 2015 Einstein lecturer Dr Ken Silburn talks about vaccination ethics and electricity wars, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf The Einstein...
What are you looking at?
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Photonics and quadcopters
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Kidneys, Hearts and Coal
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Heavy fat for slow aging by Ian Woolf, Megan Rossi talks about a gut feeling about kidney disease, Rina Soetanto explains How you mend a broken heart, a big role for small RNAs...
DIY EEG and Rocket Scientist networking
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') A cranky review of the week's science news by Ian Woolf, Sharif Olerin talks about DIY Electrophysiology at Maker's Place, Jack Yeh and Jackson Delahunt talk about STEMN, the rocket scientist social network...
Asteroid mining and radioactive waste dumps
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Radioactive waste dump for Australia by Ian Woolf, Interview with Mark Read about modelling bacteria in your gut, William Crowe talks about using swarms of small spacecraft to gather data for asteroid mining....
Good cop/Bad cop: Cholesterol
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DIY Space Exploration
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Future Day with Aubrey de Grey
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Luminous clouds on Mars by Ian Woolf, Adam Ford speaks with Aubrey De Grey about SENS and Future Day. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Strategeic Engineering of...
Vaping Freematics
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') NASA's Orion goes up and down, Nature pretends to open access by Ian Woolf. Stanley Huang connects analytics from your car to your phone, Is Vaping really safe? by Ian Woolf. 3 Minute...
Carotenoids - why vegetables are good for you
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Harvard University spying scandals by Ian Woolf, Chris Cazzonelli talks about carotenoids, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Chris Cazzonelli Chris Cazzonelli at UWS Chris Cazzonelli's full unedited...
Singing frogs and spliced mice
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Koalas, robots, and brains
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Cheap flexible solar cells, Randomness chips, and the breaking 2014 Nobel prize for Physics by Ian Woolf, From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Elwin tracks Koalas online, Gavin has built a robot coffee...
Invisibility donuts and Mars Direct
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Makers of every generation
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Machine telepathy? by Ian Woolf From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Makers Empire with a system for 5 year olds to make toys with 3D Printers, Three teen roboticists from First Australia with...
Mood Dress and the End of the World
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Nicaragua got hit! by Ian Woolf, Orsola De Marco talks about what astronomy tells us about how the world ends, Andrew and Ashley Stapleton talk about the Mood Dress, Production checked by Charles...
Drones in the air and underwater
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') See like a fish by changing vitamins by Ian Woolf, Ian Lyons talks about flying quadcopters, Dominic talks about DIY underwater remotely operated vehicles for exploration and education, at the Sydney Mini Maker...
Megaphones and Microfluidics
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sound reconstructed from video vibrations by Ian Woolf, Microfluidics by Meow Ludo Meow Meow, Jenny "Kit" Alaca uses her Listening Voice to tell Ian Woolf about her artful megaphones. Hosted and produced by...
Galactic Haloes light walls
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Play sub-atomic games in Space!
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Giant echidnas drive air conditioned thorium cars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Giant echidnas may still live in WA by Ian Woolf, Vahid Vkiloroaya talks abut solar absorber air conditioning, Thorium cars run on rainbows by Ian Woolf. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf This...
Space law and Bee decisions
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stem cell exhaustion by Ian Woolf. Sara Langston talks about Space law at OrbitOz, Matthew Baker reverse engineers microbe flagella, James Mackinson analyses honeybee decision-making. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf. Matthew Baker...
3D Printing way out West
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The Australian Federal budget for science, and Virtual reality meets Kinect by Ian Woolf, Stuart Grover talks about his new 3D printing studio in Parramatta. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Stuart Grover...
Infinity and Money part 3
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Mapping Robots and printed houses
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Spiderman 2 and Money
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Space Beer, OrbitOz and Launchbox
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Aging brains and Ciguatera
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Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week
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Rat Park and Chromatic Composer
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Stem cells fight HIV and Biohacking
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Healing corneas and building robots
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Valves, rockets and Doctor Who
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Steve Price talks about making Valve amplifiers, Lester talks about popup 3D printer workshops, George talks about launching your own rockets Ian Woolf revisits the science of...
Mini Maker Faire and Google You
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Mechanical stem cells and Origin catalysts
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BrainChips and artificial intelligence
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Stem Cell Revolutions and HIV protein
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Thorium Trans-Tasman 3MT competition
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BitCoin mining and Panspermia
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30 IQ points more, and BitCoin
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Sydney Maker Culture
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Nuclear power for Australia? part 2
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Science Spoken Word Spectacular
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Trolling science and throat singing
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Sexual ecology and Pirate privacy
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') In Pitt St Mall, Ian Woolf talks to David W Campbell, Pirate Party Senate candidate about the PRISMbreak privacy protest. At Nerd Nite Sydney, Ian Woolf chats with Dr Peter Jonason about the...
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,...
Microfactories and synthetic food
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Young blood RoboWars
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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...
Sonic Screwdrivers and ingenuity awards
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Pond scum and ALS
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Plutonium credit and IQ
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Reindeer and Mistletoe science
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Snail snorkels and authentic science
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The Tassie Devil's Dilemma and the Big Chill!
