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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 25, 2024 10:12 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 23, 2023 3:19 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 16, 2023 3:41 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 25, 2023 5:00 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 19, 2023 3:00 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 8, 2023 3:08 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 20, 2023 8:52 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 24, 2022 12:51 PM

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

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 11, 2022 11:22 PM

Questioning Science Frontiers - part 1

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 4, 2022 4:58 PM

Biology Evolves - part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 28, 2022 12:14 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 21, 2022 1:23 PM

Creating the Future

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 28, 2022 1:24 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 14, 2022 8:29 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 7, 2022 5:34 PM

Nuclear waste storage

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 31, 2022 5:16 PM

Nuclear windmill synaesthesia - in memory of Charles Willock

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2021 Trivia special

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Virtual Augmented Extended Reality

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The Right To Repair - part 2

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Census and Privacy 2021 - part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 5, 2017 11:07 AM

Equal Reality for social intelligence

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 29, 2017 3:50 PM

NAD+ and Ciguatera Fish Poison

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 22, 2017 9:53 PM

NAD+ and ageing

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 15, 2017 2:09 PM

Environmental toxins and civil society

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 8, 2017 1:41 PM

More colours and March for Science part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 1, 2017 5:25 PM

March for Science part 1

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 24, 2017 4:55 PM

Voice, micro-algae and CFS

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 17, 2017 2:11 PM

The Internet of Hackable Things & OzSpace part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 10, 2017 4:28 PM

Will Oz space industry take off?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 3, 2017 8:28 PM

Voice operated!

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 27, 2017 8:29 PM

Surprizing stories and Quantum computers

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 20, 2017 10:45 AM

Smart grids and Musk's wager

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 13, 2017 12:20 AM

The origin of life - inevitable?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 6, 2017 1:48 PM

Mixed Shared Augmented Virtual Reality

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 27, 2017 11:46 AM

Freeze, wait, reanimate?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 20, 2017 4:39 PM

Addictive epigenetics

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 13, 2017 12:38 PM

After robots take our jobs

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 7, 2017 5:56 PM

Digging dinosaurs

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 30, 2017 3:22 PM

Zap your genes into space

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 23, 2017 1:33 PM

Identity cards for Australia again?

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

Sexual ecology and Pirate privacy again

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 9, 2017 10:58 PM

Sleep, Lasers and Sauce revisted

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 2, 2017 3:42 PM

2016 Ig Nobel Prizes

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 26, 2016 9:59 AM

Oz Space law and 2016 in review

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 19, 2016 9:33 PM

Space Law and blood money

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 12, 2016 10:47 AM

Savannasaurus and teenage blood

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 5, 2016 11:02 AM

Seagrasses, Art, and maggots revisted

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 28, 2016 4:13 PM

Dinosaurs and CSIRO

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 21, 2016 12:15 PM

Longevity policy undetectable faces

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

Biohacking longevity and driver-less heroics

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 7, 2016 12:42 PM

Oz nuclear dump and virtual biohacking

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 31, 2016 11:12 PM

Diamonds and milk

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 28, 2016 3:21 PM

Biomimicry and coral bones

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 17, 2016 11:24 PM

Photobiomodulation and bees

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 10, 2016 6:49 PM

Weird pets, possums and blood vessels

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 8, 2016 10:52 AM

Save the carnivorous plants

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 26, 2016 9:28 PM

Rhino horn, mitochondria and GenSpace

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 19, 2016 10:20 PM

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

Frog leg steak art Innovation

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 29, 2016 5:47 PM

My Health Records -private?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 22, 2016 2:00 PM

Exo-planets - another Earth?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 15, 2016 3:44 PM

Life, the Universe & Carnivorous plants

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 8, 2016 10:48 PM

#Censusfail or Privacy?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 1, 2016 1:26 PM

