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Nanoparticle breath on analogue Mars
download MP3 Listen to Dr Renee Goreham talk about her research into applying nanoparticle detection to health, and news of missions to analogue Mars in Armenia. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr Renee Goreham Amadee-24 mission: Austrian Space Forum...
Choice Blindness
download MP3Listen how choice blindness can lead to people defending the opposite to their original opinion, whether it be in a taste test, a survey, or in a eyewitness suspect line up, and how to be less likely to be...
Comedy, housework and sex
download MP3 From 2010: Listen to Marc West explain the correlation between sex and housework. Victoria Bond walks into a bar with science comedian Brian Malow. Aaron Cooke reports on starquakes, stroking rats, mosquito attraction, - and how green tea...
Are earthquakes affected by climate change?
download MP3 Australian SpIRIT nano-satellite to be launched, How climate change may cause more volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and make them more severe. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf SpIRIT counting down to launch in the US How do you...
WorldCoin and Rejuventation by dilution
download MP3 Scan your eyeball for free money? Rejuvenation by diluting your blood! Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Get tickets to my 23 August 2023 science comedy performance Get tickets to my 12 September 2023 science comedy performance Young...
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...
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)...
Fuctional Super Food
MP3 Rain-water is poisoned with PFAS everywhere, even in the Arctic circle by Ian Woolf, Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot talks about nutrition, super-foods and functional foods. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot Outside the Safe Operating...
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...
Core asthma steam spies
download MP3 Core causes days to change, Solar powered cars for Europe, UK admits to illegally spying on Julian Assange by Ian Woolf Asthma Australia warns of wood-fired heater smoke, Lachlan Whatmore puts steam to work, Produced and hosted by...
Summon Pompeo - banish EBV
download MP3 My Pictures matter, Pompeo summoned, Monkeypox sequenced, Epstein-Barr Vaccine by Ian Woolf, Steam hero by Lachlan Whatmore, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf My Pictures Matter The AFP Wants Pics of Younger You to Help Train Its Child...
When viruses collude
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') When COVID and herpes viruses team up by Ian Woolf From 2018: Brett Lidbury talks about diagnostic tests for Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf This image was released...
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...
Vaccination explanation
MP3 download Vaccines against aging, Vaccines against asthma by Ian Woolf from 2009: Dr Victoria Bond explains how vaccines work and how they are made to Marc West and Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Julie-Anne Popple, Marc...
Hydrogen greenwash
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In vitro meat ventriloquism
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Synthetic chemical adventures
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Face recognition antagonism
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COVIDSafe Brainwaves
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Pasteurised waste water power
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Climate change health
MP3 download Elderberry retraction, Brain reading, Furry faces, and viral music by Ian Woolf, Melanie Zeppel talks about climate change and the health of humans and forests. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Melanie Zeppel SCOPUS Awards Flu vaccines yes,...
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...
Electronic Nose Math Superhero
MP3 download John Teague builds an electro-mechanical board game, Wentian Zhang built an electronic nose, Anne Griebel protects tea tree forests, David Arnold predicts and prevents forest crimes with mathematics. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf John Teague Wentian Zhang...
Neuromorphic social impact
MP3 download Face recognition through stealing photos used by police, by Ian Woolf, Yesh Bethi demonstrates neuromorphic cameras on foosball tables, Nic Ralph uses neuromorphic cameras on satellites, Hervé Harvard and Sophie Ritchie bridge academic engineering to real world problems...
Solar Race Suicide Model Virtual Pain
MP3 download Over a billion animals dead in fires by Ian Woolf, Georgi Georgieff talks about the solar car race, Mark Heffernan talks about preventing suicide with modelling, Anton Bogdanovych uses virtual reality to train people in chronic pain management....
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...
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,...
Tesla suit field brain scanner
MP3 download Invisible man from Canada by Ian Woolf From Singularity Australia Summit 2019: Dimitri Mikhalchuk fits me for a Tesla Suit, Professor Chris Levi develops a field brain scanner for strokes. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Ian wearing...
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...
Bio-engineering Innovation Challenge 2019
MP3 download The Bioengineering Innovation Outreach Challenge 2019 prize winners by Ian Woolf, Professor Hala Zreiqat talks about the ARC Bioengineering Innovation Centre, Dr Gavinda Singh talks about his research in cancer cures and his mentorship, Team Team from Sydney...
Nano 3D Printing
MP3 download Feeling hands, incriminating handshakes by Ian Woolf, Professor Martin Wegener talks about nano 3D Printing, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor Martin Wegener Nano-scale printing promises lab-grown retinas, custom-made bones The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis...
Nano Molecular train sets
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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...
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...
