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From 2014:
Turn another human into your hand puppet by Ian Woolf,
Leonard Lipovich explains non-coding RNA, ENCODE and CHARGE,
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy to treat brain fog from Long COVID,
A new anti-COVID drug may protect from all variants and also heal Long COVID lung damage.
Michael persinger's God Helmet
From 2003, Tim Baynes speaks to Eva Feredoes about using brain magnets to switch off HIS brain functions, during the interview!
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From the 2013 Nuclear Energy For Australia? conference:
Uranium miner Dr Erica Smyth argues for nuclear power for Australia,
Conservationist Professor Ian Lowe argues against nuclear power for Australia
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A plea-deal for Julian Assange? Artists given a second chance to sue AI. Not A Crime, Music and Book industries try to shut down the Internet Archive.
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Scan your eyeball for free money?
Rejuvenation by diluting your blood!
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Therese Chen reports on Fairy Wren passwords (2012),v Chris Stewart interviews Sir Isaac Newton (2003)
Tim Baynes reports on fish poison, molecular machines and kidneys, (2003)
Chris Stewart reports on the life and science of Edward Teller,(2003)
Arwen Cross, Julie-Anne Popple and Ian Woolf discuss military walking robots (2012)
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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.
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Ian Woolf reports on Cute Science, Beard beer, Alpha Centauri B's planet and HIV milk - with comments from Julie-Anne Popple and Arwen Cross.
Julie-Anne Popple talks to Chris Reid, a biologist from the University of Sydney, about the memory of slime moulds.
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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..
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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.
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How can we improve our memory? Ian Woolf takes a deep dive into the ancient art of memory systems.
News of artificial intelligence finding new drugs
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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 of his plan to Augment Human Intelligence.
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Hugo DeGaris concludes his warning from 2010 that AI could threaten human existence, with discussion from Marc West. Highlights of the 2010 IgNobel Prizes.
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Hugo DeGaris warned us in 2010 that AI could threaten human existence, and news of brainfog and robot guide dogs.
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A deep dive into the science of tardigrades - the tiny water bears or moss piglets that can withstand extremes of cold, heat, dryness, pressure, and vacuum, by going into suspended animation and then revitalising when its safe again - from whom we can learn ways to improve our own health.
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Memory prosthesis for dementia by Ian Woolf,
Tanya Petrovich from Dementia Australia, and Andrew Vouliotis from Deakin University's Applied Artificial
Intelligence Institute talks about their AI training system for carers of people with dementia - Talk with Ted!
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A deep dive into the Digital Afterlife Industry - companies offering to let you have a conversation with dead people who speak back, and offering you a chance to live on as a digital avatar.
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Dr Ashish Diwan, Professor Ganga Prusty and Dr Xiaopeng Li come together to make spinal fusion surgery
work for patients, with new materials, and new techniques in their new company Sentonix.
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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 Stable Diffusion and Whisper artificial intelligence utilities.
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Professor Toby Walsh talks about the ethical dilemmas around Artificial Intelligence
and how they affect us, and his new book "Machines Behaving Badly" - part 1
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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 experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science,
Quantum poetry read by Christ Stewart from 2002.
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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.
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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.
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From 2001, David Blank tells the story of astronomer ahead of his time, Fritz Zwicky,
From 2009, once again, Patrick Rubie explains to Ian Woolf the feeling that we've seen this before,
from 2009, Ian Woolf recveals to Patrick Rubie the seven ways statistically found to improve your chances of success with online dating
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'Bad Economic Science' Marc West talks to Nick Davis from the World Economics Forum about what went wrong in the 2007-2009 Global Economic Crisis,
Panel Discussion: Lithium in drinking water, man-made swine flu and exciting electronics by Ian Woolf, Marc West, Lachlan Whatmore and Patrick Rubie,
News by Patrick Rubie
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office work a pain in the neck
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sea cucumbers mop up CO2
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International Women's Day 2009 with Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf,
Gender bending stories:
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phthalates feminise boys
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half boy half girl bird brain
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sixth sense switches mice gender
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gender gene identified
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Gender and sex identity development
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gender development disorders
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Turner sydnrome
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Kleinfelter syndrome
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hermaphroditism and gender assignment
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testosterone receptor insensitivity
Women in Science:
Marie Curie,
Rosalind Franklin
Rachel Carson
Presented by Victoria Bond,
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Water world discovered,
The Drake Equation,
The Silurian Hypothesis,
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Vaccine for hair loss,
NASA postpones the Moon ,
Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer?
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Computing pioneer Kathleen Booth reaches 100 by Ian Woolf,
Dr Mark Chanizi talks about how emotional expression evolved - part 2.
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Pleading the fourth - suing the CIA by Ian Woolf,
Dr Mark Chanizi talks about what we said before language was invented - part 1.
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Publishers try to outlaw libraries by Ian Woolf,
Phil Esterman from Husqvarna talks about lawn mower robots singing happy birthday to the Curiosity rover robot on Mars,
Dr Mikalea Chinotti explains why its safe to return to the dentist.
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Protesters hit with bail conditions that ban them from modern technology for not protesting,
Professor Shauna Murray finds how marine micro-organisms move around Australia's coast, to keep seafood safe from Ciguatera.
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Sound implants prevent cancer,
Sun made me hungrySuperworm,
Superworms,
sub-millimetre robots
Fake cannibalism
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Superworm! generated from mini dalle
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Balance on one leg for longer life,
Rejuvenation without diet,
Dr Berger under conditions by the AHPRA? by Ian Woolf
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This episode was first broadcast in 2018:
Professor Toby Walsh talks about the future of artificial intelligence
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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 reboot a computer, moves beads with sound, and brings non-Newtonian fluids to life.
Listener question: Is sunlight behind glass just as good as outside? answered by Ian Woolf Marc West spoke to Dr. Louis Ptacek about photic sneezing.
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Beetroot for heart health,
Soluble fibre for healthy weight loss,
Carnivorous plants go underground by Ian Woolf
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From 2010:
Ian Woolf reviews The Vision Revolution by Mark Changizi,
about the evolution of human vision and our unrecognised super-powers,
with commentary from Aaron Cook and Daniel Keogh,
From 2013: Ian Woolf interviews Mark Changizi about his research into colour vision
and its applications in enhancing vision,,
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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,
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My Pictures matter, Pompeo summoned, Monkeypox sequenced, Epstein-Barr Vaccine by Ian Woolf, Steam hero by Lachlan Whatmore, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.
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This episode first broadcast in 2010: Aaron Cook reports on Element 117-- Ununseptium Marc West speaks with "Doctor Boob" about how to become the super-villain Doc Oc Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the life and legend of Nikola Tesla, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.
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Amplified spiders, edited hamsters, Trustworthy fakes, Monkeypox is airborne by Ian Woolf Ancient machines by Lachlan Whatmore, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.
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Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia talks about the need to change the Clinical Guidlines for diagnosis and treatment of Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.
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1999 ME/CFS Conference with harmful Clinical Guidelines for treatment, 2008 ME/CFS Conference interview with Dr Stephen Graves, 2022 talk by Dr Richard Loeffel on the need for new Clinical Guidlines for ME/CFS, Produced by Ian Woolf
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This episode first broadcast in 2008: Goat sacrifices of the military by Ian Woolf, Wired Beds by Tilly Boleyn and Evan Shapiro, Junk DNA points the way by Patrick Rubie, Female rats prefer males with recent sexual experience by Patrick Rubie, Jacqui Hayes interviews Chris Lauf of the Cycling Scientists and their travelling energy show, Presented by Patrick Rubie, Produced by Ian Woolf
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A new crystal of ice by Ian Woolf, What are the Science Policies of the major Australian parties for the 2022 election? by Ian Woolf Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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This episode was first broadcast in 2011:
Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Simon Gaechter from the University of Nottingham
about why we humans just can't co-operate with one another- before putting our
panelists through Gaechter's Public Goods Game to see just how selfish we all are.
Dr Julie-Anne Popple brings you the latest on morphing moths.
Presented by Victoria Bond
Produced by James Bourne
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UN Climate Report released, Governments fail to act, scientists protest by Ian Woolf,
Audience questions from the Frontiers of Science Forum - part 2 featuring Professor Johannes le Coutre, Professor Martina Stenzel, Professor Chirs Tisdell, and Professor Ben Eggleton,
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NASA telescope naming scandal by Ian Woolf,
Audience questions from the Frontiers of Science Forum - part 1 featuring Professor Johannes le Coutre, Professor Martina Stenzel, Professor Chirs Tisdell, and Professor Ben Eggleton,
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Johannes LeCoutre talks about growing food in new ways, cell by cell with cellular agriculture - part 2
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Johannes LeCoutre talks about how Biology evolved from a purely investigative science into an area of creative engineering, and specifically about growing food in new ways, cell by cell - part 1
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Environment Minister Susan Ley wins her appeal against duty to not hurt children,
Environment Minister Ley announces loophole to exempt coal mines from environmental legislation,
Asteroid explodes near Iceland,
Damon Gameau talks about his new film about the next ten years: Regenerating Australia
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Professor Chris Tisdell replaces Plato's compass with a template, to make learning geometry easier and safer.
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Professor Martina Stenzel talks about using polymer nanotechnology to deliver drugs to fight cancer with less side effects.
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3D printed livers,
Animated t-shirts by Ian Woolf
BA.2 - time for a new letter? by Ian Woolf
From 2010:
Victoria Bond spoke to Robert Booy about the importance of vaccine compliance, and the downfall of the Australian Vaccination Network
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When COVID and herpes viruses team up by Ian Woolf
From 2018: Brett Lidbury talks about diagnostic tests for Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Chewing gum against COVID19, Assange appeals the appeal, Xenotransplantation by Ian Woolf Desiderosmia - a personal story by Justine Hamilton Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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This show was first broadcast in 2007. The science is still valid, and the technology hasn't improved
We asked experts about the breakdown of nuclear waste storage materials with time, and the problems
associated with cleanup of the Maralinga nuclear test site.
Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to Charles Willock about
possibly significant errors in estimates of nuclear waste storage times.
Alan Parkinson, nuclear engineer, talks with Charles Willock about
the mishandling of nuclear waste at Maralinga.
Presented by: Emily Fearn
Panelled by: Celine Steinfeld
Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf assisted by Patrick Rubie
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In memory of my dear friend and long time Diffusioneer Charles Willock:
Nuclear waste physics by Charles Willock,
Scientists in Politics by Charles Willock, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf,
Tilting at Windmills by Charles Willock,
Fire-eating at the Sydney Olympics by Charles Willock, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf,
Synaesthesia and websites by Charles Willock,
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This show was first broadcast in 2017:
Nuclear diamond batteries by Ian Woolf,
Ben Eggleton explains the physics behind the internet.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
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From the Singularity University Summit 2019:
Shelley Laslett talks about the neuroscience of changing your behaviour,
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Ingenuity flies on Mars by Ian Woolf,
Dr John Froude talks about how plagues have shaped human evolution - part 2,
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From 2021-04-12
Dr John Froude talks about plagues past, present and future - part 1
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A specially edited version of the Ig Nobel Award ceremony, for science that first makes you laugh and then makes you think, hosted by Marc Abrams.
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Julian Assange had a stroke and still lost his extradition trial by Ian Woolf,
UFOs and precognition for better science, the story of how Daryl Bem broke the scientific method. by Ian Woolf
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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 tale of eight-tentacled fury at the Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany,
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Treatment for Long Covid and ME/CFS,
2021 Science Trivia game,
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Gut bugs reverse aging - in mice,
Gut bacteria make larks and owls,
Grapes help your guts,
CRISPR kills bacteria by Ian Woolf,
Professor Michael Archer explains horizontal gene transfer - little naughties in the dark - to Marion Curruthers and Ian Woolf,
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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,
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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,
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From 2009, Lachlan Whatmore pays tribute to guitar pioneer Les Paul,
from 2018, Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar!
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US Justice Department caught lying, cheating, stealing, and killing by Ian Woolf
Hydrogen greenwash by Ian Woolf,
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Australian Musk ducks can talk,
Third thumb protheses by Ian Woolf
Stelarc talks about his transhuman performance art at the Singularity Summit Australia in 2011,
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2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for complexity and climate modelling by Ian Woolf,
Steven Hoffman, author of The Five Forces That Change Everything talks about automating farming and everything else, preserving the Earth, and self-aware robots - part 3
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2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine for touch and heat receptors by Ian Woolf,
Steven Hoffman, author of The Five Forces That Change Everything talks about irresistibly intelligent assistants, biohackers and new species of humans - part 2,
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Mini dentists by Ian Woolf,
Steven Hoffman, author of The Five Forces That Change Everything talks about reading and writing thoughts, and networked unconscious collaboration - part 1
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Quicker COVID19 tests by Ian Woolf,
From 2011 Peter Bowditch, of ratbags.com, discusses "Confirmation bias, denialism and Morton's Demon",
The Ig Nobel 24/7 lectures by Marc Abrams
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The bizarre story of horizontal memory transfer in worms by Ian Woolf,
The Ig Nobel 24/7 lectures by Marc Abrams
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Brendan Clarke explains what's happening in the worlds of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Extended Reality. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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Pfizer and Astrazeneca similar clot risks? by Ian Woolf,
Samantha Floriani from Digital Rights Watch, and Erin Turner from Choice magazine discuss the Right To Repair - part 2
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Guts repair brains by Ian Woolf,
Samantha Floriani from Digital Rights Watch, and Erin Turner from Choice magazine discuss the Right To Repair - part 1.