Retro trivia special

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 25, 2016 12:33 PM

Fine tuning for Life

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 18, 2016 1:14 PM

Music inspired by Space

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 11, 2016 12:27 PM

Oz in High Earth Orbit

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 4, 2016 12:20 PM

Science Party Australian Election bonus edition

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 1, 2016 3:49 AM

Swarm intelligence

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 27, 2016 1:20 AM

Heat shock for longer life and Physics poetry

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 20, 2016 1:36 PM

Cellf - making a musician

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

More Carbs for longer life

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 6, 2016 1:34 PM

Seahorse sex and smart looms

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 30, 2016 11:37 AM

Solar racing and women's ageing part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 23, 2016 12:47 PM

Slowing women's ageing

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 19, 2016 11:19 PM

RobotX Carp telepresence

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 9, 2016 1:12 PM

Pulsar glitches and biological ageing

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 2, 2016 9:32 PM

Pursuing pulsars, part 1

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 25, 2016 8:16 PM

Biohacking baby formula

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 18, 2016 4:44 PM

Sly Moulds

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 11, 2016 3:31 PM

STEAM through space bubbles

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 4, 2016 2:53 PM

Kids 3D print Internet Barbie

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 30, 2016 4:27 PM

AI, smart watches and augmented reality

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 21, 2016 2:34 PM

Embryonic stem cells and crocodiles again

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 14, 2016 1:39 PM

Science Poetry Slam rewind

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 7, 2016 10:33 PM

Physics of Music revisited

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 29, 2016 8:43 PM

Hackagong and Biofoundry

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 24, 2016 9:43 PM

Fate of the Universe

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 15, 2016 12:42 AM

Innovation Engineering

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 8, 2016 12:19 AM

Space Psychology Array

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 1, 2016 1:39 PM

Blockchain Citizen Science

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 25, 2016 10:34 AM

Plasma rocket science

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 18, 2016 1:05 PM

Star-seeking robots touch language

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 11, 2016 4:57 PM

Real Space Cowboys and Star AI

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 4, 2016 1:14 PM

Visual illusions for computer vision

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

Ig Nobel Prizes 2015 special edition

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 21, 2015 6:36 PM

3D printed Jewellery baldness cure

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 14, 2015 11:54 AM

IdeasBoom Educating for the Future

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 7, 2015 1:04 PM

Dark matter anyon computing

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 30, 2015 4:13 PM

Heatwave detecting cancer

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 23, 2015 6:50 PM

DNA bitcoin Virtual Astronomy

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 16, 2015 11:36 AM

Virtual Observatory defeating salt

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 9, 2015 11:41 AM

Antarctic astronomy biofuel catalyst

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 2, 2015 10:07 PM

Gene repair, eggs and entropy

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 26, 2015 3:48 PM

Lateral, entropy, and the egg

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

Life and death of Stars

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 12, 2015 9:56 PM

Dynamics of expectation

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 5, 2015 11:36 AM

Crowd-funding Galaxy Exploration

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 28, 2015 12:34 PM

Inclusion soothes your genes

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 21, 2015 12:10 PM

Change your genes

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 14, 2015 7:54 PM

Black holes, worm holes and time machines

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 7, 2015 12:59 PM

Warp drive and Antigravity

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

Future work, farmbot and Chiptunes

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 24, 2015 9:43 PM

Singing Astronaut Special

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 17, 2015 7:49 PM

Biological art and killer robots

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

Mind controlled brain art and artificial IQ

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 9, 2015 12:26 PM

Falling cats and Stem cell tourism

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

Vaccination ethics and electricity wars

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 20, 2015 11:26 PM

What are you looking at?