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Wallaby, damaged doubt, rat pilots
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How to change your mind, snakes on a plane
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Sick prawns and sleep rehearsal
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Species Invasion and Burritobot
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Hot locusts and digital contact lenses
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Freeze, wait, reanimate!
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Pigs in Cyberspace!
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A Social Experiment
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I love that word, Meltdown
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Anatomical anomalies and Cane toads
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Let's talk about X... and exits
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Terminal Decline and Zero Emissions
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Fear pathways and vampire allergies
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TB Day and CSIRO Vacations
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Fire and Transhumanism
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Science of Romance special
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Real Doctors eat Breakfast
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Plankton and the Artilect War
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Gene modified salmon and Sexy dancing
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BSD Sex and Beady-Eyed Agents
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Science Week special 2010
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Brown science, Solar cells, horse tale
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Beauty and the Geek, and Homeopathy
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Sex Evolution and Technological Art
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R.I.P. Martin Gardner and Rover Phoenix
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Australian Pirate Party, and LHC restarted
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Portable forensics, and ET in the pub
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Mars, Myopia, Mesoglea, Mildred Cohn
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Hot Maths and Disintermediation
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Mystique, pill ills, sin distribution
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Primes, codes and entanglement
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Deadly worms and pig orgasms
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Vaccination special!
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Dating science, brains and bacterial art
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Dust, smart dogs and rats on twitter
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Dark Energy, Vacuum and Casimir forces
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Music and Viruses
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Coffee and Guitar science
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Power, art and cocktails
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10daysofscience and marijuana science
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Emailing aliens, and Future Festivals
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The Diffusion Science Show Trivia Special!
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Karaoke science, stock superstitions
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Designer thinking and coral reefs 101
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Moon landings and Whalesong
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Newly possible futures
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Ritzian physics and imaginary friends
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Space, babies and pregnant fish
MP3 Marc West talks to Bianca Nogrady from New Scientist Magazine about the last 3 unknown facts of our solar system. Lachlan Whatmore pays a tribute to a special lady called Ruby and explains why babies are so warm. Patrick...
Cancer, dust and super-tasters
MP3 John August explains the causes of cancer, Amy Bullen explores dust, Jaqui Hayes, Monica Sharma, Derek Muller and Ian Woolf discuss super-tasters. News by Ian Woolf - generate power from water flowing in buildings - the cloak of invisibility...
Forest water, PhD dances, bird flu
MP3 Associate Professor Kendal McGuffie from the Physics department at UTS, tells Ian Woolf about tracking the movement of water by weight to find out how forests use water and effect the climate. Marc West phones Dr Christopher Pettigrew from...
Nanotech, doctoral dancing and pubs
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews UTS Head of Physics Michael Ford about how to make matter do whatever you wish by controlling the size and shape of nano-particles, Marc West goes on a pub crawl of science-related pubs in London, News...
Chiptunes, see-through batteries and syphilis
play now Syphilis in Australian history by John August, Interview with Professor Christopher Fairley by John August, News by Ian Woolf - Migraine zapping - Transparent, bendy batteries, - The world's oldest computer generated music Presented and Produced by...
Grassroots OLPC and Martian red skies
play nowMartin Facini explores Mars with the Phoenix lander, Ian Woolf talks with Professor Barry Vercoe about the One Laptop Per Child Foundation in Australia, Is space exploration worth it? Discussion by Patrick Rubie, Martin Facini and Ian Woolf,Presented...
Tasmanian Tiger bosses spy syphilis
play nowTasmanian Tigers on the mainland by Chris Rehberg,Syphilis dose 2 by John August,Policing at work and school by Ian Woolf,News by Victoria Bond - mineral deficiency delayed evolution, - fertilisation fighting malaria,Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf...
War goats, rat studs, and smart beds
MP3 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 by Patrick Rubie, Jacqui Hayes interviews Chris...
Robot Love, Nuclear Power, Safe?
play now A Diffusion Science Nuclear Special (Part II). Instead of looking only at CO2, we look at the other important issues surrounding nuclear power generation. This week: the risks of proliferation. Special Guests Dr Sue Wareham OAM of...
Puke-ray, Marriage, Expanding Universe
play now News by Ian Woolf - Iced Germs - Puke-ray - Mega sugar-rush Marriage Science by Kachina Allen Expanding Universe by Patrick Rubie Presented and produced by Ed Pollitt Music: Lies Are Much More Fun by The Grates,...
Icelandic Science, Heart Brain, Robots
play now News by Patrick Rubie - Hubble sees new stars - energy generator using vibrations - rat-brained robot - Aesop's fable tested - gut parasites from the ocean - largest bird's secret of flight Science of Iceland by...
The Sciencegasm, Ice Skating, Vegemite
play now News by Erin Passmore - Smoking - Sticky gecko feet - Familial plants - Cold pain The Science of Orgasm by Tisha Dejmanee Ice Skating Science by Celine Steinfeld and Jeffrey Heaton Southern Directions and Vegemite by...