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Professor Lidia Morawska from the Queensland University of Technology talks about how we can improve indoor air quality to reduce the transmission of COVID19
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Fruit fights Parkinson's disease,
Magnetic brains by Ian Woolf,
Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch discusses privacy concerns with the Australian 2021 Census - part 2
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COVID19 causes cognitive deficits by Ian Woolf,
Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch discusses privacy concerns with the Australian 2021 Census - part 1
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Universal COVID vaccines,
As good as a COVID cure,
QLD vaccine lives,
US granted leave to appeal for extradition of Julian Assange,
Australian Census on 10th August 2021 to violate privacy principles again?
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From 2008:
Pick-up lines by Victoria Bond and Patrick Rubie,
118118 Information hotline challenge by Marc West,
The brain's reward by Amy Bullen,
News by Victoria Bond and Patrick Rubie,
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obesity and pleasure
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internet surfing keeps your brain young
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf
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Mice made friendly,
Cyborg venus flytraps,
20 years of Robo-roaches, 2001-2021 by Ian Woolf
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New Alzheimer's disease drug more effective,
Running improves cognition,
Alzheimer's disease blood test by Ian Woolf,
US Prosecution's star witness against Julian Assange admits he lied about everything, and provides detailed proof, by Ian Woolf,
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From June 2008:
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 with Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie,
Can Dolphins Talk? by Ian Woolf,
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From October 2008:
Our closest relatives are all of us,
You can learn to change the way genes are expressed in your body,
Ben Herbert explains proteomics,
Melinda Hall King explains childhood deception,
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Ultrasound helps memory by Ian Woolf,
Professor Matthew Rimmer talks about intellectual property and COVID vacccines - part 2
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110 clots per million Astrazeneca doses by Ian Woolf,
Professor Matthew Rimmer talks about intellectual property and COVID vacccines - part 1
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Professor Jose-Luis Jimenez explains how COVID19 is air-borne, and how that changes what we need to do - part 2
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Professor Jose-Luis Jimenez explains how COVID19 is air-borne, and how that changes what we need to do - part 1
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Vaccines can protect against more than their targets,
Wind farms dispatched by Ian Woolf,
From 2006: Lindsey Gray illuminates Glow worms,
From 2009: Celine Steinfeld hosts a science quiz with Jacqui Hayes and Sarah Wood,
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From 2009: The Pill vs the condom, which is greener? by Sarah Wood and Jacqui Hayes, The science of cocktails - Marc West interviews Manuel Tarron, From 1962: Bell Labs Talking of Tomorrow
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Tobacco finds land mines, Treeman, Cows align Northwards, and cognitive magic by Jacqui Hayes,
Testosterone bargaining by Jacqui Pfeffer
Women's vertebrae by Ian Woolf,
Jaqui Pfeffer speaks with Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte, and Jaroon Descartes about relationships with robots.
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Ingenuity flies on Mars by Ian Woolf,
Dr John Froude talks about how plagues have shaped human evolution - part 2,
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Dr John Froude talks about plagues past, present and future - part 1,
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from 2014:
Narwhal cheese crowd-funded by Ian Woolf
Professor Orsola De Marco talks about Astronomy, life off Earth, and why Pluto isn't a planet,
Nick Wishart talks about Toydeath at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire,
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Venus flytraps can count,
Venus flytraps have a biomagnetic field,
How Venus flytraps remember and sense time,
How Venus flytraps snap shut,
How Venus flytraps sense insects.
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Professor Antoine van Oijen designs and builds microscopes to watch DNA replicate, and mutate.
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Dr Rachael Dunlop tells Ian Woolf about her battle with the Australian Vaccination Network.
Victoria Bond explains the new DSM descriptions of mental illness.
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Dr Markus Mullner talks about the Polymer Age and new nano-designed technologies.
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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,
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Dr Daniel Mansfield speaks with Ian Woolf about the strange geometry used by the Babylonians 4000 years ago - part 1.,
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Professor Judith Dawes talks with Ian Woolf about creating random lasers to sense molecules,
Kachina Allen explains the dangers of Power Dressing,
Kachina Allen with the science of Blue eyes,
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Frontiers of Science Forum on 12th March 2021,
Two spacecraft arrive at Mars this week, a third next week by Ian Woolf,
The Pais Effect- spin as you shake as you charge - a second deep dive into weird science and the military by Ian Woolf.
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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.
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This show was first broadcast on January 5th 2009: lt;br/> Ian Woolf looks inside the minds eye to see what you see - with a scanner, commentary by Charles Willock, lt;br/> Patrick Rubie zaps cheap wine into the good stuff, lt;br/> Kalvin Ng shows the world was warmer than you thought, Dave the Happy Singer reviews the news in impromptu song, lt;br/> Dave Sings Monty Python's Universe song, lt;br/> Presented by Marc West, Produced by Ian Woolf
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Google Wars by Ian Woolf,
From 2008:
Graziella Caprarelli talks about space volcanoes,
The Scarcity Illusion by Ian Woolf
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Vaccines are announceable by Ian Woolf,
From 2008:
The MMR vaccine, autism and anti-vaxxers by Marin Faccini and discussion with Ian Woolf,
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Report and analysis of UK Judge Baraitser's decision on the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, by Ian Woolf
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Mining the Moon by Ian Woolf,
Fireworks frenzy by Patrick Rubie,
Fireworks discussion by Charles Willock, Ian Woolf, Joanne Chang, Lara Davis and Patrick Rubie,
Gecko-inspired cleaning cloths by Celine Steinfeld
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A specially edited version of the Ig Nobel Award ceremony,
for science that first makes you laugh and then makes you think,
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Rejuvenation regeneration by Ian Woolf,
Earworms by Patrick Rubie,
Tuvan Throat singing by Noel Hannah,
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In vitro meat deceit by Ian Woolf,
Would you eat in vitro meat? By Ian Woolf, Marc West and Aaron Coocke,
The science of Ventriloquism by Kachina Allen,
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Platypuses and tardigrades glow by Ian Woolf,
Gifts to avoid by Ian Woolf, Marc West, Chris Stewart, Lachlan Whatmore, Catherine Beehag and Sacha Stelzer,
Michael Cortie zaps mind-control parasites with lasers,
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Astronomer Jill Tartar talks with Chris Stewart about SETI and Contact,
Hair Science with Lindsey Gray,
Giant spiders by Ian Woolf,
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Male Mobile phone lekking by Tim Baynes,
The Laserprinter conspiracy by Matt Clarke,
Nano-cars with Chris Stewart,
Dolphin terrorists by Ian Woolf,,
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Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham talks about genetic selection and multiple universes - part 3,
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Room temperature superconductors by Ian Woolf,
Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham meets aliens and travels in time - part 2,
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The Moon is a bit wet by Ian Woolf,
Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham searches for life off Earth - part 1,
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Shasta Henry shares her passion for the world of beetles, giraffe beetles and parasitising wasps part 2
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Not a normal extradition trial by Ian Woolf,
Shasta Henry shares her passion for the world of insects part 1,
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Vampires or leukemia by Ian Woolf,
Kelsey Picard on moving her career from chocolate to plant genetics and science communication,
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DNA data storage by Ian Woolf,
Dr Amy Edwards talks about zoology and cuddling animals,
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Calorie restrictions, Sleep deprivation, CRISPR weight loss, and Alexa resident by Ian Woolf,
Synthetic chemist adventures with Liam Burt part 2,
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Venusian life? by Ian Woolf
Liam Burt talks about creating tiny wires with organo-metallic chemistry part 1,
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Britain waives the rules - Assange extradiction trial by Ian Woolf
Dipon Sarkar talks about the micro-organisms that make and spoil food.
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Mask decontamination,
Covid kids,
The Information Machine,
Musk's Neuralink 2020 demonstration,
The Eye-cow project,
Ultrasonic coercion
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What is your brain made of?
A day in the life of a neuroscientist by by Silvia Vicenzi
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Assange arrested again? by Ian Woolf
Bonnie Teece, Kirsten Banks and Martin Kranendonk talk about the search for life on Mars - part 2
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The race to Mars,
Fusion fuel? by Ian Woolf
Bonnie Teece, Kirsten Banks and Martin Kranendonk talk about the search for life on Mars - part 1
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Ian Bryce applies physics to face masks.
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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 by bees, 104 year old grows new teeth by Deanna Coleman,
The God Helmet, and stomach brains by Ian Woolf,
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Synthetic smells and Sleep smelling memories by Ian Woolf
James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 3,
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Salted masks and COVIDSafe follow-up by Ian Woolf
James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 2,
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James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 1
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Fascist face recognition by Ian Woolf,
Bijal Trivedi talks about Cystic fibrosis advocacy and research part 2,
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Bijal Trivedi talks about Cystic fibrosis part 1,
Valeria Senigaglia with Dolphin Facebook,
Dr Laura McCaughey on tackling the antibiotic resistance crisis.
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Cody Frear - ‘Out with the old, in with the Noo-Noo’
Madelaine Ferarri - Self-compassion and Perfectionism
Nisharnthi Duggan - A surprising treatment for stroke
Samuel Hinton - Can you hear the Big Bang?
Emily Brogan - Lost for words?
Dr Daria Kragt - No more bad leaders!
Lynn Nazereth - Discovering ways to protect your brain
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New Zealand Covid-free,
Police immune to Covid-19?
Supermarket face surveillance by Ian Woolf,
Mark Andrejevic talks about COVIDSafe and facial recognition surveillance in the pandemic part 4
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Rio Tinto destroys heritage,
Contact stalking by Ian Woolf,
Mark Andrejevic talks about facial recognition surveillance in the pandemic part 3
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Foreign interference in Australia,
Masks and face recognition antagonism by Ian Woolf,
Mark Andrejevic talks about facial recognition surveillance in the pandemic part 2
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Face recognition on trial around Australia by Ian Woolf
Mark Andrejevic talks about facial recognition surveillance in the pandemic - part 1
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Microsoft body mining,
Seeing what you see, by Ian Woolf,
R Douglas Fields talks about how the brain generates brainwaves part 3,
Catherine Beehag talks about Brainwave fingerprinting, with panel discussion from Lachlan Whatmore, Marc West and Ian Woolf.
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Clean money for dirty hydrogen,
Tracing app can't yet trace, but can track by Ian Woolf,
R Douglas Fields talks about the discovery of brainwaves and Elon Musk's Neural-link, part 2.,
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The broken promises of COVIDSafe by Ian Woolf
R Douglas Fields talks about the Electric Brain part 1,
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Professor Vivian Tam invented C02 Concrete,
Tim Baynes speaks with Virginia Shepherd about the fun of fungi!
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Stories copy brain states by Ian Woolf,
Qilin Wang generates power from waste water,
Lachlan Whatmore tells the tale of Louis Pasteur,
"A Little Bit" by MJ Hibbert and the Validators.
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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,
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This show first broadcast in March 2019:
Navy FTL space drive patent by Ian Woolf,
Ben Kiernan's science of science podcasts and the Non-peer reviewed podcast,
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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
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This show first broadcast in February 2019:
Professor Srini Vasan talks about how flying animals navigate, and applying their methods to aircraft.
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Soap kills coronavirus by Ian Woolf,
Associate Professor Yolande Strengers talks about emerging technology and gender equity.
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Corvid-19 treatment, Pandemic police state, Goodbye winter, and Assange silenced by Ian Woolf,
Yang Bai wins the Scopus award for his Solar powered quantum dots
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Rodent operated vehicles and Assange in court by Ian Woolf,
11 early career scientists explain their research in Haiku and limerick!
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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
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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, how Whooping cough has mutated,
Natalie Twine from CSIRO how discovering hidden relatives helps discover new disease genes,
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Dump deception - nuclear waste dump sneakiness by Ian Woolf,
Joel Hoffman reduces trauma for refugees,
Lindsay Parker measures chronic pain,
Laura Michie sees dams making fish too cold.
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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.
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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 at Rapido.
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Over a billion animals dead in the Australian 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.
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This show was first 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,
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This show was first broadcast 2019-02-04:
3D printed steaks,
One cheap pill to cure most of aging by Ian Woolf,
Nathan Waters examines Human Needs, now and into the future - part 1,
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A special 24 minute edit of the 86 minute Ig Nobel Award ceremonies for science that first makes you laugh and then makes you think, hosted by Marc Abrams.
