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The Big Misunderstanding
download MP3 Listen to John Mattick explain why Junk DNA is the big misunderstanding of molecular biology. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor John Mattick Equus quagga and Lord Morton's mare Telegony and guitars...
Gravity Maverick - part 1
MP3 download Listen to Dr Viv Robinson boldly explain why most physicists have misunderstood Einstein's gravity, and what it means for what the Universe is made of. News of impossibly massive galaxies. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf 'We just...
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...
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...
Google experiments space volcanoes
MP3 download Google Wars by Ian Woolf, From 2008: Graziella Caprarelli talks about space volcanoes, The Scarcity Illusion by Ian Woolf hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Graziella Caprarelli Are you part of Google's search experiment? Thousands are secretly...
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...
Solar explosions and insect minds
MP3 download From the 2001 archives: Falling penguins, shifting Earth, neurological optimism, by Deanna Coleman, Tim Baynes talks about explosions on the Sun, Nick Perkins speaks with Professor Srinivasan about insect minds, Ecstasy may damage your sex life, Protests threatened...
COVIDFree without COVIDSafe
MP3 download New Zealand Covid-free, Police immune to Covid-19? Supermarket face surveillance by Ian Woolf Mark Andrejevic talks about COVIDSafe and facial recognition surveillance part 4 Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Facial recognition technology and the end of privacy...
Little Ice Ages and future housing
MP3 download This show was originally broadcast 2019-02-11: Will the Sun cool the Earth? by Ian Woolf, Nathan Waters looks to the future of work and housing needs- part 2, Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
Technology and social justice
MP3 download The cashless debit card by Ian Woolf, The Class Welfare Card by The Juice Media, From the Singularity University Summit 2019: Dr Niraj Lal talks about technology, and social justice. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Niraj...
We reveal crimes and secret squirrels
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') This show was originally broadcast on 24 June 2013: Crowd-funded SETI, brightness, creativity, aliens, and the Final Frontier reported by Ian Woolf. Review of the film "We Steal Secrets - the story of...
Solar cooling, work and housing
MP3 download Will the Sun cool the Earth? by Ian Woolf, Nathan Waters looks to the future of work and housing needs- part 2, Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Frost fairs, sunspots and the...
Fizzy ice cream and musical planes
MP3 download Chimpazee fossils, Chimpanzee genome, Lunar penguin robot to jump around the Moon, by Adam Richardson, Peter Robins, Michael Sun, Jacqui Pfeffer and Chris Stewart Fizzy Ice cream by Matt Clarke, Ian Salmon's Music to keep planes flying, by...
Zero Carbon stars align
MP3 download Cameras take roll call all day in Australian schools by Ian Woolf, Sander Fransen asks When will the stars align for Zero Carbon energy in NSW? Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
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...
Science Week special again
MP3 download Marc, Victoria and Ian tackle the questions you have asked us in 2010 Why do I sneeze at the Sun? What would something look like if it was travelling at the speed of light? Why do sportsmen train...
Sneaky SpaceBees
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Exploring the Sun by Ian Woolf, Sneaky satellite launches and the law with Steven Freeland, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Steven Freeland FCC Accuses Stealthy...
The Forgetting Machine - part 1
MP3 Slow ice cream, drone rescue and shocking work conditions by Ian Woolf, Rodrigo Quian Quiroga talks about our brain as The Forgetting Machine - part 1 Professor Aleksandra Przegalinska's 24/7 lecture on the topic: Bots. Sound checked by Charles...
Bright Sparks 2017 - part 2
MP3 Fresh Scientists: Claire Henry - Ovarian cancer targets, Juliano Morimoto - Fertility and gut bacteria, Rebecca Poulos - Sunlight and cancer, Mohamed Tashani – Making pneumonia vaccine more affordable, and Amy Moss – More chicken with less feed. Haiku...
Create UNSW, MakerSpace and Repair Cafe - DIY Day part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bionic bacteria get solar panels to make vinegar while yeast turns Astronaut urine into plastic by Ian Woolf, Anthony from Create UNSW show the latest student projects, Anna Lise explains MakerSpace, Bob invites...
Sleep, Lasers and Sauce revisted
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') This show was first broadcast in 2007 Robot fleas, brain chips, and viral confections by Ian Woolf, Sarah Blunden gives Darren Osborne. tips on how to get a good nights sleep, Harald Giessen...
#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...
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,...
Slowing women's ageing
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Giant black hole announced in Parliament by Ian Woolf, Judy Ford talks about slowing women's ageing - Part 1, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Judy Ford...