Twenty years and Biblical genes
MP3 download Teen boy puts religion in his genes by Ian Woolf, Twenty years of Diffusion, a walk down memory lane by Ian Woolf Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. The first injection...
Absinthe chemistry and Beer froth maths
MP3 download DIY genetic engineering, Potatoes stop bleeding, Gaffa tape stops warts, and Venusian bacteria by Ian Woolf 2002 Chemistry Nobel Prize - identifying biological macro-molecules by Chris Stewart, Absinthe science by Adam Mark, 2002 IgNobel Prizes - Scrotal asymmetry...
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...
Vitamania, woken worms and DNA repair
MP3 download Woken worms and crowd-funding against cancer by Ian Woolf, Derek Muller talks about making Vitamania. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Derek Muller Veritasium Veritasium on Youtube Vitamania The Movie Viable...
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...
Bacterial love cleavage virtual observatories
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Hangover cure by Ian Woolf, Michael Widjaja talks about bacteria using cleavage, Kate Wilson talks about building the virtual Penrith Observatory. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
Brain upgrades
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Memory prosthetic by Ian Woolf, Brain Computer Interfaces for augmentation by Avinash Singh. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. UTS Computational Intelligence and Brain Computer Interface...
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...
Insulin DISCO crypto-jacking
MP3 Crypto-jacking by Ian Woolf, Alex Kelly talks about the Open Source Insulin project. Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Alex Kelly Open Insulin project at the Biofoundry Open Insulin Project Now even...
Ghost of Xmas 2000
MP3 From the 20kbps Active Streaming File archives: News by Nick Perkins: I'm Not Dead Yet gene discovered, Mobile phone safety, Big Foot imprint found! Nick Perkins explains science of the beer gut, Lachlan Whatmore discusses anthropomorphism, Gina Satore with...
Head transplant HEAVEN?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stephen Juan talks with Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf about keeping a severed head alive , Head transplants - HEAVEN? by Ian Woolf, RE: Your brains by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles...
Sound is the next wave
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australian Government wants you to post nude photos by Ian Woolf, Professor Ben Eggleton explains how sound is the next wave in cutting edge communications technology. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...
Head transplant HEAVEN
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stephen Juan talks with Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf about keeping a severed head alive , Head transplants - HEAVEN? by Ian Woolf, RE: Your brains by Jonathan Coulton. Production checked by Charles...
Luna Letters and sub-orbital hops
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') NASA and RosCosmos to build moon station, SpaceX to launch two passengers around the Moon in 2018, SpaceX to use Mars spacecraft for sub-orbital hops around Earth by Ian Woolf, Taofiq Huq is...
Cuberider, CubeSat and MathWorks - DIY Day part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stealthy sonar spying on cell phones by Ian Woolf, Anh Nguyen, Flavia Ching Lu, Jenna Chan and Teresa Tran from Cerdon College develop space face cream with Cuberider data, Dr Elias Aboutanio from...
Crooke's radiometer mystery
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Virus cures diabetes, Butterfly power, Batteries banned, Cannabis helps aged memories, Drugs for better hearing, Oz Govt hacks phones for welfare money. The mystery of Crooke's radiometer. Everyday physics - keeping your cool....
Seagrasses, Art, and maggots revisted
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') No manned space craft for the International Space station rescue by Victoria Bond, Art meets Science at the Powerhouse Museum by Ian Woolf, Professor Pinas talks about maggot therapy with Victoria Bond, Eureka...
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...
Photobiomodulation and bees
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bees teach pulling strings, Bees count to four, Fruit fly brain brain ageing reversed with spermadine by Ian Woolf. Daniel Johnstone uses photobiomodulation to treat neuro-degenerative diseases. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Frog leg steak art Innovation
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Alcohol causes cancer by Ian Woolf, Oron Catts talks about Symbiotica and frog leg steak art, Richard Brophy talks about Innovators Club, Part 2 of Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn on electronic health records. Production...
Retro trivia special
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian has the flu this week, so here's the trivia special from 2009: Join Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf as we tackle questions in mathematics, biology, popular science and chemistry. Can...
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...
RobotX Carp telepresence
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Carp! by Ian Woolf, A round-up of the Australian Biological Ageing Conference by Ian Woolf - part 2, Jarrah Peddie talks about the RobotX competition and Underwater Autonomous Vehicles at CeBIT, Jake Fountain...
STEAM through space bubbles
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Its raining innovation by Ian Woolf, Solange Cunin talks about launching QuebRider's STEAM projects, John Barrow talks about the Eternal Bubble Multiverse, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
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...
IdeasBoom Educating for the Future
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The National Innovation Ideas Boom by Ian Woolf, Jackie Slaviero talks about educating for the future, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Jackie Slaviero One Giant Leap National...
