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Sleep learning and smell-o-vision - part 3
MP3 download From 2020: Synthetic smells and Sleep smelling memories by Ian Woolf James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 3, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr James Hayes UNSW Odour Laboratory Manipulating synthetic optogenetic odors reveals...
Chocolate fuel, steroids and roomba sumo
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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...
AI has a human alignment problem
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Aussie Space Mail
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Don't ignore your symptoms
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WorldCoin and Rejuventation by dilution
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Douglas Engelbart - Inventing the 21st Century
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Public Trust in Science part 1
MP3 Listen to the first part of Professor Nick Dirks talk about Science, policy and trust with Ian Woolf, with news of AI helping people speak their mind. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor Nicholas Dirks New York Academy...
The Long-Term Threat
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Waluigi Alignment
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Categorification, Not A Crime
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Analysing chemicals and Synthesizing text
MP3 David Bishop explains how labs identify poisons diseases and minerals with mass spectrometers. Ian Woolf explains how ChatGPT works, and how to put it to work. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Associate Professor David Bishop Frontiers of Science...
Stable Diffusion Litigation
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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...
The Talking Dead
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Spinal Fusion
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GFC - what did we learn?
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Expressly Human - part 2
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Plants to eat, and plants that eat
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Core asthma steam spies
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Summon Pompeo - banish EBV
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Variants, printed livers and woven TVs
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Desiderosmia
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Nuclear windmill synaesthesia - in memory of Charles Willock
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Vaccination explanation
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The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 1
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Fanny Macleay and Flying Saucers
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Dr Rachie vs the antivaxxers
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To the Moon with fireworks and geckos
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Synthetic chemical adventures
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Cyber-pig and Eye-cow
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Smell-o-vision and explosive bees
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COVIDFree without COVIDSafe
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Face COVIDSafe explosion
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Brainwave generation
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Climate change health
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Nano-tech train sets
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Little Ice Ages and future housing
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Tesla suit field brain scanner
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Technology and social justice
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Platypus Science
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Launching Arlula
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Quantum dots
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Home synthetic biology lab
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Gravitational wave generators
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Nano Molecular train sets
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Solar cooling, work and housing
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Opt out of My Health Record
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Full automation and Elvis on the Moon
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Transhumanism engineering Cat-girls
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My Health Record Opt Out
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Honey therapy and emotional helmets
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Science communication and Quantum transistors
MP3 News of bacteria engineered with an electronic switch, Naomi Koh Belic and Noushin Nasiri talk about science communication, Michelle Simmonds explores how transistors work at the quantum level in 2002, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...
Women's Day, Stem cells, and Multiple Sclerosis
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Brain hacking and chocolate
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Insulin DISCO crypto-jacking
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The Forgetting Machine - part 1
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Bright Sparks 2017 - part 1
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Singing Astronaut Again
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Dr Paul Willis from RI Aus TV, and Will Berryman from Hostworks talk about bringing Astronaut Chris Hadfield to 10 000 school-children around Australia at once. Chris Hadfield answers questions and sings for...
Face recognition and civil rights
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australian Government will target asylum seekers from space, Driver's license database plundered for face recognition surveillance. Tim Norton from Digital Rights Watch talks about the new face recognition capability of the Australian Government....
Luna Letters and sub-orbital hops
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Cuberider, CubeSat and MathWorks - DIY Day part 1
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What good is consciousness?
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Crooke's radiometer mystery
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3 parent baby ethics and flavour tripping
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The Internet of Hackable Things & OzSpace part 2
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2016 Ig Nobel Prizes
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Biomimicry and coral bones
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Weird pets, possums and blood vessels
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My Health Records -private?
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#Censusfail or Privacy?
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Science Party Australian Election bonus edition
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Swarm intelligence
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Cellf - making a musician
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STEAM through space bubbles
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Kids 3D print Internet Barbie
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Fate of the Universe
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Innovation Engineering
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Blockchain Citizen Science
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Real Space Cowboys and Star AI
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Heatwave detecting cancer
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Future work, farmbot and Chiptunes
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Singing Astronaut Special
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Hyperspectral fleet and Giant robots
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Brainwaves and Photonics
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Photonics and quadcopters
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DIY EEG and Rocket Scientist networking
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Bionic eyes traffic and Do-arama
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Aussie Rockets Worm Lego
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Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen
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Koalas, robots, and brains
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FundScience, Albatross, LoVid
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Neural Knitworks
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Galactic Haloes light walls
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Biohacking Citizen Science
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Geo-engineering Art
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Mapping Robots and printed houses
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Powdered alcohol and Money part 2
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Spiderman 2 and Money
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Aging brains and Ciguatera
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Valves, rockets and Doctor Who
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Mini Maker Faire and Google You
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BrainChips and artificial intelligence
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Shadow profiles and eating babies
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SkeptiCamp, Life and HackerSpace
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30 IQ points more, and BitCoin
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Sydney Maker Culture
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Future silkmoth tricycle games
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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...