3D printed Jewellery baldness cure
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bacteria for baldness by Ian Woolf, 3D printed Jewellery with Caitlin Dubler, Not the news - Melbourne Uni space program, Colourful fish, ads on your phone, CMBP research node, Healing yoga sounds, 7...
Life and death of Stars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sleek Geek Eureka Primary School prizes by Ian Woolf, Michael Burton explains the life and death of stars, Why does the Sun really shine by They Might Be Giants, Production checked by Charles...
Biological art and killer robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Beware the robots by Ian Woolf, Jaden Hastings talks about her art and science at the Biofoundry, Montgomery Guilhaus talks about virtual reality and 360 degree cameras. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Virtual, Augmented and Robot Reality
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Rubber hand illusions by Ian Woolf, Tristan Robinson talks about his autonomous robots, Jake Fountain talks about his virtual realities, Joseph Wang talks about the Meta augmented reality headset, Leila Alem talks about...
Paper engineering city spiders
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Drugs to make you fairer by Ian Woolf, Jean Kropper talks about engineering paper structures, Lizzy Lowe talks about urban spiders at Famelab, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
Solar powered racing cars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ciguatera disrupts genes by Ian Woolf, Rob Ireland talks about the Sunswift solar racing car, ready for commuters? Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Sunswift World Record Attempt...
TV spying and Biohacker stimulation
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') TV watches the watchers by Ian Woolf, Garrick Bercero describes La Paillasse Manila's biohacker group, Peter Simpson-Young gives us a taste of his brain stimulating device, production checked by Charles Willock Produced and...
Maker's Place Think Differently
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 3D printed high rises, Synthetic milk, and medical tattoos by Ian Woolf, Mel Fuller talks about Maker's Place, Bronwyn Milkins from UWA asks Can retraining your thinking improve your sleep? Production checked by...
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...
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...
Solidifier, Ozberry Pi and RoboDojo
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Diabetes reversed in mice, and CSIRO loses 1000 staff by Ian Woolf, From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: David Vandenberg talks about Solidifier, John Wulff talks about Ozberry Pi, Justin Maclean talks about...
FundScience, Albatross, LoVid
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Recovering the world's oldest sound recordings, and DIY Flone drones by Ian Woolf. Maria Oh talks about crowd-funding science on FundScience, John August explains how Albatrosses fly, Tali and Kyle discuss artwork involving...
Semaphore and legal Biohacking
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 3D printed ice cream, solar cheaper than coal, Sydney Mini Maker Faire and a contradicting study for women's smell choice by Ian Woolf. Meow Ludo Meow Meow talks about how Biohacking is regulated...
Powdered alcohol and Money part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Glucosamine for longer life, Powdered alcohol, Solar thermal fuel by Ian Woolf Bitcoin Mining with James Nichols, Money part 2 with Joffre Balce. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf D-Glucosamine supplementation extends life...
Shadow profiles and eating babies
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Why you want to eat babies by Ian Woolf, Facebook shadow profiles by Ian Woolf The Singularity by Paul Rhodes, The Placebo effect and faith by Ian Woolf, Presented and produced by Ian...
We Reveal Crimes and squirrels
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Crowd-funded SETI, brightness, creativity, aliens, and the Final Frontier reported by Ian Woolf. Review of the film "We Steal Secrets - the story of WikiLeaks" by Ian Woolf Tim Baynes talks about the...
Cognitive Reserve and Solar max
download MP3 (right-click and choose 'save as") Penguins, planetary engineering, and introverted charges by Deanna Coleman, Cognitive Reserve by Ian Woolf, Craniometry by Lachlan Whatmore, Tim Baynes looks into the Sun. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Education and Dementia...
Fukushima stresses Europe, Petrol from air
download MP3 Therese Chen reports LED researchers are learning from fireflies. Charles Willock reports on how Europe is learning to be ready for Fukushima style emergencies, Ian Woolf reports on the production of petrol from air. Presented and produced by...
Starfish and talking corn
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on zooplankton resistance, talking corn, Ian Woolf reports on fracking versus carbon capture. Ian Woolf speaks with Max Ott from NICTA about mobile video, Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dave McElroy about sea star sperm and...
Freeze, wait, reanimate!
download MP3 In this Cryonics special edition Ian Woolf speaks with immortalist Matt Fisher about freezing people after death for future resuscitation, and the state of Cryonics in Australia. "Our Cryonic World" written and sung by Charlie Kam. Presented and...
Pigs in Cyberspace!
download MP3 Ian Woolf and Therese Chen discuss: Pigs and humans collaborating in the virtual world, Birds eaving illusions, Robot farmers, Google memory disorders, Chocolate nuteceuticals, Solar storms blow a good wind, Pills to give you the benefits of strict...