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The News of 2019 in review by Ian Woolf,
From Singularity Australia Summit 2019:
Alix Rübsaam talks about algorithmic bias,
Simon friend describes Soul machines digital brain.
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Invisible man from Canada by Ian Woolf,
From Singularity Australia Summit 2019:
Dimitri Mikhalchuk fits me for a TeslaSuit,
Professor Chris Levi develops a field brain scanner for strokes.
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From Singularity University 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.
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From Singularity Australia Summit 2019:
Kim Hulett talks about hacking sex and playing God,
From CEBIT Sydney 2019:
Steven Brinks talks about the Citizen's Space Agency.
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Cooling without power by Ian Woolf,
First and Second Law by Flanders and Swan,
From the Singularity University Summit 2019:
Ramez Naam talks about exponential energy
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The cashless debit card by Ian Woolf,
Class Welfare Card by The Juice Media,
From the Singularity University Summit 2019:
Dr Niraj Lal talks about technology, and social justice.
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From the Singularity University Summit 2019:
Shelley Laslett talks about the neuroscience of changing your behaviour,
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Internet turns 50,
Quantum batteries by Ian Woolf,
Samuel Bladwell explains spintronics and valley technology,
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The 2019 Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics by Ian Woolf,
Samuel Bladwell explains Future Low Energy Electronic Technology,
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Baby teeth worth more by Chris Stewart,
Baby teeth update by Ian Woolf,
Amanda Hamilton spoke with Professor Malcom Simons about his patent of the "junk" DNA that makes up ninety-five percent of our genetic inheritence,
The impact of extreme weather on human history by Tim Baynes,
Aphasia by Ian Woolf,
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Brain slices, green rain, weird dentistry, 9000 year old city, dried plum preserves, and purr therapy by Ian Woolf, Artificial noses by Gina Sartore, DIY GMO, potato bandages, and duct tape therapy by Ian Woolf, Baby thoughts by Gina Sartore, Forget to learn by Gina Sartore,
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Nano-capsules for lower weight and longer life by Ian Woolf,
Claudia Vickers talks about synthetic biology and the CSIRO future science platform
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Thomas Grant talks about preserving the platypus
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5G wrecks weather forecasting by Ian Woolf,
Thomas Grant talks about Platypus Science,
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Andrew Despi talks about his vision of an artificial intelligence future,
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Small modular nuclear reactors by Ian Woolf,
Andrew Despi talks about a kinder, gentler Transhumanism,
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Invisible in water by Ian Woolf,
Franck Marchis from the SETI Institute and Unistellar, talks about the search for extraterrestrial life and intelligence,
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Aftermath of the big radioactive explosion in Russia, Singing fish by Ian Woolf,
Sebastian Chaoui and Arran Salerno talk about their space image business Arlula,
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Big radioactive explosion in Russia by Ian Woolf,
Kate Brandis talk how wetland bird feathers tell tales,
Gina Sartore's The Daughter of Time about Grace Hopper,
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Tracey Ainsworth and Steph Gardner talk about NSW coral reefs,
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Australian national nuclear dump by Ian Woolf,
Sex in space by Ian Woolf,
Daughter of Time by Gina Sartore,
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Second guessing science by Ian Woolf,
Selina Co talks about her book "I'm an IT Romance Scam Detective",
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This show was originally broadcast on 2010-10-11:
Ian Woolf reports the 2010 Ig Nobel prizes,
Ian Woolf concludes his interview with Hugo De Garis about his vision of the impending war between those who would build massively intelligent machines and those who would stop them at all costs, at the Singularity Summit Australia, in Melbourne.
Artilect Discussion with Marc West.
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This show was originally broadcast on 2010-10-04:
Ian Woolf spoke to Hugo De Garis about the implications of being able to build god-like massively super-intelligent machines at the Singularity Summit Australia in Melbourne.
Lachlan Whatmore explains the phytoplankton crisis.
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ANSTO workers hurt again by Ian Woolf,
Alison Campbell puts quantum dots under the microscope.
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Hydrogen hijinks, by Ian Woolf,
Matthew Laplante talks about his book Superlative: The biology of extremes, Part 2
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Journalism is not a crime, by Ian Woolf,
Matthew Laplante talks about his book Superlative: The biology of extremes, Part 1.
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Twitter peer review by Ian Woolf,
Debora Monego talks about nanoparticles.
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Crowd-funded SETI, brightness, creativity and 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 wonders of squirrel hibernation.
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Kids without religion are more altruistic,
Election poll mathematics by Ian Woolf
Jasleen Singh designs nanotech devices to kill cancer
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This show was originally broadcast on 9th March 1999:
Castrate-mobile in Rio
Prayer doesn't heal,
Bee venom for cancer treatment by Deborah Lum
Ruby Archis talks with Norm Carruthers of ACA about the safety of our drinking water,
David Blank reports on surviving the Third Millenium,
Ian Woolf reports on the Alison Hunter Memorial ME/CFS Conference 1999,
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Vasopressin and autism,
UN Million species extinction report by Ian Woolf
Marilena Demayo talks about autistic spectrum disorder and oxytocin.
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Pitanga extends life in worms by Ian Woolf
David Hinwood designs robots to recycle old clothing.
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Blood test for ME/CFS,
Safe alcohol replacement drink by Ian Woolf,
Calvin Eiber investigates the basic science of sight
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Bioengineering Innovation Outreach Challenge 2019 prize winners by Ian Woolf,
Professor Hala Zrieqat talks about the ARC Bioengineering Innovation Centre,
Dr Gavinda Singh talks about his research in cancer cures and his mentorship,
Team Team from Sydney Girls High School talk about their Epilepsy brainwave monitoring solution,
Team Biochis from Mount Carmel Catholic School talk about their nutritional deficiency detecting watch,
Team Discovery Channel from Fort St High School talk about implanting an epinephrine dispensor for allergic shock,
PhD students Mathilde Longfield and Ben Ferguson talk about mentoring the high school students,
Team Exothermics from Sydney Girls High School talks about making scorpion antivenom cheaper and easier to access,
Team Tissue Box from Sydney Girls High School talks about her team's water-proof hearing aid.
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Feeling hands, incriminating handshakes by Ian Woolf,
Professor Martin Wegener talks about nano 3D Printing,
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Electric cars are the new NBN by Ian Woolf,
Jaden Hastings talks about creating art and science and her new authorised synthetic biology home lab
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The God helmet by Ian Woolf,
Peter Simson-Young talks about personalising transcranial direct current stimulation using 3D printing.
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The virus that makes you fat but healthy by Ian Woolf,
Alex Kelly talks about a new model for the Biofoundry, and the CRISOR kits in development,
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Alex Kelly talks about economics, automation, investment, and how to change things for a better society.
Excerpt from "Machine: Master or Slave"
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High Frequency Gravitational Wave generator by Ian Woolf,
Alcubierre warp drive, EM drive and antigravity with Geraint Lewis,
The strange case of the disappearing anti-gravity researchers by Tim Baynes,
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Navy FTL space drive patent by Ian Woolf,
Ben Kiernan's science of science podcasts and the Non-peer reviewed podcast,
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Cyber attack on Australia,
Weird technology from the US Navy, by Ian Woolf,
Nano-engineering molecular motors by Dr Shelley Wickham,
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Professor Srinivasan talks about how flying animals navigate, and applying their methods to aircraft.
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Will the Sun cool the Earth? by Ian Woolf,
Nathan Waters looks to the future of work and housing needs- part 2,
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3D printed steaks,
One cheap pill to cure most of aging by Ian Woolf,
Nathan Waters examines Human Needs, now and into the future - part 1,
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From 24th January 2011:
Ian Woolf reports on whistling caterpillars,
carnivorous domestic entertainment robots,
fluoridated water can hurt children's teeth,
Profiling everybody at Gotham partners,
Peer Review by the Peer Review Players,
Paying attention can lose you weight and make you happy,
The Woolf-Pulfrich effect - 3D and antidepressant!
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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From 12th November 2018:
My Health Record privacy director quits,
99 data breaches reported by Ian Woolf,
Bernard Robertson-Dunn talks about why you should opt out of My Health Record.
Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock,
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From 16th November 1999:
News of Martian probes and exoplanets by David Blank,
Matt Whitfort asks Dr Michelle Smyth about the issues facing women in science.
Ian Woolf interviews Professor Ashley Craig about his research into the UTS Mindswitch.
Ian Woolf talks with Dr Andrew Dzurak about Quantum computers.
Presented by Carol Oliver.
Produced by Ian Woolf,
with technical support by Lucas Koellen.
Re-edited by Ian Woolf,
Sound check by Charles Willock
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From 18th January 2000:
The strange connection between corn flakes and masturbation by Ian Woolf,
- discusssion with Sophie Kalvalides, Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf.
The Life of Jacob Bronowski concluded by Lachlan Whatmore.
Hosted by Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf,
Technical support by Gina Sartore,
Re-edited by Ian Woolf,
Sound check by Charles Willock
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From 11th January 2000:
Antidepressant orgasms by Ian Woolf,
US AIDS AID by Lachlan Whatmore,
Fun with grapes by Ian Woolf
Light emitting vegetable diodes by Ian Woolf,
The Life of Jacob Bronowski part 1 by Lachlan Whatmore,
Stimulating chocolate by Ian Woolf,
ET hates soap by Lachlan Whatmore,
Aids win in Uganda by Lachlan Whatmore,
Hosted by Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf,
Technical support by Gina Sartore,
Re-edited by Ian Woolf,
Sound check by Charles Willock
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.
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Marc Abrahams hosts the Annals of Improbable Research's Ig Nobel Prize award ceremony.
2 hour ceremony cut down to 24 minutes by Ian Woolf.
Sound checking by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.
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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,
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Germs deep underground,
Germs from hand drying by Ian Woolf,
Lucas Koellen lifts the lid on toilet hazards and Elvis on the Moon,
Elyse Sue talks about full unemployment at Transhumanism Australia.
Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock,
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CRISPR babies update by Ian Woolf,
Transhumanism and emerging technologies by Peter Xing,
Engineering Cat-girls by Meow Ludo Meow Meow.
Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock,
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CRISPR baby by Ian Woolf,
Nikola Schmidt and Petr Bohacek talk about Planetary Defense - part 2.
Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock,
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Symbiotic drones by Ian Woolf,
Nikola Schmidt and Petr Bohacek talk about Planetary Defense - part 1.
Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.
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My Health Record privacy director quits,
99 data breaches reported by Ian Woolf,
Bernard Robertson-Dunn talks about why you should opt out of My Health Record.
Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.
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Llamas fight flu by Ian Woolf,
Steven Freeland talks about the US Space Force,
Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock,
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Chimpazee fossils, Chimpanzee genome,and Lunar penguin robot to jump around the Moon,
by Adam Richardson, Peter Robins, Michael Sun, Jacqui Pfeffer and Chris Stewart
Fizzy Icecream by Matt Clarke,
Ian Salmon's Music to keep planes flying, by Chris Stewart and Adam Richardson,
Hosted by Jacqui Pfeffer,
Produced by Chris Stewart,
re-edited by Ian Woolf.
This show was originally broadcast in September 2005
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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 in man and ancient sculpture, beer froth obeys law of exponential decay, washing machine for cats and dogs, belly button lint by Chris Stewart
Hosted by Adam Mark,
Produced by Chris Stewart,
Technical support by Gina Satore,
re-edited by Ian Woolf.
This show was originally broadcast in October 2002
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Nepenthes lure insects with carbon dioxide by Ian Woolf,
Richard Charlesworth examines gene expression to diagnose Coeliac disease spectrum,
The secrets of real zombies by Ian Woolf,
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
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Lizzie O'Shea talks about the anti-encryption Assistance and Access Bill,
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
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Reprogrammed cells heal wounds by Ian Woolf,
Meow Ludo Meow Meow in conversation about the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence, realistic robots, growing plants in space, astrobiology, colonising Mars and Australia's Space Agency.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
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Bacteria from humans can generate electricity by Ian Woolf,
Vanessa Pirotta uses drones to sample whale snot.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
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When is a ticket not a ticket? by Ian Woolf
Meow Ludo Meow Meow explains the legalities of travelling with an implanted ticket,
Sander Fransen concludes When the stars will align for Zero Carbon energy in NSW.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
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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?
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Gartner's Hype Report predicts 5 trends for the next 5 years by Ian Woolf,
Meow Ludo Meow Meow in conversation about lightbulb terrariums, biodomes, space stations and bio-businesses.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
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Strawberries help Inflammatory Bowel Disease symptoms,
Nano-fibre nets catch water from the air by Ian Woolf,
Muthu Vellayappan mends hearts with groovy patches.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
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Lana Kajlich reports on her seaweed Science Week activities,
Dana Leidl talks about memory and amnesia,
Production checked by Charles Willock,
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Rotten egg gas rejuvenates cells by Ian Woolf,
Lana Kajlich talks about Operation Crayweed and restoring seaweed forests.
