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Gravity Maverick - part 2

MP3 download Listen to Dr Viv Robinson boldly explain why the Universe isn't expanding and the Big bang never happened. News of new kind of renewable energy, and preventing long COVID. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Archive of www.universephysics.com...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 10, 2023 8:56 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 3, 2023 2:47 PM

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...

Posted by Ian Woolf on September 5, 2022 9:29 PM

Dave Sings Sight Scan Science

MP3 download This show was first broadcast on January 5th 2009: Ian Woolf looks inside the minds eye to see what you see - with a scanner, commentary by Charles Willock, Patrick Rubie zaps cheap wine into the good stuff,...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 25, 2021 11:21 AM

Eugenic multiverses

MP3 download Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham talks about genetic selection and multiple universes - part 3, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Maria Cunningham Sign the petition to free Julian Assange...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 13, 2020 1:10 PM

Pupils Pulse at Parkes

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') SETI signals and Encoded E. coli by Ian Woolf, Rob Hollow talks about Pulse at Parkes for pupils at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...

Posted by Ian Woolf on September 4, 2017 7:01 PM

What good is consciousness?

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sea fleas and smart drugs by Ian Woolf, Peter Watts talks about biologically plausible aliens, why only two sexes, and suggests you don't need to be conscious. In the conversation we name-checked these...

Posted by Ian Woolf on August 7, 2017 3:52 PM

Life, the Universe & Carnivorous plants

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Plants that eat, help you eat wheat by Ian Woolf, Professor Mark Colyvan talks about the fine tuning of the Universe for Life, Science is Real by They Might Be Giants, Produced and...

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

Fine tuning for Life

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Rat robot stingrays have heart by Ian Woolf, Luke Barnes discusses how finely tuned the Universe is for life, Callisto by the Ephemera Ensemble. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...

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

Music inspired by Space

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Brains scan bugs by Ian Woolf, Keyna Wilkins talks about creating music inspired by Astronomy, Paul Francis has transcoded radio astronomy signals into haunting sounds. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted...

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

More Carbs for longer life

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Solar panels reach world record high efficiency, but funding will be cut, Universe expanding faster than predicted by Ian Woolf, David LeCouteur talks about healthier ageing through a high carbohydrate diet. Production checked...

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

Fate of the Universe

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Gravitational waves, The Creeping Garden, Glowing waste is the best part? by Ian Woolf Professor John Barrow talks about where the Universe has been, and where its heading. Production checked by Charles Willock,...

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

Antarctic astronomy biofuel catalyst

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Murderous meat by Ian Woolf, Michael Burton talks about astronomy in Antarctica, Jessica Stanley talks about her catalyst for converting plant waste into biofuel. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...

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

Gene repair, eggs and entropy

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') LHC tests Rainbow Gravity, Daraprim for a dollar by Ian Woolf, Elizabeth Hinde describes how to see genes repaired for Fresh Science, John August talks about the Egg and Entropy, part 2. Production...

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

Bitcoin disrupts home-made Segway

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Asteroid nears Earth on Australia Day by Ian Woolf, Michael Dance explains the disruptive nature of Bitcoin, Malcolm Faed discusses his home-made self-balancing Segway-like scooter. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted...

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

How to change your mind, snakes on a plane

download MP3 Nathan Sinclair explains How to change your mind, Professor Mike Thompson spoke with Julie-Anne Popple about the time he got a snake on a plane, Ian Woolf reports on the lack of Dark Matter, James Millar reports on...

Posted by Ian Woolf on August 6, 2012 6:54 PM

Smart Sand, Video Glasses, Electric Universe

download MP3 Larissa Savvas reports on Smart sand and breast cancer detection. Julie-Anne Popple reports on the Royal Society's Science and the Media Forum. Ian Woolf reports on the emergence of wearable cameras and computers from science fiction to reality,...

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 16, 2012 8:19 PM

The 2005 science trivia special fresh from Alaska

download MP3 The ghost of Diffusions Xmas past! Listen to a classic from the vaults: the 2005 Christmas special! It was an eventful time - we were served a "Cease and Desist order" from using the name "Discovery", and we...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 26, 2011 6:49 PM

Expanding Universe, Zombie ladybugs

download MP3 Professor Robert Kirshner speaks to Ian Woolf about supernovas and the accelerating expanding universe, News by Dr Popple and Therese Chan: - Greenhouse wallabies - giant wombats - horny bugs are loud - zombie ladybugs Presented by Therese...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 11, 2011 1:47 PM

Real Doctors eat Breakfast

MP3 download Victoria Bond checks in with some new evidence of a Universe before the Big Bang. Marc West interviews Kylie Smith on a recently published study which outlines possible long term risks involved in skipping your daily breakfast. Lachlan...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 29, 2010 7:37 PM

Dark Energy, Vacuum and Casimir forces

MP3 Ian Woolf reports on Lawrence Karuss's talk on Dark Energy at the Powerhouse Museum, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss the expansion of the Universe, and harnessing Casimir forces from quantum vacuum energy. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...

Posted by Ian Woolf on September 21, 2009 6:53 PM

Reading brains, Dave sings science

MP3 Ian Woolf looks inside the minds eye to see what you see, with a scanner, commentary by Charles Willock, Patrick Rubie zaps cheap wine into the good stuff, Kalvin Ng shows the world was warmer than you thought, Dave...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 5, 2009 6:30 PM

Zero Point Energy, Sex/Sport, Toy Boys

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Posted by Diffusion on September 6, 2007 12:09 AM

Dark matter and alternative medicine

play now 'The Dark Side of the Cosmos' - Professor Joe Silk interviewed by Ian Woolf 'What's the alternative?' by Patrick Rubie News by Patrick Rubie Presented by Ian Woolf Produced by Patrick Rubie Professor Joe Silk' is the...

Posted by Diffusion on August 30, 2007 12:09 AM

Puke-ray, Marriage, Expanding Universe

play now News by Ian Woolf - Iced Germs - Puke-ray - Mega sugar-rush Marriage Science by Kachina Allen Expanding Universe by Patrick Rubie Presented and produced by Ed Pollitt Music: Lies Are Much More Fun by The Grates,...

Posted by Diffusion on August 16, 2007 12:09 AM

Diffusion 17th November 2005

Play Now The painful world of non-lethal weapons, the Universe's ultimate perpetual motion machine, and all the latest science news. Produced by Chris Stewart, presented by Matt Clarke, 'Perpetual Motion' by Matt Francis, 'Non-Lethal Weapons' by Matt Clarke, News...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 17, 2005 9:00 AM