Pond scum and ALS
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Cognitive Reserve and Solar max
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Meteors and publishing
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Labile languages and remembering Steve Jobs
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TB Day and CSIRO Vacations
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Ig Nobels 2010 and Artilects 3
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Power tool orchestra, self attraction?
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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
MP3 download Aaron Cooke reports on Sydney Council's plan for 85% efficient gas trigeneration power plants for Sydney, Ian Woolf speaks with Lief Hamlin about sports networks from NICTA, News by Marc West - Pacific Islands unihabitable but above water...
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...
Dr Rachie vs anti-vax, and DSM psycho
MP3 download Dr Rachael Dunlop tells Ian Woolf about her battle with the Australian Vaccination Network. Victoria Bond explains the new DSM descriptions of mental illness. News by Victoria Bond - Coma patients may be conscious and communicate by brain...
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....
Mystique, pill ills, sin distribution
MP3 Marc West asks Dr Chris Pettigrew how X-men character Mystique's super-powers might really work, Charles Willock reports on the distribution of sin in the USA, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss the lesser known side effects of the contraceptive...
Vaccination special!
MP3 All you need to know about vaccinations! Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf talk about how vaccines are made, how they work, the biochemistry behind vaccines, the controversies, and even a little maths! Hosted by Ian Woolf Produced...
Economics and lithium in our water
MP3 'Bad Economic Science' Marc West talks to Nick Davis from the World Economics Forum about what went wrong in the current Global Economic Crisis, Panel Discussion: Lithium in drinking water, man-made swine flu and exciting electronics by Ian Woolf,...
CSIRO Wi-Fi win and Dunbar's number
MP3 Marc West interviews Dr Ben McNeil about alternative Energy and Australia, News by Ian Woolf, with discussion from Marc West and John August - CSIRO win their patent battle against 14 US Giants, - A hard limit on your...
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...
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...
Fanny Macleay and talking dolphins
play nowNews by Patrick Rubie - electric flying saucers - personal networks sewn into clothes - fake urine used by miners Nineteenth Century naturalist Fanny Macleay by Lachlan Whatmore,Discussion of news, staying young by staying with the young, and...
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...
'Fly me to the moon with love and fireworks'
play now 'Mining the moon' by Ian Woolf 'The chemistry of love' by Joanne Chang 'Fireworks frenzy' by Patrick Rubie Fireworks discussion by Charles Willock, Ian Woolf, Joanne Chang, Lara Davis and Patrick Rubie Music outro: Sample of Aerodynamic...
Oil free, Low fat cows, Green goes red
play now Darren Osborne interviews Dr David Lamb about Fuels of the Future, Tilly Boleyn and Vanessa Gardoz discuss: - Workchoice treadmills, - Nominative determinism, - lonely albatross, - red-stained windmills, News by Erin passmore and Ed Pollitt, -...
Da Vinci, Climate-Fried Fish, the Pope
play now Discover Da Vinci's workshop full of flying machines, theatrical contraptions and submarines. Take a splash with the frenzied fish that are migrating across our warming ocean. But where does the Pope fit into all this? Find out...
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...
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...
Keir Smith
After 7 years roaming the Antarctic wilderness in search of a place to call to home, or at least a hot meal, Keir was rescued by the Discovery helicopter. He has spent the time since then working off the debt...
Community Radio Network
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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...
I love your program
I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your program, being in the USA finding a program of your quality is a rare thing. As I will be traveling in to the American Midwest I have at lest a...
Diffusion 6th April 2006
Play Now Wireless cars, the science of happiness and wonky breasts. Presented by Ian Woolf, News by Matt Francis, Networked cars by Matt Clarke, Happiness by Jacqui Hayes, Wonky Breasts by Tilly Boleyn. Produced by Matt Clarke with technical...
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...
Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Science, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, Networking tutor, Computational Theory lecturer and subject coordinator, and Physics lab demonstrator; while changing his career to professional writing...
Keir Smith
After 7 years roaming the Antarctic wilderness in search of a place to call to home, or at least a hot meal, Keir was rescued by the Discovery helicopter. He has spent the time since then working off the debt...
Bird Pollution
And finally, some nightingales have fallen foul of noise pollution laws in Europe. An ornithologist at the Free University of Berlin in Germany measured the calls of nightingales in busy urban areas and found that they increase the volume of...
Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Physics, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, Cisco CCNA tutor, Computational Theory lecturer, and subject coordinator; while changing his career to professional writing and broadcasting. Read...
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