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...
Crowd-funding Galaxy Exploration
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The Eureka Prizes Secondary School division by Ian Woolf - The Secret of the Appendix by Paige Bebee, - Why are Concussions Bad for You? by Luke Cadorin-Taylor, - Gravity Sucks, by Tom...
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...
Canada in Space & Google listens
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Google listening by Ian Woolf, Canada's space success can teach Australia by Marc Beaudry, Does the FIV vaccine prevent FIV? by Mark Westman at Famelab. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted...
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...
Social context and Electric cars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Fruit flies rolled by magnets by Ian Woolf, Ian Sharpe talks about social context, leadership and solving problems for NASA, Mark Taylor talks about Electric cars at the Mini Maker Faire, Production checked...
Biohacking Citizen Science
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Epidermal electronics and Lego Atomic Force Microscopes by Ian Woolf, Andreas Siagian talk about his Indonesian Citizen Science Initiative and Hackteria, Andrew Tuckwell talks about hacking synthetic biology competitions, IGEM and BIOMOD. Hosted...
Spiderman 2 and Money
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Social media censorship for Australia - DIBP DIBP DIBP, Dob, dob, dob? More CSIRO job cuts, #Australiansforcoal trends on twitter by Ian Woolf, Review of the science of SpiderMan 2 by Ian Woolf,...
Where is Ciguatera? Ritalin for CFS
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Genetically engineering green glowing eggs to reduce cruelty to chicks, Trial of Ritalin and nutrients to treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Ian Woolf. Associate Professor Shauna Murray and Gurjeet Singh Kohli explain how...
Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Tiny turbines, and myco-diesel by Ian Woolf. Professor Helen Swarbrick speaks with Ian Woolf about Orthokeratology for correcting short-sightedness without surgery or wearing lenses, Copyright week and the Trans-Pacific-partnership agreement. Presented and produced...
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...
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...
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...
Hypercolour vision and soap
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Do GM crops upset pigs? by Ian Woolf Hypercolour vision by Ian Woolf Scurvy by Chris Stewart Soap Science by Ian Woolf produced and presented by Ian Woolf A long-term toxicology study on...
Chocolate robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf reports on asteroids with moons, and squeezing breast cancer. At CeBIT 2013 Ian Woolf spoke to Fred Pauling about Telepresence robots, to Cindy Huang about ThunderDownUnder's robot trophy, to Dalton Tandulka...
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...
Octopus bush and Darwin part2
download MP3 News by Ian Woolf: 3D printing becomes recyclable, 3D printing of huts and satellites, and walk-in 3D print studios. Wearable cameras take photos all day. Natural Selection part 2 - a radio play by Lachlan Whatmore, Octopus bush...
Higgs tastes dark tendrils
download MP3 Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the discovery by the team at the large hadron Collider, Victoria Bond reports on Dark Tendrils, Ian Woolf reports on how taste affects judgements, the speechjammer, and activating your immune system to...
Phone fears, eco-kids and DNA nanopores
download MP3 Larissa Savvas reports on nerve regeneration, Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Maia Sauren about mobile phone safety, Julie-Anne Popple asks Melissa Slarp about teaching kindergarten science, Ian Woolf spoke with Geoff MacIntyre about DNA reading chips at the...
Enquiry based learning and Hendra
download MP3 Associate Professor Les Kirkup spoke to Ian Woolf about how to make lab classes more interesting, James Bourne, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf discuss the Hendra virus news. Presented by James Bourne, Produced by Ian Woolf Inquiry-oriented learning...
Darwinius and Zombie Fish
MP3 Everyone on the team was either sick or away this week, so we bring you the May 25th show from 2009: Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about Ciguatera zombie fish poison, Darwinius, science and the media by...
Circadian rhythms and sperm teasing
MP3 download Victoria Bond interviews Professor Ian Hickie about circadian rhythms and depression, Patrick Rubie reports on: - Sperm teasing - big tobacco cures starvation - asteroid dust and the origins of life Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
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...
Housework, sex and comedy
MP3 download Marc West examines the correlation between sex and housework, Victoria Bond walks into a bar with science comedian Brian Malow, News by. Aaron Cooke - starquakes, - stroking rats, - mosquito attraction, - how green tea fights cancer....
Hot Maths and Disintermediation
MP3 Brigid Mullane interviews Dr Michael Cavanagh about new software to help teach Maths at school, Ian Woolf talks with Futurist Janine Cahill about the paradigm shift from Traditional to New Media, Mobile Banking, Serious Games and Disintermediation. The future...
The Diffusion Science Show Trivia Special!