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 13, 2015 9:56 PM

Hyperspectral fleet and Giant robots

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 6, 2015 5:00 PM

Urthecast and space lasers

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

Canada in Space & Google listens

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 22, 2015 11:47 AM

Brain nets and Broccoli

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 15, 2015 9:33 PM

Brainwaves and Photonics

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 8, 2015 12:38 PM

Photonics and quadcopters

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 1, 2015 12:24 PM

Kidneys, Hearts and Coal

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 25, 2015 11:33 PM

Virtual, Augmented and Robot Reality

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 18, 2015 2:04 PM

Space Biz, Orbital Art and Horses

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 11, 2015 1:57 PM

DIY EEG and Rocket Scientist networking

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 4, 2015 5:00 PM

Synthetic Biology De-extinction

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 27, 2015 1:06 PM

Paper engineering city spiders

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

Famelab: Bacteria, Labeckia and Wellness

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 13, 2015 12:22 PM

Solar powered racing cars

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 6, 2015 10:59 AM

Asteroid mining and radioactive waste dumps

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 30, 2015 2:35 PM

Diet, bacteria, and health

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 23, 2015 4:43 PM

Good cop/Bad cop: Cholesterol

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

DIY Space Exploration

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 9, 2015 3:40 PM

Future Day with Aubrey de Grey

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 2, 2015 1:22 PM

Bionic eyes traffic and Do-arama

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 23, 2015 3:20 PM

Breakfast robots and TECHmyway

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

TV spying and Biohacker stimulation

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 9, 2015 6:42 PM

Maker's Place Think Differently

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 2, 2015 9:43 PM

Woomera blasts off, Asteroid moons Earth

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 26, 2015 5:00 PM

Bitcoin disrupts home-made Segway

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 19, 2015 11:27 PM

Transition waves rideable multicopters

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 12, 2015 12:42 PM

Bitcoin rules soliton waves

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 5, 2015 12:07 PM

2015 - The year of the drone

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 4, 2015 1:59 PM

2014 Diffusion news review

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 22, 2014 10:19 AM

Aussie Rockets Worm Lego

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 15, 2014 6:33 PM

Vaping Freematics

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

Solidifier, Ozberry Pi and RoboDojo

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 1, 2014 5:09 PM

Carotenoids - why vegetables are good for you

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 25, 2014 12:18 PM

Primate RNA and pocket communicators

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 17, 2014 10:58 AM

Non-coding RNA and hand puppets

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 10, 2014 12:16 PM

3D Printing for Everyone

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 3, 2014 2:52 PM

Wildlife Forensics and Water Divining

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 27, 2014 3:14 PM

Singing frogs and spliced mice

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 20, 2014 1:31 PM

Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 13, 2014 12:31 PM

Koalas, robots, and brains

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 6, 2014 3:33 PM

Invisibility donuts and Mars Direct

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 29, 2014 3:15 PM

2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - Food

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 22, 2014 12:05 PM

Makers of every generation

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 15, 2014 3:09 PM

Mood Dress and the End of the World

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 8, 2014 3:41 PM

Astronomy for Life and Toydeath

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 1, 2014 5:47 PM

Drones in the air and underwater

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 25, 2014 5:58 PM

Social context and Electric cars

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 18, 2014 5:08 PM

FundScience, Albatross, LoVid

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 11, 2014 5:02 PM

Megaphones and Microfluidics

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 4, 2014 10:52 AM

Semaphore and legal Biohacking

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 28, 2014 11:48 AM

Fact or Fiction Implants

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 21, 2014 1:45 PM

Neural Knitworks

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 14, 2014 4:16 PM

Galactic Haloes light walls

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 11, 2014 3:03 PM

Play sub-atomic games in Space!

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 30, 2014 11:41 AM

Giant echidnas drive air conditioned thorium cars

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 23, 2014 9:05 PM

Re-using carbon and Biohack Syd

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

Space law and Bee decisions

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 9, 2014 2:16 PM

Biohacking Citizen Science

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 2, 2014 1:42 PM

Mission to Earth

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 26, 2014 3:39 PM

3D Printing way out West

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 19, 2014 11:57 AM

Infinity and Money part 3

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 12, 2014 11:31 AM

Geo-engineering Art

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 5, 2014 4:08 PM

Mapping Robots and printed houses

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 28, 2014 10:37 PM

Powdered alcohol and Money part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 21, 2014 1:41 PM