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Commercial astronauts at NASA by Ian Woolf,
Kate Samardzic talks about biotoxins in supplements,
Christina McGhee talks about Secret Science events for National Science Week, at the Royal Botanic Gardens.
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Woken worms and crowd-funding against cancer by Ian Woolf,
Derek Muller talks about making his new film: Vitamania.
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Senate Estimates prompts NHMRC to start an ME/CFS panel to target research funding,
Stephen Graves describes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2008,
Brett Lidbury talks about funding ME/CFS.
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CT38 - a cure for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis?
MyHealthRecord Opt out website fails
Brett Lidbury talks about diagnosing Myalgic encephalomyelitis, Chronic fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
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Face tracking tested on poor people by Ian Woolf,
Tim Cannon talks about implanting devices for fun and profit.
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Oz war on mathematics by Ian Woolf,
Meow Ludo Meow Meow explains the five pillars of biohacking,
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from October 2005:
News by Jacqui Pfeffer,
Rubber from fruit flies,
Ultra-violet spiders,
Dumped by SMS,
the Nobel Prize winners with Adam Richardson,
the IgNoble Prize winners with Ian Woolf,
Presented by Matthew Francis
Produced by Chris Stewart
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18th June 2018
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 at altitude?
Why do previously overweight people have trouble keeping the weight off?
We ask the experts to get the real answers to these questions and more
Questions answered by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
Produced and hosted by Marc West
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25th June 2018
Ian Woolf interviews Samuel Braunstein about quantum teleportation, how to get yourself faxed from A to B, without travelling in the space in-between,
Patrick Rubie explains part 1 of his Science and History of Radio,
News by Ian Woolf,
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Medical Chocolate from Mars,
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Fertile greetings from females
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Re-edited by Ian Woolf
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Walk fast if you want to live by Ian Woolf,
Daniel Bouzho talks about Manuka honey and bacteria,
Raelene Sommer describes the Rhythmotron and Penrith Observatory.
Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock,
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Hangover cure by Ian Woolf,
Michael Widjaja talks about bacteria using cleavage,
Kate Wilson talks about building the virtual Penrith Observatory.
Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock,
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Akane Tanaka finds new treatments for auto-immune disorders by studying how parasites hack our immune system,
Quian Wu uses computer vision and machine learning to find your clothing size, and also to track livestock,
Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock,
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Memory prosthetic by Ian Woolf,
Brain Computer Interfaces for augmentation by Avinash Singh.
Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock,
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Live bodiless brains by Ian Woolf,
Toby Hendy talks about the physics of poked plants,
Samira Aili talks about using ant venom to save the world,
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China surveils emotions? by Ian Woolf,
Nural Cokcetin talks about the therapeutic properties of honey,
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Powerless cameras by Ian Woolf,
Dr David Farmer and comedian Jackson Vaarhoor explain Why You're Not Dead Yet,
Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock,
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Computers listen to your imagination by Ian Woolf,
Andrea Leong talks about the March for Science,
At the Biofoundry, Jared Wood talks about plastic for plants from prawns,
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Headset that listens to your internal voice,
Alex Kelly tells us about the latest Biofoundry projects, and about brain-computer interfaces.
Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock,
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Exploring the Sun by Ian Woolf,
Sneaky satellite launches and the law with Steven Freeland,
Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock,
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Human cell computers by Ian Woolf,
Kit Prendergast talks about native bees,
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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,
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Neurotypical people shun autistic people by Ian Woolf,
Noushin Nasiri talks about detecting diabetes in your breath with nanotech sensors.
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Women in Science, Confident women, and delivery drones by Ian Woolf,
Naomi Koh Belic talks about modelling Multiple Sclerosis with stem cells.
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Professor Toby Walsh talks about artificial intelligence with Ian Woolf.
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Addictive apps by Ian Woolf,
Galit Segev explains the science of chocolate.
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Crypto-jacking by Ian Woolf,
Alex Kelly talks about the Open Source Insulin project.
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Giant batteries make a profit, and Virtual power to the people by Ian Woolf,
William Crowe talks about mining asteroids that come to Earth,
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Driver-less crash, Military plants and Crypto loyalty by Ian Woolf,
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga on the brain as a forgetting machine, part 2.
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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 Ig Nobel 24/7 lecture on the topic: Bots
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Dr Angela Crean explains environmental effects on fathers and non-genetic inheritance,
Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar.
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For the final Bright Sparks challenge, the Fresh scientists perform their haiku and limericks, and share the insights they've gained.
Mohamed Tashani on vaccines from The University of Sydney
Xufeng Lin on digital photo forensics from Charles Sturt University
Juliano Morimoto on flies, gut bacteria and sex from Macquarie University
Rebecca Poulos with slip slop slap and slide from the University of New South Wales
Michael Widjaja with cleavage distration from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Master of Ceremonies Niall Byrne,
Meltdown, Spectre and Nuclear detonation news by Ian Woolf,
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Fresh Science:
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 and limericks!
Hosted by Nial Byrne,
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Ten Ig Nobel prizes condensed from the full 90 minute ceremony for your listening pleasure. Science that first makes you laugh and then makes you think.
Hosted by Marc Abrams of www.improbable.com.
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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 weird news from the Fortean Times: Potatoes that glow when they need watering, Why penguins waddle, and illegal Mexican Santas.
Hosted by Adam Mark,
Produced by Lachlan Whatmore,
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Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the
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Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss their thoughts on end of life care and euthanasia.
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Christine Baker interviews Kip Williams from Macquarie University about courtroom psychology,
Keir Smith looks at retinal displays, and finds his Uncle John's sense of direction,
Adam Mark explains why pain can be a good thing,
Chris Stewart explores the weirdness of Physicists.
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Puppeteer fungus by Ian Woolf,
Bright Sparks challenge with Nial Byrne:
Jessica Allen on carbon for batteries from thin air,
Yik Lung Chan about the affect on babies of tobacco use by parents.
Zhengyu Wen on improving nitrogen uptake in plants using less fertiliser.
Rona Chandrawati on Glaucoma treatment implants
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Professor Ben Eggleton explains how how sound is the next wave in cutting edge communications technology.
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Ben Eggleton explains the science behind the internet.
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Dubai takes to the air, by Ian Woolf,
Ben Goertzal talks about his blockchain Artificial Intelligence platform and emotionally expressive robot Sophia,
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Stephen Juan talks with Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf about keeping a severed head alive,
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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 the children.
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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.
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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 sending your time capsule to the Moon.
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Space Agency for Australia? by Ian Woolf,
Claire Hooker tells the final part of the story of Ruby Payne -Scott, pioneer radio-astronomer.
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Octopolis and DolphinAttack by Ian Woolf,
Claire Hooker tells the first part of the story of Ruby Payne -Scott, pioneer radio-astronomer.
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Fish and flies young again by Ian Woolf,
Patrick Wang talks rocket science with SpaceOps Australia.
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SETI signals and Encoded E. coli by Ian Woolf,
Rob Hollow talks about Pulse at Parkes for pupils at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science.
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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 you to learn to fix your stuff at the Bower's Repair Cafe.
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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 UNSW talks about sending CubeSats into space,
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Troy McCann from MoonshotX explains how to make money in Space.
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Sea fleas and smart drugs by Ian Woolf,
Peter Watts talks about biologically plausible aliens, why only two sexes, and why you don't need to be conscious.
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DIY Day, Age control and Vacuum cleaner spying by Ian Woolf,
Gavan Huang talks about launching a student satellite,
Meow Ludo Meow Meow tells us what's bubbling at the Biofoundry.
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Nathan Waters talks about changing to a better society with Peerism,
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Tesla builds a battery for South Australia,
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Virus cures diabetes,
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Oz Govt hacks phones for welfare money.
The mystery of Crooke's radiometer.
Everyday physics - keeping your cool.
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Dr Ainsley Newson talks about the bioethics of babies with a third parent,
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Dr Ainsley Newson talks about bioethics and personal genomics.
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Cow-free dairy products from GM yeast by Ian Woolf,
Arjan Rensen talks about the Australian Driverless vehicle Initiative at CeBIT,
Anjelo Fernando talks about VicHyper at CeBIT,
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New Zealand launches a 3D-printed rocket by Ian Woolf,
Claude Sammut from UNSW talks about robots at CeBIT,
Todd the T1000 by Jonathan Coulton,
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Skeleton finger print unlocks phones by Ian Woolf,
Annie Harper and Brennan Hatton use virtual reality to raise social intelligence,
Nady Braidy treats alcohol addiction with NAD+,
Lael Lim builds robohand.
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Rosmarinic acid for your spinal injury, and aged brain by Ian Woolf,
Nady Braidy talks about Ciguatera, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and NAD+,
Ian Woolf reports the latest from the Louis Mallard Institute's research into Ciguatera fish poisoning CFP,
Julie McCrossin talks about HPV at the March for Science.
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Two compounds rejuvenate mice - are humans next? by Ian Woolf,
Nady Braidy talks about NAD+ , ageing, Alzheimer's and treating dementia,
Interview with a marching Diffusion listener,
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Nady Braidy talks about envrionmental neurotoxins,
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John Hewson talks about science and politics,
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Ian Woolf speaks with John Hewson,
Simon Chapman talks about public health and politics,
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Jonica Newby talks about appreciating science,
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers found to have damaged calcium ion channels, immune system, and energy generation, by Ian Woolf,
Noel Hanna talks about what we know and don't know, about the human voice,
George Pappou talks about uses for micro-algae.
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Tim Parsons concludes that the space industry in Australia is about to grow rapidly.(part 2)
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Uncertainty Village at Confest by Chris Waterguy,
Tim Parsons explores whether the space industry in Australia is about to grow rapidly.(part 1)
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Patrick Catanzariti talks about Voice recognition and artificial intelligence in the home.
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Flashing lights treat Alzheimer's mice by Ian Woolf,
Professor Stuart Kauffman reads from The surprizing story of Patrick, Rupert, Sly and Gus - evolutionary niches and complexity.
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Elon Musk promises South Australia 100MWh storage installed in 100 days or FREE by Ian Woolf.
Dr Nick Engerer talks about integrating solar power and storage into smart electricity grids.
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Stuart Kauffman talks about the origin of life.
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Patrick Catanzariti talks about Shared Mixed Augmented Virtual Reality.
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Southern Cryonics starts building a people-freezing facility in NSW by Ian Woolf.
Matt Fisher talks about why you want to be frozen when you die.
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Kelly Clemens talks about how drugs of abuse alter the brain's epigenetics,
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Paul Mason talks about the future of society after robots take most of our jobs.
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Antibody prevents brain ageing,
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Mitchell Seymour talks to Barry McKay about digging dinsosaurs,
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Paddy Neumann talks about testing his electric rockets on the International Space Station.
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One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson is campaigning for the introduction of a card to identify everyone using Government services, so its time to revisit the ID Card.
Synthetic interview with former NSW Privacy Commissioner Anna Johnston about privacy concerns,
Aras Vaichas speaks with Ian Woolf about RFID cards,
Interview with Professor Graham Greenleaf about the Access Card and Cyberlaw
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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 behavioural ecology of sexual relationships.
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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 tells Chris Stewart how lasers will blow your mind and other body parts,
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The 2016 IgNobel prizes hosted by Marc Abrams, condensed from 2 hours down to 27 very funny minutes.
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2016 science news in review by Ian Woolf,
Steven Freeland talks about the review of Australian Space Law.
From 2008: Melinda Hall-King talks about deception in the playground.
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Art meets Science at the Powerhouse Museum by Ian Woolf,
Professor Pinas talks about maggot therapy with Victoria Bond,
Eureka prize nominee Dr Peter Macreadie explains the importance of seagrasses to Ian Woolf,
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CSIRO now allowed to do science for the public good by Ian Woolf,
Barry McKay speaks with Phil Hore about Australia's dinosaurs,
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Fooling facial recognition by Ian Woolf,
Avinash Singh talks about changing Government policy so we all live longer,
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Should automated car owners get a free ride? by Ian Woolf
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Daniel Johnstone uses photo-bio-modulation to treat neuro-degenerative diseases.
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2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine,
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Stewart McPherson travels the world documenting nature - part 2,
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Edward Waters, University of Notre Dame – Possums: furry friend or filthy foe?
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Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina, UNSW – Blood supply: the missing piece of the bioartificial organ puzzle
Bloodmobile by They Might Be Giants.
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Oldest computer music restored by Ian Woolf,
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Fresh Science Bright Sparks Challenge:
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Minal Menezes detects mitonchondrial diseases,
Dr Ellen Jorgenson talks about GenSpace.