MP3 Join Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf as we tackle questions in mathematics, biology, popular science and chemistry. Can you do better than the team? Produced and Panelled by Marc West Also starring Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf...
Science in Namibia, Magnificent Maths
MP3 Patrick Rubie interviews Scott Daniel, a member of Australian Volunteers International and former National Science and Technology Centre (QUESTACON) worker, about teaching Science in Namibia. Marc West talks about the 5 biggest Mathematics stories of 2008. News by Kalvin...
2008 Kisses, tantrums and infections
MP3 It’s the last show of 2008 so there’s plenty of love, tears and infection spreading! Patrick Rubie looks at the nice and the nasty side of mistletoe. Victoria Bond and Jaime Leclerc quiz you on infectious diseases. Ian Woolf...
Maths, hot leaves, and body swapping
MP3 Marc West talks with Jamos McAlister and Marcus Findlay about teaching kids that "calculations are the spelling of maths, not the story", Ian Woolf talks to Dr Andrea Leigh at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of...
Steam work and giant wallabies
play nowLachlan Whatmore puts steam to work, Jacqui Hayes and Caitlin Howlett review the week in science - happiness science, - giant wallabies in Tasmania - confirmation that contraceptive pills reverse attraction - vaccination against alcoholic pleasure Amy Bullen...
Clones, Steam Hero and Mind Control
play nowCloning by Michelle Kovacevic,Steam engines and Hero of Alexandria by Lachlan Whatmore,Emotiv Mind Control interview with Tan Le by Daz Chandler,News by Ian Woolf - Wooden nuclear power plant accident in Vermont, - Moon race goes underground at...
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...
'Plug into your Prius, replicate with RepRap'
MP3 'Self-replicating 3-D printers' by Ian Woolf 'Plug-in batteries for hybrid cars' by Brigid Mullane 'DNA taxis' by Patrick Rubie, Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf News by Patrick Rubie - Black Strings - Stem cells give birth to a...
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...
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...
Turbulent mile high chemical cocktails
MP3 Ever wanted to join the mile high club? Want to put strange things into your body? This week, the Diffusion Team tackles the science of things that go bump in the air - well turbulence anyway - and what...
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...
Gina Sartore
Gina Sartore is simultaneously hiding from her thesis supervisor, teaching science to rural uni students, and communing with a bunch of alpaca (her favourite country-type animal). She is an occasional contributor, but is having trouble finding a tin can with...
Donate your brain to science!
Would you like to be on radio? Do you have a passion about science that you want to share with the world? Do you like the idea of being able to go up to interesting scientists and ask them anything...
Invisibility and Whale Hunting
Play Now This week the Diffusion Team investigate the facts and future of research into invisibility and dive into the controversy surrounding the recent decision by the International Whaling Commission. Presented by Tilly Boleyn, Science news by Jacqui Pfeffer,...
Ghosts, Blimps, and maybe mermaids
Play Now This week the diffusion team has gone searching for the little mermaid, ghostbusting and cruisin' the skies. Presented by Marc West, News by Matt Clarke, Living on the sea floor, by Lachlan Whatmore, A call for scientific...
Hair Science, and Echinoderm World
Play Now This week the fantabulous Diffusion team investigate the science of hair and reveal everything you have always wanted to know about echinoderms. How do we manage to pack all that AND your weekly science news into 30mins?...
Toads, Flying cars and Monkey Mating
Play Now This week was a bit of a lazy one for Team Diffusion. We lAughed at convention and just talked about what ever we wanted to. Science News? Who needs it? Scripts? I think not. Science Radio by...
Chris Stewart
In a past life, Chris spent five years studying the physics of quarks, the tiny particles that sit at the heart of protons and neutrons, which in turn make up the nucleus of the atom. After a while, he realised...
Chris Stewart
Kipper is the straight man of the team. A self confessed thespian trapped in the body of an astrophysicist, Chris is currently on assignment with the Laotian government looking at space travel using recycled waste products....
Gina Sartore
Gina Sartore is simultaneously hiding from her thesis supervisor, teaching science to rural uni students, and communing with a bunch of alpaca (her favourite country-type animal). She is an occasional contributor, but is having trouble finding a tin can with...
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...
Sibling Saviours
Move over designer babies, five saviour siblings have been born in the United States, in a special IVF program/. The babies were carefully chosen so they would provide stem cells to treat older siblings with diseases such as leukaemia. Using...
Diffusion 9th July 2002
Play Now Presented by Branwen Morgan. News by Chris Stewart. Science and the military - the good, the bad, and the ugly - by Lachlan Whatmore.Groundswell team join in the discussion on miltary research. Produced by Tim Baynes with...
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