Da Vinci, Climate-Fried Fish, the Pope
play now Discover Da Vinci's workshop full of flying machines, theatrical contraptions and submarines. Take a splash with the frenzied fish that are migrating across our warming ocean. But where does the Pope fit into all this? Find out...
International Womens Day Special
Medicating Mr Faithful, Green Senator Kerry Nettle and the Women behind Science Let's celebrate all those XX chromosomes out there! On Diffusion this week, we will have a chat with the Greens Senator and environmental scientist, Kerry Nettle. We...
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...
Rock Power, Sci teamwork and Blackness
Play Now Hosted by Sasha Steltzer Hot Rock Power by Darren Osborne Science Cooperation with Europe by Tilly Boleyn Carbon Credits for your wedding by Marc West, Charles Willock, Tilly Boleyn and Sasha Steltzer. Produced and Panelled by Marc...
Marijuana debate and Pirated Soy sauce
Play Now Jacqui Pfeffer looks at Marijuana use during Australian National Science Week! Ian Woolf brings us a disturbing story on Soy sauce made from Human Hair collected from corpses... I taste dead people! Presented by Jacqui Hayes, News...
Global Consciousness, the man from CERN
Play Now The Global Consciousness Project run by Princeton University. The man from CERN. Presenter: Ian Woolf, News: Marian Carruthers, Matt Clarke asks - Can your mood effect the outcome of random number generators?, Tilly chats to Dr. Brian...
Nuclear power and its alternatives
(right-click and choose 'save as' to download) Play Now how Nuclear power is generated, how it's waste is managed and also a few alternatives. On board: Jacqui Hayes, Marc West, David Harcourt, and Matthew Clarke. Produced by Matthew Clarke...
Women Know, the Golden Ratio, and Nuclear expense
Play Now An all guy episode this week. So what better topic than chicks. Why do they like us (why wouldn't they!?) and why do they keep us around for a long time or just a good time? Presented...
Diffusion 13th April 2006
Play Now Space exploration, do cocaine and alcohol mix and how many magnets can you safely swallow? Presenter: Jacqui Pfeffer, News: Richard Coutts, Feature on Space exploration: Jacqui Hayes, Feature on Obvious science: Matt Clarke, Produced by Tilly Boleyn...
UnDiscovered 26th January 2006
Play Now Science in Summer Mode, celebrating Australia Day with Australian science and inventions. Produced and presented by Chris Stewart, with Jacqui Pfeffer, Jacqui Hayes and Matt Clarke....
Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Science, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, Networking tutor, Computational Theory lecturer and subject coordinator, and Physics lab demonstrator; while changing his career to professional writing...
Using the Panel
The LED Meters In the middle of the vertical part of the consul you will see that there are three LED (Light Emitting Diode) Meters. The Meter on the left corresponds with Channel 1, the channel that you use when...
Diffusion 11th April 2005
Play Now Presenter Matthew Clarke, News by Catherine Beehag, Jaquie Hayes about the first human to leave Earth - Urys Night,National Conservation Strategies Taylor Bielstein interviews Dr Bob Mesibov about Tasmanian insects, How to deal with unwanted email -...
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...
NEWS: dodgy space suits from NASA; dangerous neckties in the hospital ward & spiders with garbage in their webs.
NEWS: dodgy space suits from NASA; dangerous neckties in the hospital ward & spiders with garbage in their webs. NASA crew at the International Space Station are finding problems with their space suits, or so reports New Scientist magazine this...
Laterality and Left Handedness - By Adam Mark
Pop Quiz: What do Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton, have in common? Apart from having the same superannuation policies, all three ex-presidents are left handed. In fact they join the 13% of the population that prefers to...
9th September 2002
Presented by Tim Baynes. News by Sophie Scott and Tim. Amanda Hamilton interviews Professor Frank Fenne, winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Science. Ian Woolf reviews and reads from "The Space Child's Mother Goose" - verses by Frederick Winsor...
12th August 2002
Radiothon edition presented by Chris Stewart. News by Tim Baynes and Chris. Ian Woolf reports on computers made from soybeans and chicken feathers. Tim interviews Dr Eugenie Shepherd about her latest research into algae and the movement of plants. Open...
Links to Useful Science Sites
Newscientist ABC Science News Left Handed Facts Slashdot.org How Stuff Works Nature Scienceagogo Exploratorium Here's Why...
Science News Sites
Newscientist ABC Science News Slashdot.org How Stuff Works Nature Scienceagogo Exploratorium...
Diffusion 19th February 2002
Play Now Presented by Tim Baynes. News by Gina Sartore. Cameron from Monday Brekky speaks with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki (edited by Ian Woolf). Lachlan Whatmore reports on communication via pheromones. Stephen Pratt of CSIRO talks about the politics and...
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...
21 November 2000
Features on Pythagoras by Gina Sartore, interview with Brian Wynne about "Democratic Science" by Matt Whitfort, feature on tiny organic switches by Tim Baynes. Produced by Gina Sartore with technical support from Ian Woolf....
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