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Microsoft Excel breaks science by Ian Woolf,
Matt Todd explains Open Source Science for Malaria research, part 2.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is like hibernation? by Ian Woolf,
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Alcohol causes cancer by Ian Woolf,
Oron Catts talks about Symbiotica and frog leg steak art,
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Grow your own rocket fuel, by Ian Woolf
Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn talks about privacy problems with Australia's national electronic health records.
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Has another Earth been discovered? by Ian Woolf
Chris Tinney talks about exo-planets - what they are, and how we find them.
Why is Earth called Earth? by Fred Watson
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Plants that eat, help you eat wheat by Ian Woolf,
Professor Mark Colyvn talks about the fine tuning of the Universe for Life,
Science is Real by They Might Be Giants,
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Census or privacy? Why can't we have both? by Ian Woolf
Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn from the Australian Privacy Foundation talks about the Australian Census.
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Ian has the flu, so from 2009: 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?
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Rat robot stingrays have heart by Ian Woolf,
Luke Barnes discusses how finely tuned the Universe is for life,
Callisto by the Ephemera Ensemble.
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Keyna Wilkins talks about creating music inspired by Astronomy,
Paul Francis has transcoded radio astronomy signals into haunting sounds.
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CFS identified by gut by Ian Woolf,
Tom Crosten talks about building a little satellite for QB50,
William Crowe starts a business mapping all the asteroids.
Why is Uranus Upside-down? by Fred Watson
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Brendan Clarke talks about why Australia needs the best technology for a National Broadband Network,
James Jansson talks about why Australia needs a Space Agency,
James Coffey talks about the Energy Policy of the Science Party.
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Fair go for CSIRO by Ian Woolf,
Tanya Latty talks about applying swarm intelligence,
Phil Dooley tells a Physics Fairy Tale at Physics in The Pub.
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Autism treated with good guts by Ian Woolf,
Mark Febbraio talks about heat shock proteins for longer life,
Heather Catchpole recites physics poems in the pub.
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The science policies of seven parties competing in the Australian Federal Election by Ian Woolf - table,
Guy Ben-Ary talks about Cellf - a dish of living neurons that jams with human musicians.
Cellf in performance with string trio Jon Rose, Clayton Thomas and Darren Moore.
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Solar panels reach 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.
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Excitement in the air by Ian Woolf,
Camilla Whittington talks about seahorse sex,
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Australian science has become a political playground by Ian Woolf,
Part 2 of Judy Ford talking about slowing women's ageing,
Will Green talks abouyt the Sunswift solar racer.
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Giant black hole discovered - announced in Parliament by Ian Woolf,
Judy Ford talks about slowing women's ageing part 1,
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Carp! by Ian Woolf,
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Jarrah Peddie talks about the RobotX competition and Underwater Autonomous Vehicles at CeBIT,
Jake Fountain returns to talks about Tele-presence and tele-soccer, at CeBIT.
I Feel Fantastic by Jonathan Coulton,
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Jim Palfreyman talks about glitching pulsar discoveries, part 2.
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Robot cars driving blind people, direct to brain bionic eyes, and lithium for long life by Ian Woolf,
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Its raining innovation by Ian Woolf,
Solange Cunin talks about launching QuebRider's STEAM projects,
John Barrow talks about Eternal Bubble Multiverses,
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Stem cells seeded on apples to make organs for transplant by Ian Woolf,
Patrick Catanzariti talks about kids 3D printers, the perils of Internet Barbie, and how to develop for emerging technologies.
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New physics may have been seen at LHC by Ian Woolf,
PatCat talks about Artificial Intelligence, Smart watches and Augmented Reality.
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This time for sure!
Urine power news by Ian Woolf.
Highlights from the Science Spoken Word Spectacular:
Ian Bryce "Ode to the Higgs" and "The Bull's Lament",
Vanessa Hill "When you wish upon a star",
Lou Steer "The Demon Duck of Doom" and "View from a Distant Porthole",
Ricky Pannowitz "Science doesn't rhyme with anything".
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Crocodiles climb, and use tools, while alligators make video by Ian Woolf,
Michael Morris talks about finding out how embryonic stem cells become all other cells.
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First plants were carnivorous by Ian Woolf.
Professor Joe Wolfe talks about the Physics of Music and Voice.
(first broadcast 2013-07-01)
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Water safety scientists sacked by Ian Woolf
The Creeping Garden, 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 the IgNobel Prizes ceremony 2015.
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Gravitational waves,
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Glowing waste is the best part? by Ian Woolf
Professor John Barrow talks about where the Universe has been and where its going.
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Climate scientists protest on the streets by Ian Woolf,
Rowan Braham talks about Innovation Engineering at Laing O'Rourke.
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Electric brains by Ian Woolf,
Adena Silverstein on the psychology of space travel,
Matthew Whiting on processing Big Data from the Australian Square Kilometre Array pathfinder telescope.
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Venus flytraps can count to five by Ian Woolf,
Decentralise all the things by Ian Woolf,
Clement Epie talks about blockchain Cellabz and La Paillaise biohacking,
Kasek Gulgul talks about emerging technologies for developing economies, at the Sydney 2015 Blockchain workshop.
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Free speech for kids with autism by Ian Woolf,
Paddy Neumann talks about his plasma rocket engines at OrbitOz,
All about that space by NASA Johnson Space Centre interns,
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Eye gazing alters minds by Ian Woolf,
Nuria Lorente talks about her star bug telescopic robots,
Heba Khamis talks about finding the language of touch in the Bright Spark challenge,
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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.
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Brain ageing and Alzheimers disease reversed in mice by Ian Woolf,
Astrid Zeman's talk about visual illusions at Ultimo Library,
Astrid Zeman chats about illusions and computer vision.
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Diffusion news update by Ian Woolf,
Ig Noble Prizes ceremony hosted by Marc Abrams, featuring medicinal kissing, unboiling an egg, and natural disaster entrepreneurs.
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Bacteria for baldness by Ian Woolf,
3D printed Jewelery with Caitlin Dubler,
Not the news - Melbourne Uni space program, Colourful fish, ads on your phone, CMBP research node, Healing yoga sounds, 7 tips for sunglasses, gender equality in ICT, peek inside a painting with synchrotron, carbon-dated kidney stones, and head-banging Aussie bees by Ian Woolf
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The National Innovation Ideas Boom by Ian Woolf,
Jackie Slaviero talks about educating for the future,
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A pill to slow ageing by Ian Woolf,
Catherine de Burgh-Day hunts for Dark Matter with gravity lenses,
Robert Pfeiffer computes with exotic matter,
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Clean water from thin air by Ian Woolf,
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick talks about heatwaves - measuring and predicting them,
Majid Warkiani talks about developing a blood test for all cancers,
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Bitcoin encoded DNA by Ian Woolf,
Kai Polsterer and Andre Schaaf talk about astronomical visualisation with Google cardboard at the Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems conference - ADASS,
Better by Jonathan Coulton.
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Asthma drug rejuvenates brains by Ian Woolf,
Yeshe Fenner talks about Virtual Observatories,
Natalie Lister talks about eating potassium to defeat harmful effects of salt in your diet.
Nemeses by Jonathan Coulton.
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Murderous meat by Ian Woolf,
Michael Burton talks about astronomy in Antarctica,
Jessica Stanley talks about her catalyst for converting plant waste into biofuel.
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LHC tests Rainbow Gravity,
Daraprim for a dollar by Ian Woolf,
Bright Spark Elizabeth Hine describes how to see genes repaired for Fresh Science sparkler sessions,
John August explains the Entropy and the Egg, part 2.
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Anomalies speed around nearby star,
Anomalies block too much light around a distant star by Ian Woolf.
Jack Scanlon talks about Lateral magazine,
John August explains the Entropy and the Egg, part 1.
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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,
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Nobel prize in Medicine for anti-parasite drugs by Ian Woolf
Dr Casimir MacGregor talks about the sociology of anti-ageing and stem cell tourism,
Glucose, glucose by Science Groove,
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The Eureka Prizes Secondary School division by Ian Woolf, Professor Michael Burton crowd-funds MOPRA to map the Delta Quadrant of the Galaxy, Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton, Production checked by Charles Willock,
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Profiteering in Big Pharma,
and memorable Ape TV by Ian Woolf,
Professor Steve Cole explains what to do about the effects of isolation and insecurity on the regulation of gene expression,
Steve Trygel talks about the Sydney University Maker Club.
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Self-control or memory? by Ian Woolf
Professor Steve Cole explains the influence of personal experience on the regulation of your genes (part 1),
Chris from Create UNSW talks about live Pac man.
Put it to the test by They Might Be Giants,
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NICTA is enveloped by CSIRO by Ian Woolf,
Geraint Lewis talks about Black hoiles, worm holes, time machines and the EM drive,
Fletcher Thompson talks about his 3D printer designed for the classroom,
Red Shirt by Jonathan Coulton,
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MRI can treat cancer as well as diagnose it by Ian Woolf,
Professor Geraint Lewis talks about how Relativity may allow faster than light travel by space warp, and antigravity,
Edric Hong explains how origami is mathematics,
Nicola O'Brien talks about Code Rangers, where kids control technology,
Carmel Morris talks about paper airplanes.
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Futurist Roger Lawrence talks about the future of work at the Augmented Reality meetup,
Tom D'netto builds a farmbot at the Sydney Mini Maker faire, and
James Laird Wah turns old games into new musical instruments.
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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.
Colonel Chris Hadfield answers questions and sings for the children.
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Beware the robots by Ian Woolf,
Jaden Hastings talks about her art and science at the Biofoundry,
Montgomery Gilhouse talks about virtual reality and 360 degree cameras.
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Software beats humans on verbal IQ test by Ian Woolf,
Laura Jade talks about her mind-controlled illuminated brain art,
Sam Gentle explains how he helped make the mind-controlled colour-changing brain come to life.
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Military drones for farmers and cataracts dissolved with eye drops by Ian Woolf,
Dr Ken Silburn talks about falling cats and the dangers of DHMO,
Dr Heather Main talks about Stem Cell Tourism,
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Sydney Science festival news by Ian Woolf,
2015 Einstein lecturer Dr Ken Silburn talks about vaccination ethics and electricity wars,
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Plants put out the bat signal by Ian Woolf,
Tracking your attention with Dan Sovick,
Let them eat coal! by Ian Woolf,
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Mind controlled cockroaches and giant battling robots by Ian Woolf,
Brian Lim talks about tracking pollution from his fleet of hyperspectral satellites,
Todd the T1000 by Jonathan Coulton.
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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,
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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.
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Brain nets to catch your thoughts by Ian Woolf,
Astha Singh talks about Glucosinulates in Broccoli
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Robot shops the Darknet by Ian Woolf
Ben Eggleton talks about his research into the physics of light,
Genevieve Steiner talks about using brainwaves to help cure Alzheimer's disease.
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All you can eat diet for healthy mice by Ian Woolf,
Graphene propelled by light by Ian Woolf,
Ben Eggleton talks about the International Year of Light,
Quadcopter science by Ian Woolf
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Heavy fat for slow aging by Ian Woolf,
Megan Rossi talks about a gut feeling about kidney disease,
Rina Soetanto explains How you mend a broken heart, a big role for small RNAs - at Famelab.
Coal is too valuable to burn by Ian Woolf (from 2007)
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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 her remote mentoring augmented reality service.
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Power suits for bankers by Ian Woolf,
Michael Leslie talks about AU Launch Services,
Toby Knyvvett talks about Orbital Illumination at OrbitOz,
Barbara Padelino talks about horse transport stress at Famelab.
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A cranky review of the week's science news by Ian Woolf,
Sharif Olerin talks about DIY Electrophysiology at Maker's Place,
Jack Yeh and Jackson Delahunt talk about STEMN, the rocket scientist social network at OrbitOz.
The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton,
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Genetically engineered humans by Ian Woolf,
Michael Molitor talks about innovating with synthetic biology,
De-extinction of Thylacines, Mammoths and Neanderthals by Ian Woolf
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Drugs to make you fairer by Ian Woolf,
Jean Kropper talks about engineering paper structures,
Lizzy Lowe talks about urban spiders at Famelab,
I Feel Fantastic by Jonathan Coulton,
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Where does the fat go when you lose weight? by Ian Woolf
Famelab 2015 talks:
Solving bacteria's identity crisis by Sabgeeta Bhatia,
Lebeckia: a perennial for deep sandy soils by Sofie De Meyer,
Measuring health outcomes that are more than the absence of disease by Jennifer Hunter.
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Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton
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Ciguatera disrupts genes by Ian Woolf,
Rob Ireland talks about the Sunswift solar racing car, ready for commuters?
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Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton
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Radioactive waste dump for Australia by Ian Woolf,
Interview with Mark Read about modelling bacteria in your gut,
William Crowe talks about using swarms of small spacecraft to gather data for asteroid mining.