Sunstones, chocolate and rain-making
download MP3 Patrick Rubie reports on the ancient crystal navigation technology of the Vikings, Ian Woolf reports on anti-cancer and chocolate therapies for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Mic Cavazzini interviews Scott Peak from Australian Rain Technologies. Discussion from Therese Chen. Presented...
Full attention and half-sunglasses
MP3 download Whistling caterpillars, bug zappers powered by the bugs they zap, fluoridated water can hurt children's teeth, Gotham partners announce they will profile EVERYBODY, Peer Review by the Peer Review Players, Paying attention can lose you weight and make...
Tsunami warning and Greentech awards
MP3 download Ian Woolf interviews Marianne Menictas about her tsunami warning modelling to save the most people for the least cost. from 2006 Matt Clarke talks about semen allergies with out-takes, from 2006 Marc West explains cricket psychology, Ian Woolf...
Of madness, love, and melted space ships
MP3 download Victoria Bond covers this week's news. Victoria Bond interviews Professor Anthony Harris on attachment theory and the development of healthy relationships. Marc West keeps slugging through Science Week questions, namely: how close does a space ship have to...
DIY EMP, Putin and Sunlight
MP3 download Ian Woolf speaks to Leigh Russell at Dorkbot. Leigh explodes a hydrogen filled condom to cause an Electromagnetic pulse that reboots a computer. He moves beads with sound and brings non-Newtonian fluids to life. Listener question: Is sunlight...
Science Week special 2010
MP3 download The Diffusion Science Week special, coming to you from the Ultimo Science Festival. We tackle the questions you have asked us over the last few weeks. Why do I sneeze at the Sun? What would something look like...
Solar racing and toxoplasma
MP3 download Alexandra Bulgakov talks with Ian Woolf about the UNSW Solar powered racing car, Victoria Bond talk about Toxoplasmosis Gondii, News by Victoria Bond, Presented by Marc West, Produced by Victoria Bond find out more about the SunSwift UNSW...
Wolverine, snails of steel, and you
MP3 download Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew try to recreate Wolverine in the lab. Marc West, Aaron Cooke and Ian Woolf discuss the science of superheroes. Ian Woolf challenges you to read his mind in a Diffusion listener experiment!...
Space colonies, sustainable science and giant sperm
MP3 Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss the recent Foresight Innovation Sustainability Hothouse (FISH@6) forum on renewable energy and waste management. John August talks about the concept of space colonies and social escapism. Plus the news from sun spots to...
Parasite Wisdom, warming, space sugar
MP3 Marc West extends last week's report on global warming and the next ice age, explains how wine's bubbles can track the carbon dioxide from fossil fuels, about dating glaciers by atomic bomb residue, how wind farms may create weather,...
Censorship, broken and fixed hearts
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews Crikey tech writer Stilgherrian about the Australian Government's plan to censor the internet. Patrick Rubie tells about heart-powered pacemakers, and why looks matter more at speed dating sessions, Caitlin Howlett pleads the case of whales versus...
The science of sleep, lasers and sauce!
play now News and views by Ian Woolf. Scientific tips on how to get a good nights sleep from Darren Osborne. Lasers that will blow your mind and other body parts by Chris Stewart. Will eating an aussie pie...
Solar saves coal, Green your home
play now Coal is too valuable to burn, by Ian Woolf, Angus Kell explains water and energy efficient home renovation to Patrick Rubie, Mark West shares his election fever, Presented by Jacqueline Hayes, Produced by Ian Woolf, with technical...
Diffusion 1st September 2005
Play Now Presented by Keir Smith, News by Noel Hannah, Keir discusses scientific fallability with Phil Dooley, Noel and Michael Sun, Jacqui Pfeffer with great moments in science history, Time Travel by swinging heavy stuff around with George Pap,...
Diffusion 21st April 2005
Play Now Presenter Matthew Clarke, News by Catherine Beehag, How to Live Forever by Marian Curruthers, Taylor Bielstein interviews Dr Hilary Kane about Coronal Mass Ejections from the Sun, Chris Stewart interviews New Age "Quantum" Surgeon Dr Mike Ellis...
Diffusion 1st May 2001
Play Now Presented by Angelique Hutchison. News by Ian Woolf. Tim Baynes interviews Robert Walsh about the Sun. Clean nuclear power using lithium fusion by Ian Woolf. Produced by Tim Baynes with technical assistance from Lachlan Whatmore....
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