Spiderman 2 and Money

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 14, 2014 11:35 PM

Wearable Experiments

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 7, 2014 8:10 PM

Pet CSI, treasure maps and cartilage

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 31, 2014 7:00 PM

Time, Mars and chocolate

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 24, 2014 1:32 PM

Skyrmions and Eternal September

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 17, 2014 9:21 PM

Set Google Glass to Stun

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 10, 2014 11:43 AM

Space Beer, OrbitOz and Launchbox

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 3, 2014 1:13 PM

Aging brains and Ciguatera

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 24, 2014 4:31 PM

Embryonic stem cells and crocodiles

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 17, 2014 9:52 PM

Stem cells for ailing hearts

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 10, 2014 1:40 PM

Phish tales and Zapping mosquito bites

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 6, 2014 12:24 PM

Building Biosensors to detect disease

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 27, 2014 1:12 PM

Where is Ciguatera? Ritalin for CFS

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 24, 2014 4:54 PM

Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 13, 2014 3:48 PM

Plasticised brains, tea, and pain

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 6, 2014 8:16 PM

Artificial arguments and alcohol messages

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 30, 2013 8:27 PM

Rat Park and Chromatic Composer

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 23, 2013 5:29 PM

Stem cells fight HIV and Biohacking

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 16, 2013 7:41 PM

Healing corneas and building robots

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

Valves, rockets and Doctor Who

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 2, 2013 9:04 PM

Mini Maker Faire and Google You

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 25, 2013 3:30 PM

Mechanical stem cells and Origin catalysts

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 18, 2013 11:00 AM

BrainChips and artificial intelligence

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Stem Cell Revolutions and HIV protein

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 4, 2013 11:25 AM

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Thorium Trans-Tasman 3MT competition

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 24, 2013 2:54 PM

SkeptiCamp, Life and HackerSpace

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 14, 2013 9:39 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 7, 2013 4:19 PM

2013 Ig Nobels and Willpower

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 30, 2013 6:43 PM

BitCoin mining and Panspermia

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 23, 2013 1:38 PM

30 IQ points more, and BitCoin

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 16, 2013 6:11 PM

4D printing and Caring for carers

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 9, 2013 10:51 AM

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3D Paper and Identity theft

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

Gambling addiction and Big Data

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 19, 2013 5:12 PM

Sydney Maker Culture

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 12, 2013 11:12 AM

Nuclear power for Australia? part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 5, 2013 5:13 PM

Nuclear power for Australia? part 1

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 29, 2013 2:18 PM

Science Spoken Word Spectacular

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 22, 2013 8:07 PM

Trolling science and throat singing

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

Sexual ecology and Pirate privacy

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 8, 2013 10:13 PM

Physics of Music special

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 1, 2013 3:02 PM

We Reveal Crimes and squirrels

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 24, 2013 4:19 PM

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

Chocolate robots

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 3, 2013 12:22 PM

Microfactories and synthetic food

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 27, 2013 9:59 AM

Young blood RoboWars

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 20, 2013 12:12 PM

Future silkmoth tricycle games

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 14, 2013 10:30 PM

Baby talk, Naughties, and the web

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SpaceApps and Spider silk

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Steve Mann, qBits, and goodbye 2SER

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 22, 2013 4:41 PM

Kid-friendly science and emulsions

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 15, 2013 4:49 PM

Sonic Screwdrivers and ingenuity awards

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 8, 2013 6:53 PM

Cognitive Reserve and Solar max

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 11, 2013 3:12 PM

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Digging for Cicadas, Glow-worms and Life on Mars

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 23, 2012 1:08 PM

Disgusting politics and drought resistance

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Lactating insects and handy fish

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 18, 2011 2:08 PM

Sexual selection and the bionic eye

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Quolls, laser planes, anosmic flies

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

Oil, hair, heads and science

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Posted by Diffusion on May 24, 2007 12:00 AM

ID Card - Is Big Brother Stalking You?

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Nuclear power and its alternatives

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 6, 2006 9:00 AM

UnDiscovered 12th January 2006

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Using the Panel

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 12, 2005 5:12 PM

Laterality and Left Handedness - By Adam Mark

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 1, 2004 12:40 PM