Bacteria by Jonathan Coulton.
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Sounding out Alzheimer's symptoms by Ian Woolf,
Mark Read explains how diet affects the bacteria that influence your health.
Bacteria by Jonathan Coulton.
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Magnetic nanoparticles stimulate the brain by Ian Woolf,
Good Cop/Bad Cop: Cholesterol talk by Blake Cochran,
Cholesterol interview with Blake Cochran by Ian Woolf.
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Mystery lights on Ceres by Ian Woolf,
Sebastian Chaoui talks about DIY Space Exploration and Quberider,
Interplanetary Cubsats by Ian Woolf
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Luminous clouds on Mars by Ian Woolf,
Adam Ford speaks with Aubrey De Grey about SENS and Future Day.
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Spies stole all the mobile phone keys, and
Spies hacked all the hard drives by Ian Woolf
At the NICTA Techfest:
David Gambril talks about Intelligent traffic,
Nick Barnes talks about the Bionic Eye and Vibra-mat,
Chris Cooper talks about Do-arama.
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Zoomable contact lenses by Ian Woolf,
Cameron Clarke explains the connection between robots and breakfast,
Rosie Menzies and Jim Cook talk about innovation, and virtual reality at TECHmyWay.
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TV watches the watchers by Ian Woolf,
Garrick Bercero describes La Pallaise Manila's biohacker group,
Peter Simpson-Young gives us a taste of his brain stimulating device,
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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?
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Asteroid moons Earth,
Invisible planets sought by Ian Woolf,
Kerrie Dougherty describes the beginnings of the Woomera Rocket Range.
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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.
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Balanced bladderworts Ian's script read by David Merriman,
Ridable multicopters by Ian Woolf,
Soliton oscillations by John August,
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Medical nanobots treat cancer by Ian Woolf
Jason Williams tells us why Bitcoins rule,
John August explores the history of Solitons.
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The news and interviews in this episode were first broadcast on August 25th 2014:
Biohackers modify their vision to see more colours by Ian Woolf.
Ian Lyons explains how to start flying quadcopter drones,
Dominic Fretz talks about OpenROV underwater drones,
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A look back at 2014, through the lens of the Diffusion news headlines of the year, by Ian Woolf.
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Worms uploaded to Lego by Ian Woolf,
Kerrie Dougherty tells tales of Rockets in Australia before Woomera.
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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 safe? by Ian Woolf.
3 Minute Thesis by Kelly Sun: "Decoding a word in a plant's vocabulary.
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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 Ozberry Pi and the Internet of Things meetup,
Adrian talks about RoboDojo and robot nerf guns.
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Harvard spying scandals by Ian Woolf,
Chris Cazzonelli talks about carotenoids,
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More women linked to less prostate cancer,
Mind-controlled genetically engineered implant for mice by Ian Woolf,
Leonard Lipovich talks about Primate RNA and evolution,
Roche Mathews talks about CreateUNSW,
Shane Morris talks about pocket satellite communicators.
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Turn another human into your hand puppet by Ian Woolf
Leonard Lipovich explains non-coding RNA, ENCODE and CHARGE,
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Brain inflammation and abnormalities in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Ian Woolf,
What do you do after you buy a 3D printer? with Shane Morris,
Ksenia Gnevsheva's 3 Minute Thesis: Non-native English accents - how malleable are they?
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Hover-boards are back, by Ian Woolf,
Dr Greta Frankham from the Centre for Wildlife Genomics solves environmental crimes with wildlife forensics,
Richard Saunders turns a skeptical eye on divining for water,
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Spliced mice and oral HIV vaccines by Ian Woolf,
Dr Jodi Rowley from the Australian Museum Research Institute talks about her search for rare amphibians at Inspiring Science,
Gemma Sharp's Three Minute thesis: "Paying for Lip Service",
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The 2014 Nobel prizes for Medicine, Chemistry and Physics by Ian Woolf,
From the 2013 Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis Competition:
Thomas Fin: Oxygen - a double edged sword for lifeforms,
Demi Gow - Building a better bionic ear,
Sharon Savage - Giving words new life in dementia,
Lilly Chang - An eye on Alzheimers disease,
Kelsey Kennedy - Feeling for cancer, an imaging tool to make breast cancer surgery more effective,
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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 table,
Alex has built an outdoor autonomous robot.
3 Minute Thesis: Beeps, Burps, and Brains by Shu Yow.
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Invisibility doughnuts and wearable drones by Ian Woolf,
A potted history of Martian exploration,
Robert Zubrin talks about Mars Direct and the Case for Mars in 2000.
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MAVEN orbits Mars by Ian Woolf, The 2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - science that first makes you laugh, then make you think, by Ian Woolf Production checked by Charles Willock,
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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 their robots,
Joy Suiliman from Electrocraft,
Gail Kenning and Cathy Treadway make HandiPockets to stimulate seniors with dementia.
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Nicaragua got hit! by Ian Woolf,
Orsola De Marco talks about what astronomy tells us about how the world ends,
Andrew and Ashley Stapleton talk about the Mood Dress,
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Narwhal cheese crowd-funded by Ian Woolf
Orsola De Marco talks about Astronomy, life off Earth, and why Pluto isn't a planet,
Nick Wishart talks about Toydeath at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire,
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See like a fish by Ian Woolf,
Ian Lyons talks about flying quadcopters,
Dominic talks about DIY underwater remotely operated vehicles for exploration and education,
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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 Sydney Mini Maker Faire,
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Recovering the world's oldest sound recordings, and DIY Flone drones by Ian Woolf,
Maria Oh talks about crowd-funding science on FundScience Australia,
John August on Albatrosses fly,
Tali and Kyle discuss artwork involving synthesizers, arduino controllers, ceramics and dancers, at Dorkbot.
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Sound reconstructed from video vibrations by Ian Woolf,
Microfluidics by Meow Ludo Meow Meow,
Jenny "Kit" Alaca uses her Listening Voice to tell Ian Woolf about her artful megaphones.
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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 in Australia,
Sam Bruce talks about Flagging, where Frances Barrett's semaphore is interpreted by a kinect-powered computer to make music.
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Remote controlled contraceptrives could lead to altered choices by Ian Woolf,
Rod Dowler from ANSTO talks about the Fact or Fiction show with Marc West,
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Writing beats typing for lecture notes by Ian Woolf,
Pat Pillai yarns about knitting neurons for brain health.
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Vibrating plants defend themselves, and reflux medicine can cause vitamin B12 deficiency by Ian Woolf,
Vanessa Moss explains the halo around the Milky Way Galaxy,
Rory McKay talks about projecting light art.
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Pill to help immune system defeat all cancers,
and mechanical 3D printer without electricity by Ian Woolf,
Paul Sztajer talks about his game of sub-atomic physics - Particulars,
Tim Nelson talks about the Delta-V Space Start-up accelerator,
and Christie McMonigal talks about how to become a science communicator.
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Giant echidnas may still live in WA by Ian Woolf,
Vahid Vkiloroaya talks abut solar absorber air conditioning,
Thorium cars run on rainbows by Ian Woolf.
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Sydney Mini Maker Faire returns, and NASA's mission to Charon by Ian Woolf,
Mouse vampire retractions by Ian Woolf,
Matt speaks with Ian Woolf about Biohack Syd,
Ken Richards talks about his Consensus Greentech award-winning Leaf Energy agricultural waste into carbon technology
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Stem cell exhaustion by Ian Woolf.
Sara Langston talks about Space law at OrbitOz,
James Mackinson analyses honeybee decision-making.
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Epidermal electronics and Lego Atomic Force Microscopes by Ian Woolf,
Andraes Siagian talk about his Indonesian Citizen Science Initiative and Hackteria,
Andrew Tuckwell talks about hacking synthetic biology competitions, IGEM and BIOMOD.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Wild animals love exercise wheels,
New dwarf planet discovered, and
Venus Express takes a dive by Ian Woolf
George Dyke speaks with Ian Woolf about Earth Observation satellites and drones at OrbitOz.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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The Australian Federal budget for science, and Virtual reality meets Kinect by Ian Woolf,
Stuart Grover talks about his new 3D printing studio in Parramatta.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Fixing broken hearts and adding new letters to the DNA alphabet by Ian Woolf,
Marcus Schappi talks to Ian Woolf about building the Internet of things with Microview micro-controllers at Dorkbot,
Infinity - take a trip to Hilbert's hotel by Ian Woolf,
The third and final installment of Money - science or alchemy? with Joffre Balce
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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An introduction to popular geoengineering methods by Ian Woolf,
Josh Wodak speaks with Ian Woolf about Climate change, geo-engineering and art.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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China, the Netherlands and the US print houses by Ian Woolf,
Josh Harle speaks to Ian Woolf about mapping robots and graffiti for art.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Glucosamine for longer life,
Powdered alcohol,
Solar thermal fuel by Ian Woolf
Bitcoin Mining with James Nichols,
Money - Science or Alchemy? Part 2 of an interview with economist Joffre Balce,
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Social media censorship for Australia,
More CSIRO job cuts,
Australiansforcoal trends on twitter by Ian Woolf,
Review of the science of SpiderMan 2 by Ian Woolf,
Money - Science or Alchemy? Part 1 of an interview with economist Joffre Balce,
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Suspended animation to be trialled,
Changing fonts saves money by Ian Woolf,
Ben Moir of Wearable Experiments talks about Fundawear, Navigate jacket, and Fan jersey.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Spies in your eyes, Mouse muscle gets younger, and Whaling science by Ian Woolf.
From FameLab NSW:
Vince Polito talks about the psychology of Agency,
Al Fathi talks about healing cartilage with new materials,
Lydia Tong talks about Pet Forensics,
and Andrew Merdith shares his treasure map.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Australia and India go to Mars,
How dark chocolate saves your heart,
Job cuts to the CSIRO staff who earned half a billion dollars,
and uncanny robots, by Ian Woolf,
About Time by Ian Woolf
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Mind reading apps for Google glass, and
Alcohol without the harm? by Ian Woolf
Skyrmions explained by John August,
Tales of the internet before the web by Ian Woolf
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Earclip-type wearable PC by Ian Woolf,
Google Glass hands on first impressions by Ian Woolf,
Rob Manson from BuildAR.com talks about developing for Google Glass,
Part 3 of my interview with Dr Nady Braidy about Ciguatera and aging.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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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 Saber Astronautics, Space Beer, satellite engineering and the business of Space,
Part 2 of last week's interview with Nady Braidy about his research into reversing aging and curing Ciguatera,
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Fukushima reactor spills radioactive water yet again by Ian Woolf,
Ian Woolf interviews Dr Nady Braidy about how toxins cause age-related brain diseases, and Ciguatera Fish Poison.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Crocodiles climb, and use tools, while alligators make video by Ian Woolf,
Michael Morris spoke with Ian Woolf about investigating the basic science of embryology to find out how embryonic stem cells become all other cells.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Flying snakes by Ian Woolf,
Dr Alexis Bosman speaks with Ian Woolf about creating stem cells to understand inherited heart disease.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Sperm can smell by Ian Woolf,
Mosquito bite zapping by Ian Woolf,
Phishing tales by Ian Woolf,
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Placebos for sleep, exercise and vision by Ian Woolf,
Dr Olivier Laczka speaks with Ian Woolf about designing biosensors for marine pathogens, Indigo V open source science, and detecting HIV.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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 to track the microalgae that cause Ciguatera,
John August gives his views on Intellectual property, and the TPP.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Tiny turbines, and myco-diesel by Ian Woolf.
Professor Helen Swarbrick speaks with Ian Woolf about Orthokeratology for correcting short-sightedness without surgery, glasses or contact lenses,
Copyright week and the Trans-Pacific-partnership agreement.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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 Woolf discuss placebo mechanism and pain, and contraceptive news from 2009.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
News of male contraception and LCD contact lenses, by Ian Woolf.
Alcoholic text messages from across the room by Ian Woolf,
Automated arguments online by Ian Woolf,
3 Second Theses by Ian Woolf,
The Demon Duck of Doom by Lou Steer
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
News of mice rejuvenated with B3 extract, by Ian Woolf.
From the Sydney Mini MakerFfaire,Susanna Alarcon demonstrated a machine that draws music,
The tale of Rat Park - how socially connected rats don't like drugs by Ian Woolf,
John August interviews Dr Matthew Rimmer about the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
News of Fibromyalgic pain, and
Dream images identified by computer, by Ian Woolf.
