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Small Modular Nuclear Reactors AGAIN
MP3 From 2022: Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer? The Liberal-National Party want you to think so. News of a vaccine for hair loss, and a reminder from the original Moon landing. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Can...
Multi-agent AI TV shows
download MP3 Walking around a multi-agent simulation to tell the non-player characters that they are in the Matrix, A Multi-agent simulator using ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion to generate complete South Park episodes on demand. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf...
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...
Categorification, Not A Crime
MP3 Anna Romanov talks about what equals means - when is a knot not a knot? Pure maths in the everyday world. Dave The Happy Singer sings Not A Crime, (music by Dave The Happy Singer, lyrics by Ian Woolf)...
Stable Diffusion Litigation
MP3 The AI Art controversy and lawsuits. Can you sue for what someone might be able to do in the future? Can images be compressed to half a byte and reproduced at will? Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf In...
Stable Diffusion?
MP3 How does AI art software work? Ian Woolf attempts a clear explanation in plain English. News of AI software showing what your brain saw. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Reconstructed movie showing animal view of world proves scientists...
SETI switch
MP3 From 2010, why the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence has been doing it wrong! The discovery of an Earth-like planet 20 light years away, and high resolution tapes of the Moon landing recovered. Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf....
Machines Behaving Badly - part 2
MP3 Artificial Intelligence software used to find a 25000 times faster shortcut for quantum physics by Ian Woolf, Professor Toby Walsh talks about autonomous weapons and rights for machines in Machines Behaving badly part 2, Ian Woolf plays with the...
2022 Nobel Prizes
MP3 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, for discoveries about the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution, Nobel Prize for Chemistry for a new type of chemical engineering or "functional chemistry" called "click chemistry", Nobel Prize for Physics for...
SETI and Alien archaeology
MP3 Water world discovered, The Drake Equation, The Silurian Hypothesis, Produced and presented by Ian Woolf TOI-1452 b: SPIRou and TESS Reveal a Super-Earth in a Temperate Orbit Transiting an M4 Dwarf Scientists discover colossal ocean may completely cover this...
Small Modular Reactors
MP3 Vaccine for hair loss, NASA postpones the Moon , Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer? Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Can you hit rewind on hair loss? Sinclair Dermatology Hair Trials Alopecia Areata Gets FDA-Approved Drug Demonstration...
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...
Sarcastic Multi-dimensional Octopus
MP3 download Sarcasm detector invented, Touchable 3-D audio-visual display by Ian Woolf, From 2008: Patrick Rubie looks at the nice and the nasty side of mistletoe. Victoria Bond and Jaime Leclerc quiz you on infectious diseases. Ian Woolf tells a...
Fanny Macleay and Flying Saucers
MP3 download Electric flying saucers, Personal networks sewn into clothes, Fake urine used by miners by Patrick Rubie Nineteenth Century naturalist Fanny Macleay by Lachlan Whatmore, Discussion of news, staying young by staying with the young, and the portable hug...
Strange Geometry in Antiquity - part 2
MP3 download Muscle regeneration, Facebook goes nuclear by Ian Woolf, Dr Daniel Mansfield speaks with Ian Woolf about the strange geometry used by the Babylonians 4000 years ago - part 2. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Daniel Mansfield...
Strange geometry in Antiquity - part 1
MP3 download Dr Daniel Mansfield speaks with Ian Woolf about the strange geometry used by the Babylonians 4000 years ago - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Daniel Mansfield Perpendicular Lines and Diagonal Triples in Old Babylonian...
Cancer dust super-tasting
MP3 download This show was originally broadcast on January 26th 2009: 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...
In vitro meat ventriloquism
MP3 download In vitro meat deceit by Ian Woolf, Would you eat in vitro meat? By Ian Woolf, Marc West and Aaron Cooke, The science of Ventriloquism by Kachina Allen, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf ‘Cultured’ chicken: Consumers to...
Print spies dolphin terrorists
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First Contact Time Travel
MP3 download Superconductors warm up by Ian Woolf, Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham makes First Contact and Travels through Time - part 2, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Maria Cunningham Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride First room-temperature...
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...
Editing genetic disease and sports injuries
MP3 download Nuclear corrections and Assange update by Ian Woolf, Adam Culvenor from La Trobe University how surgery doesn't help sports knee injuries, Laurence Wilson from CSIRO,uses CRISPR to edit genetic diseases. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Adam Culvenor...
Electric cars, TB, and mutated whooping cough
MP3 download David Sinclair cures blind mice and makes them young again, Seyedfoad Taghizadeh from Maquarie University designed a intelligent car charger, Elinor Hortle from the Centenary Institute fights Tuberculosis with aspirin, Laurence Luu from University of New South Wales,...
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...
Future of Human Needs past
MP3 download This show was originally broadcast 2019-02-04: 3D printed steaks, One cheap pill to treat most of aging by Ian Woolf, Nathan Waters examines Human Needs, now and into the future - part 1, Sound checked by Charles Willock,...
Bop Seabin Mycoreality
MP3 download From Singularity Australia Summit 2019: Nonto Nkiwane talks about Bop Industries next generation entrepreneurs, Alexandra Ridout explains how the Seabin Project cleans up plastic, Alicia Dudek from Mycoreality explains how fungi will save us all. Produced and hosted...