Professor Geoff Symonds talks with Ian Woolf about modifying stem cells to fight HIV,
From the Sydney Mini Maker faire, Meow Ludo Meow Meow and Kyo Dempski talk about the projects of Biohack Sydney.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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 Sydney Mini Maker Faire:
Pete from Robogirls teaches schoolgirls to build robots,
Stephen Martin from BotBits talka about building kit combat robots
Diarmid Herath from Robological has a platform for you to design your own robots
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire:
Steve Price talks about making Valve amplifiers,
Lester talks about popup 3D workshops,
George talks about launching your own rockets
Ian Woolf revisits the science of Doctor Who - Sonic Screwdrivers and the TARDIS
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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,
Stuart Bartlett talks about BlueSat,
Janelle talks about making 3D printed Jewelery,
Gavin talks about Robots and Dinosaurs
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
The Trans-Pacific-Partnership, patents and copyrights by Ian Woolf,
Professor Melissa Knothe Tate speaks with Ian Woolf about Mechanical stem cells,
John August investigates the role of catalysts in the Origin of Life.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Australia cuts a quarter of CSIRO jobs by Ian Woolf,
Peter Van De Made talks with Ian Woolf about his Brainchip and the nature of intelligence.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Hearing restored to deaf mice, and
Breast milk protects against HIV by Ian Woolf
Clare Blackburn speaks to Ian Woolf about the film "Stem Cell Revolutions",
Kate Doherty spoke to Ian Woolf about Stem Cell communication and games,
John August reports on HIV proteins and West Nile virus.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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,
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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 3MT competition 2013,
3MT finalist Kimberly Mercuri, who spoke about how heroin users think,
3MT finalist Kanvar Nayer, who is developing Age Mate for people suffering Alzheimer's disease,
Cassily Charles and Lisa Mclean - the organisers of an online interactive 3MT competition based at Charles Stuart University.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
3D Printed toothbrushes and nuclear fusion creeps nearer by Ian Woolf.
Robin Hilliard talks to Ian Woolf about Conway's Game of Life,
Alistair D'Silva explains to Ian Woolf how to make a bike jacket with turn signals at Make Hack Void.
Taryn Chalmers presents her 3 Minute Thesis about the connection between heart disease, depression and professional driving in Australia.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Fans for mosquitoes! by Ian Woolf
Shane Greenup, founder of rbutr.com speaks with Ian Woolf about the online critical thinking tool
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Bitcoin for the homeless, Tricorders for food, and willpower never runs out, by Ian Woolf,
The 2013 Ig Nobel Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think, by Ian Woolf,
Jennifer Clarke presents her 3 Minute Thesis - Living on the Edge: Climate Stress in Intertidal Macroalga
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Panspermia and the stratosphere by Ian Woolf
James Nichols speaks with Ian Woolf about building BitCoin mining computers at Dorkbot,
The hundred dollar 3D printer from Peachy Printers,
James Hitchcock presents his 3 Minute Thesis: "Freshwater Inflows to Estuaries: Rivers, carbon and Coastal Food Webs"
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
The Bionic Eye is successfully tested, and the new Government closes down the Science Ministry,
Feeding and educating people to bring about the Singularity,
Bitcoin for beginners by Chard Core and Dee,
Joshua Condran presents his 3 Minute Thesis on Real Time Microscopy of Surface Chemical Reactions
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
World Suicide Prevention day news by Ian Woolf,
Interview with Stuart Grover about the future of 3D printing by Ian Woolf.
Ty Lees presents his 3 Minute Thesis: "Who Cares for our Carers?"
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Llamas treat diarrhea, and jetpacks take off in New Zealand, by Ian Woolf.
Chard Core interviews David Faber of Deep Space Industries about mining in space,
Laingchen Zhu presents his 3 Minute Thesis on Nanowires.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
PANDORA archive news by Ian Woolf
Connor Moore discusses about printing 3D objects with paper, with Ian Woolf,
Joanna Spasojevic presents her 3 Minute Thesis: "Morphometric Face Analysis: A Potential Solution for Identity Theft at Australia's Borders"
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Forever fertilser news by Ian Woolf
Indonesian nuclear power by Ian Woolf
Interview with Alex Blaszczynksi, about gambling addiction,
Marianne Menictas presents her 3 Minute Thesis: Fast Data Analysis.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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,
ManuelBetancort remotely controls cockroaches at Dorkbot.
Gwenael Cadiou presents his 3 Minute Thesis: "A Fish Journey: Where, When, and ...Why?"
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Mind controlled rat news by Ian Woolf.
Ian Woolf concludes the Nuclear Energy For Australia? conference and speaks with:
Howard Eastwood who argues for nuclear power for Glen Innes and the promises of Thorium
and Professor Ian Lowe, who explains why Australia doesn't need nuclear power
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Wearable computing news by Ian Woolf.
Ian Woolf attends the Nuclear Energy For Australia? conference and speaks with:
Dr Erica Smyth argues for nuclear power for Australia,
Dr Timos Aikas explains how nuclear waste is handled in Finland,
Dr Massimo Salvatores discusses Thorium as an alternative nuclear fuel.
Johanna Howes delivers her 3 Minute Thesis: Hungry For Change- maintaining balance on the Great Barrier Reef
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Urine power news by Ian Woolf.
Highlights from the Science Spoken Word Spectacular from:
Ian Bryce, Vanessa Hill. Lou Steer, and Ricky Pannowitz.
Organised by Rebecca Rose, Jack Peck and Ariel Pavez.
Recording by Merran Winchester.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Send your own mini-spaceship to the Moon, and
Protect your mobile phone privacy reported by Ian Woolf.
Tuvan throat singing by Noel Hanna,
Trolling science by Ian Woolf,
The Beard Plague by Ian Woolf
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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 behavioural ecology of sexual relationships.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
First plants were carnivorous by Ian Woolf.
Professor Joe Wolfe from the UNSW speaks to Ian Woolf about the Physics of Music and Voice.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Crowd-funded SETI, brightness, creativity and 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 wonders of hibernation.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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
Ian Woolf reports on the rapid aging from fish oil, Podcasting threatened by patents, and paper 3D printers.
Tim Baynes investigates magnetically sensitive animals,
Christine Baker speaks with Lara Farrell about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Adam Mark explores what makes chilli hot.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf reports on asteroids with moons, and squeezing breast cancer. At CeBIT 2013 Ian Woolf spoke to Fred Paulson about Telepresence robots, to Cindy Huang about ThunderDownUnder's robot trophy, to Dalton Tandulka about digital masks that mirror your facial expressions. At Eat The Collection Ian Woolf spoke with Chris Bamborough about designing for 3D printers that use chocolate ink. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Angus Deveson spoke with Ian Woolf about Microfactories and 3D printing
Ian Woolf explores synthetic food, from lab grown hamburgers, to food printers, and replacing eating altogether.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf reports on Wind powered nuclear weapons, Google Glass, and turtle freezing genomes.
Angus Deveson spoke with Ian Woolf about RoboWars Sydney,
Glowing Mouse draculas return to heal aged hearts - Ian Woolf explains.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf reports how Harvard robot bees hover.
Janine Cahill speaks with Ian Woolf about improving the future with games.
Silkmoths ride robot tricycles cruising for sexy females in Japan, for science! Ian Woolf explains.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf gives a brief history of the world wide web,
and reports on faces sculpted from DNA data.
Gina Sartore tells us about 19th Century astronomer Maria Mitchell.
Dr Uté Vollmer-Conna from the University of New South Wales spoke to Marian Curruthers about why Baby Talk is so strange,
Michael Archer from the University of NSW spoke with Ian Woolf and Marian Curruthers about gene sharing between species.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Lachlan Whatmore explores the spiders web,
Ed Pollitt speaks with Sean Herron about the NASA Hack-a-thon.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf showcases the wearable computers of Steve Mann.
Ed Pollitt reports on the invention of silicon quantum bits.
Ian Woolf delves into the history of Diffusion as told by our theme music across time, as we say goodbye to 2SER.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
The Lyrid meteor shower report by Ian Woolf
Emulsion science interview with Ann Evans by Ian Woolf
Time travel by Ian Woolf and Ed Pollitt
Interview with Mike Pollitt about building a ridable hovercraft, and taking kids to the Double Helix science club by Ed Pollit
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Ed Pollitt reports on Dental Anxiety, Heart modelling and the Chinese moon mission.
Ian Woolf investigates the Science of Doctor Who,
The Rolex Awards for Enterprize by Ed Pollitt,
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Heartened Mummies by Therese Chen,
Facebook Science by Ed Pollitt,
Get Into Your Head Space interviews with Thomas Fath, Christine Froud, and Bridget Murphy by Ian Woolf,
Discussion of Galaxy Zoo by Ed Pollitt and Ian Woolf,
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf reports on Vel-negative blood,
What are A, B and O, and what is RH negati
ve and positive? Ian Woolf speaks with with Joe Patkes, Red Cell Serologist at the Red Cross Blood Services centre in Alexandria about blood types, blood processing and transfusions.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
In a Brain Awareness week special, Dr Rachel Dunlop explains her research exploring the connection between blue-green algae and motor neurone disease, and how Gulf War veterans are coming down with ALS.
Therese Chen reports on glue that works under water, inspired by mussels.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Deanna Coleman reportson Penguins, planetary engineering, and introverted charges.
Cognitive Reserve by Ian Woolf, Craniometry by Lachlan Whatmore,
Tim Baynes looks into the Sun.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Wired rats by Ian Woolf , Eelectric bees by Therese Chen,
Publicly available research memo by Ian Woolf . From 1999, Carol Oliver reports on credit and nuclear physics, and
Lachlan Whatmore reports on the history of the IQ test.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
'Spooky Worms' by Lachlan Whatmore
'Dr Pet and Medicine Farms' by Patrick Rubie
News by Patrick Rubie
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore
Panelled/Produced by Patrick Rubie
A meteor explodes over Russia, harming a thousand people, what's next?
Science publishing, politics and profit - Aaron Swartz, Richard O'Dwyer, Garry Mackinnon and Julian Assange. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
From 2000, Tim Baynes interviews Professor Rick Cavicchioli from UNSW about bacteria that thrive in extreme conditions,
Derek Muller sings about electricity,
and from 2010, Ian Woolf reviews The Vision Revolution by Mark Changizi Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Do fish feel pain? by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf interviews Mark Changizi about the evolution of colour vision.
The sixth and final part of Natural Selection, a radioplay by Lachlan Whatmore.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf reports on Fecal microbiota transplantation - in 1999 he interviewed Professor Thomas Borody who pioneered the field.
Part 5 of Natural Selection, the life and discoveries of Charles Darwin, a radio-play by Lachlan Whatmore.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Pained crabs, Australia's heatwave, and
Bionic eyes open around the world by Ian Woolf.
Natural Selection part 4, a radioplay by Lachlan Whatmore.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Natural genetic modified cows,
The Little Prince saves the world,
and deaf mice regain their hearing by Ian Woolf,
Natural Selection part 3, a radioplay by Lachlan Whatmore.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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 treatment for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning by Ian Woolf
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf reports on viral heart-beats and bee venom wrinkle remover.
Natural Selection, the life of Charles Darwin part 1 - radioplay by Lachlan Whatmore
Charles Willock explains how your breadth of perception determines whether windmills distress you.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Marc West tells the tale of reindeer science, and spreading the joy of Diffusion. Patrick Rubie explores mistletoe science, and why Santa needs to shape up to save lives. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Dissolving nanofibre condoms,
Burning cold of Ciguatera explained,
Galactic cosmic rays and world changing,
Ben Dechrai talks about owning your data at the Open Source Developer's Conference.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Arwen Cross reports on life under the ice,
Therese Chen reports on Tasmanian Devil tumours,
Ian Woolf speaks with Ben Dachrai about Open Source software, and about Cryptoparties at the Open Source Developers' Conference.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
(This show was first broadcast on 2011-02-28)
What is the technological Singularity? by Ian Woolf
I'm Atoms by Derek Muller
Can medical radioisotopes be made without reactors and without Uranium? by Ian Woolf
Singularitarian by Charlie Cam
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Therese Chen reports on Fairy Wren passwords,
Chris Stewart interviews Sir Isaac Newton (2003)
Tim Baynes reports on fish poison, molecular machines and kidneys, (2003)
Chris Stewart reports on the life and science of Edward Teller,(2003)
Arwen Cross, Julie-Anne Popple and Ian Woolf discuss military walking robots.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Brian Lennon spoke with Ian Woolf about vegetable oil powered cars and the algal oil revolution(2008),
Charles Willock and Ian Woolf discuss the algal oil revolution,
Christine Baker reports on the personal side of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, with Keir Smith (2004),
Dr Steven Graves spoke with Ian Woolf about the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Conference in Cambridge (2008), Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Therese Chen reports LED researchers 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. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
James Millar reports on self-healing concrete and organ rhythms,
Ian Woolf reports on Smart highways and hurricane prevention.