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
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The Future of Human Needs
MP3 download 3D printed steaks, One cheap pill to treat most of aging by Ian Woolf, Nathan Waters examines Human Needs, now and into the future - part 1, Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
Axiomatic weird food and Bronowski
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Asteroid deflection and CRISPR babies
MP3 download CRISPR baby by Ian Woolf, Nikola Schmidt and Petr Bohacek talk about Planetary Defense - part 2. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. ESA Planetary Defense NASA Planetary Defense United Nations...
Lightbulb terrariums and biobiz
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Hearts, strawberries and water
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Mathematically impossible legislation
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The five pillars of biohacking
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Oz war on mathematics by Ian Woolf, Meow Ludo Meow Meow explains the five pillars of biohacking, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme by MacLeod (incompetech.com) Meow Ludo...
Equal Reality for social intelligence
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Skeleton finger print unlocks phones by Ian Woolf, Annie Harper and Brennan Hatton talk use virtual reality to raise social intelligence, Nady Braidy treats alcohol addiction with NAD+, Lael Lim builds robohand. Production...
More colours and March for Science part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') See more colours by Ian Woolf, John Hewson talks about science and politicians, Angela Maharaj talks about climate science politics, Ian Woolf speaks with CSIRO scientists marching. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Voice operated!
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Diffusion is a finalist for the Cast Away Awards by Ian Woolf, Patrick Catanzariti talks about Voice recognition and artificial intelligence in the home. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
The origin of life - inevitable?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Weight lifting is good for your brain by Ian Woolf, Stuart Kauffman talks about the origin of life. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Stuart Kauffman PDF Slideshow...
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...
Longevity policy undetectable faces
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Fooling facial recognition by Ian Woolf, Avinash Singh talks about changing Government policy so we all live longer, Listener's letters, Annals of Improbable 24/7 Lecture on Jet lag genes. Production checked by Charles...
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...
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...
Hackagong and Biofoundry
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Water safety scientists sacked, by Ian Woolf, Travis Wall talks about HackaGong, Meow Ludo Meow Meow tells us about the Biofoundry's plans for 2016. 24/7 Lecture by Professor Sarah Lewis on Fireflies from...
Real Space Cowboys and Star AI
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Alien planet in the Goldilocks zone by Ian Woolf, Ed Buckbee talks about the Real Space Cowboys and Space Camp, Elise Hampton uses machine learning to crunch astronomical amounts of data. Production checked...
Urthecast and space lasers
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Healthy high heels, Vaping for minors, Pluto fly-by, and Space lasers for Canberra by Ian Woolf, Canada in Space with Marc Beaudry, Singularity by Paul Rhodes, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...
Brain nets and Broccoli
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Brain nets to catch your thoughts by Ian Woolf, Astha Singh talks about Glucosinulates in Broccoli Checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Inspiring Australia Syringe-injectable electronics Injectable device delivers...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Space Beer, OrbitOz and Launchbox
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Make your phone compute while you sleep with Power To Give, by Ian Woolf, Brian Lim speaks with Ian Woolf about OrbitOz, and his company Launchbox, Justin Held spoke with Ian Woolf about...
Phish tales and Zapping mosquito bites
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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
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Healing corneas and building robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') News of: DARPA brain implants, Sony smart wigs, and prosthetic hands that feel, by Ian Woolf. Professor Stephanie Watson spoke with Ian Woolf about how she heals corneas with stem cells, From the...
Mini Maker Faire and Google You
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') NBN petition delivered to Australian MPs by Ian Woolf, Google You by Ian Woolf, From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Julian talks about 3D modelling, Chris Ferman talks about his 3D printed android,...
Shadow profiles and eating babies
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Thorium Trans-Tasman 3MT competition
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Poverty uses up more brain power by Ian Woolf Thorium SkeptiCamp presentation by Ian Woolf, Ian Woolf attended the Trans-Tasman 3 minute thesis competition and spoke to" Kelsey Kennedy about winning the Trans-Tasman...
Sydney Maker Culture
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australian National Security Enquiry needs a time machine by Ian Woolf, Daniel Green plans the Sydney Mini Maker Faire. Adam Farrow-palmer describes his electronic shirt, Iain Chalmers talks about MooresCloud networked lights, Manuel...
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...
Hypercolour vision and soap
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Algae oil and CFS
download MP3 Brian Lennon spoke with Ian Woolf about vegetable oil powered cars and the algae oil revolution(2008) Charles Willock and Ian Woolf discuss the algae oil revolution, Christine Baker reports on the personal side of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, with...
Misleading science and carnivorous pineapples
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on vegetables that eat prey, and bats who live inside them. Nathan Sinclair explains why most published research is wrong. Ian Woolf reports on vitamin D and baldness. Oliver Featherston speaks with Catriona Bonfiglioli about...
Sex Evolution and Technological Art
MP3 download Marc West interviews Professor Rob Brook about sexual selection in evolution. Ian Woolf participates in a technological art workshop to build an interactive sculpture with artist Ian Burns, and talks with participants Neil McGann, Bharti Patel, Liz O'Reilly...
Trigeneration and Sports networks
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Sexy Greys and Super-planes
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Electric spaceships and domesticating dogs
MP3 download Marc West interviews Alan Wilton about the history of dog domestification. Aaron Cooke reports - how dementia caring puts carers at risk of dementia, - how some countries will be uninhabitable by humans in 2100. Jon Bale tells...
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...
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....
Future Fab Labs and Fish and Chip cars
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Fanny Macleay and talking dolphins
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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...
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...
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...
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