Arwen Crossexplains the imortance of studying single cell science,
Oliver Featherston interviews Dr Hugh Sweatman about the Crown of Thorns starfish and the Great Barrier Reef.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Therese Chen reports on profiting from the physics of Roulette. Ian Woolf reviews "The Eudaemonic Pie" by Thomas Bass about a group of physicists winning at roulette with shoe computers in the 1970's. Ian Woolf reports on Disney's patent for an interactive cake. Ian Woolf reports on Drones that are printed in 3D including the electronics. Julie-Anne Popple interviews Darren Vogrig about making Science Rock with Ologism. Ologism perform DHA Trip mix. Ian Woolf reports on the Nobel prizes in Chemistry, Medicine and Physics for 2012. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Second Live special edition of Diffusion!
Ian Woolf reports on Cute Science, Beard beer, Alpha Centauri B's planet and HIV milk - with comments from Julie-Anne Popple and Arwen Cross.
Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Chris Reid, a biologist from the University of Sydney, about the memory of slime moulds.
Presented by Julie-Anne Popple,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Live special edition of Diffusion! Julie-Anne Popple reports on DNA half-life with expert comments from Dr Simon Ho from the University of Sydney, and on singing mice.
Arwen Cross, Oliver Featherstone, Therese Chen and Julie-Anne Popple discuss the Ignobel awards for 2012.
We re-play our favourite "In the name of science" interview for 2012, with Dave McElroy talking about seastar sex and global warming.
Ian Woolf interviews Mark Pesce about devices that talk with you.
Presented and produced by Julie-Anne Popple with technical assistance from Miles Martignoni.
Arwen Cross reports on how climate change is leading to Grizzly bear and Polar bear hybrids,
Ian Woolf reports on how stem cells from fat is being sold to treat osteoarthritis, Julie-Anne Popple reports on a carnivorous plant with tentacles that catapult insects, Ian Woolf reports on using mobile phone to track traffic congestion, and you. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Therese Chen reports on Eunuchs and tooth patches,
Ian Woolf reports on chocolate memories for pond snails.
Oliver Featherston speaks with Michael Kasumovic about his prize-winning research into male sexual strategies,
Ian Woolf speaks with Professor Gabriella Weaver about enaging undergrad students in authentic ongoing scientific research.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Twitter history and the police by Ian Woolf
Atomic imaging by James Millar,
Oliver Featherston speaks with Associate Professor Fred Menck about Voyager 1's journey,
A parallel guide to the Multiverses by Ian Woolf
Produced and Presented by Ian Woolf
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 Science journalism.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
In the science news Therese Chen reports on the Tassie Devil Facial Tunour Disease and gobies with a Napolean Complex.
Ian Woolf interviews Phillip Rhoades about freezing brains to store memories,
Dr James Gilbert joins Julie-Anne Popple in studio to talk about kinky bush cricket sex.
In this week's science news: singing gibbons, (nearly) toothles rats, mars curiousity in space and angry birds!
Dr Beata Ujvari speaks to Julie-Anne Popple about the plight of the tasmanian devil. Therese Chen reports on the Big Chill theory challenging the Big Bang.
Produced and presented by Julie-Anne Popple
Ian Woolf reports on zombies, quantum computers, and DNA data storage.
Ian Woolf reports on the life and death of Neil Armstrong,
Julie-Anne Popple spoke to Dr Beata Ujvarti about the impact of cane toads on goanna and Komodo dragon populations.
Ian Woolf reports on the new data retention laws making their way around the world.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Julie-Anne Popple discusses the foraging behaviour of swamp wallabies with Miguel Bedoya-Perez.
Ian Woolf finds out how damage to your brain can reduce your ability to doubt your beliefs.
Julie-Anne Popple reports on dog shaking, cave spiders and denting diamonds.
Ian Woolf reports on rat brains that fly planes
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Part 2 of How To Change Your Mind by Nathan Sinclair,
Lindsey Gray talks about Kiwis with Julie-Anne Popple,
Therese Chen reports on:
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Curiosity
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Attenborough's Goblin
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dolphin subcluture
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oldest insect fossil
James Millar reports on the ITER fusion reactor project
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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 the accelerating Universe,
Ian Woolf reports on permanent sexual side-effects to a hair loss treatment,
Julie-Anne reports on suspicions of salty oceans on Titan,
Ian Woolf reports on rat-jellyfish cyborgs,
Ian Woolf reports on the attack on Professor Steve Mann's cybernetic visual aide in a Paris McDonalds.
Presented by James Millar,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Julie-Anne delivers the science news: sexy dumpling squid, holy mars and space gopher.
Julie-Anne Popple interviews Miguel Bedoya-Perez about finding rare frogs and swamp wallabies. Professor Mike Thompson speaks to Julie-Anne about the plight of turtles in the Murray River.
Presented and produced by Julie-Anne Popple
Julie-Anne Popple reports on the global warming comedy Sizzle with a hot issues discussion panel of Randy Olsen, Dr Rod Lamberts, Professor Lesley Hughes, and Professor Tim Flannery.
Ian Woolf reports on: license to crime, artificial intelligence finds cats on youtube, mind-controlled robot avatars, and milk chasers make you stronger.
Observations from James Millar, and Nathan Sinclair
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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 save people from fatal flu.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Julie-Anne Popple reports on Turtle death mysteries, spray on batteries, and Hot dinosaurs.
Ian Woolf reports on Sleep rehearsal,Vortex data streams Hiccupops, Shoes for efficient running, record Solar power,,Alcohol and caffeine sprays.
Bonnie Yiu reports on pesticide pollution in the Hawkesbury River, with eco-toxicologist Dr Ben Kefford.
Ian Woolf zaps his food.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf reports on a spider-man backpack,
Julie-Anne Popple reports on a molesting mosquito,
Ian Woolf reports on the Burritobot,
Ian Woolf reports on Cosmetic nuclear medicine,
Julie-Anne Popple reports on erotic fossils,
Ian Woolf reports on Social reading enhancing glasses,
Victoria Bond speaks with Dr Simon Pooley about invasive ecologies.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
At the Extreme Science Experience, 250 high school students met the Australian Academy of Science Technology and Engineering Clunies Ross innovator's award winners and spoke to Ian Woolf:
Dr Gideon Chitombo spoke about mining research,
Professor Stuart Crozier spoke about Magnetic Resonance Imaging esearch,
Several Central Coast students described their impressions of the day,
Professor Peter Blamey spoke about his bionic research and the damage to hearing from noise exposure (apologies for unavoidable background noises).
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
In March 2007 this special edition examined in depth issues of identity and privacy raised by the proposed introduction of a card to identify everyone using Government services.
Presented by Darren Osborne,
Synthetic interview with Anna Johnston about privacy concerns,
Aras Vaichas speaks with Ian Woolf about RFID,
Interview with Professor Graham Greenleaf about the Access Card and Cyberlaw
Produced by Ian Woolf and Charles Willock
original broadcast and full references
Therese Chen reports on Balding Wombats,
Ian Woolf reports on too smart phones,
and the SpaceX Dragon returns triumphant,
Victoria Bond speaks with Kathryn Ticehurst and James Bond about what Science is,
Victoria Bond and Kathryn Ticehurst discuss the Transit of Venus.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
In the news: Wikileaks on trial without charges.
Fan Ng tells Ian Woolf how his invention makes plain old telephone wires carry gigabit broadband,
Bruce Jackson and Dale Nichols from 3D Printer Systems talk with Ian Woolf about hot glue guns on steroids.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Therese Chen reports on flatulent dinosaurs,
and Ian Woolf looks at treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
Aubrey De Grey talks about the 'Seven Deadly Things' of ageing,
and Ian Woolf interviews him on curing the diseases of ageing.
Presented and Produced by Julie-Anne Popple
Julie-Anne Popple reports on high heels helping prosthetic design,
Ian Woolf discusses Harvard's journal boycott
and Therese Chen looks at Harry Potter style blood testing.
Dr Boob ponders the ethical and technological implication of teleportation,
and Ian Woolf looks at the physics of the duck's quack.
Produced and presented by Julie-Anne Popple
Ian Woolf reports on plasma jets and migraine shock therapy.
Therese Chen reports on developments Nano-medicine to treat Cerebral Palsy.
Julie-Anne Popple speaks to Dr James Gilbert about 'pokemon' thrips and David Cutting about making modern day mummies.
Finally, Julie-Anne Popple reports on her night at the Museum of Human Disease.
Presented by Ian Woolf, Produced by Julie-Anne Popple
Patrick Rubie reports the news:
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left handed sports
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zebra fish heart stem cells
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adventurers matched with scientists
Ian Woolf reports on Augmented Reality contact lenses and the EyeRing,
Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Fiona Clissold about temperature and metabolism in insects
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Therese Chen reports on the intelligence gene and life on Mars, On "Creature Features" Julie-Anne Popple talks about glow-worms and their brightly glowing bottoms, For this weeks "In the name of science" Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Lindsay Popple about Digging for Cicadas. Presented and produced by Julie-Anne Popple
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,
Ian Woolf spoke with Wallace Thornhill about his Electric Universe paradigm.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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 climate change.
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond reports on a super vaccine against cancer.
Julie-Anne Popple reports on meat ice-cream and Free-loving Flipper.
On this weeks 'In the name of science', Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Trevor Wilson about staring at plant genitals.
Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dr Jerome Buhl of the University of Sydney about the plight of the humble bee.
Presented and produced by Julie-Anne Popple
Therese Chen reports on fattening air,and deep voices,
Ian Woolf reports on baldness, prostate protection, and hard games.
Ian Woolf speaks with Geoff Batty of NICTA about peer to peer research
into Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Julie-Anne Popple reports on new humans, Dr Frog, and Lego bones.
Ian Woolf interviews Kevin Elphinstone and Gerwin Klein from the
Validated computing project at NICTA,
Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Jerome Buhl of the University of Sydney about ants and make-up.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Julie-Anne Popple visits the Coral Art Life Science Exhibition at he University of Sydney and speaks with:
science inspired artist Carmel Wallance, and
Dr Adrienne Grant about her research into copper and corals. Ian Woolf continues his series from the NICTA research group, speaking with:
Nick Grant about software for the Bionic Eye that shows what's important,
Geoff Wang about the N.TV social television project that will bring the shows you like to your TV.
Music: A Little Bit by MJ Hibbert and the Validators
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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 NICTA techfest.
A Little Bit, by MJ Hibbert and the Validators
Produced and Presented by Ian Woolf,
with technical support from Julie-Anne Popple
Julie-Anne Popple talks about when ants go to war,
Larissa Savass vtalks about kindly cultured burgers,
Ian Woolf reports on the NICTA Techfest 2012, interviewing:
James Laird about electronic pain management,
Leif Hamlen about health data mining,
Leonid Ryzhyk about software writing software to control hardware
Julie-Anne Popple interviews Rick Shine about snake fishing.
Presented by Larissa Savvas,
Produced by Ian Woolf with technical support from Julie-Anne Popple
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 produced by Ian Woolf
Larissa Savvas reports on the prospect of having 3 parents,
Therese Chen reports on the suggestion of introducing megafauna to Australia,
Julie-Anne Popple reports on Cybernetics in the service of insect spies and augmenting people,
Ian Woolf interviews Ian Bryce about his Skeptical inquiries into Rossi's E-Cat power generator.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Larrissa Savas reports on Rett's Sydnrome,
Ian Woolf reports on the Tricorder X Prize,
Victoria Bond and Marc West discuss the History of Nearly Everything,
and the scientific boycott of Elsevier publications.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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 diets.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf , Julie-Anne Popple and Therese Chen diuscuss:
Hormones that give the weight-loss benefits of exercise,
the internet blackout protest,
what is the youngest age for owning a mobile phone?
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
From the dusty vaults of 2003: Christine Baker interviews Kip Williams from Macquarie University about courtroom psychology,
Keir Smith looks at retinal displays, and finds his Uncle John's sense of direction,
Adam Mark explains why pain can be a good thing,
Chris Stewart explores the weirdness of Physicists.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Tim Baynes speaks to Eva Ferados about using brain magnets to switch off HIS brain functions, during the interview,
Amanda Hamilton interviews Dr Malcom Simons about patenting junk DNA,
Adam Mark investigates what happens when people become addicted to sex,
Chris Stewart explains the psychology of MP3s.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Memory pill research from 2011 by Ian Woolf
Unearthed from 2003 are:
Tim Baynes reporting on the strange tale of Anti-gravity and the disappearing researchers,
an interview by Tim Baynes with Dr Boyd Dent about his 2003 PhD into the geochemistry of cemeteries,
An investigation from Marian Curruthers on the role of the male armpit in human sexual attraction,
Keir Smith explores the mystery of how sap reaches the tops of trees.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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 discovered we had an audience in an Alaskan community radio station.
Quiz-master Chris Stewart plays the Schroedinger Cats against the Pavlov's dogs, with everything to win in a game of science trivia.
Playing are: Ian Woolf, Noel Hannah, Natalie Staib, Matt Clarke, Phil Dooley, Jacqui Hayes, Jacqui Pfeffer, Matt Francis and Adam Richardson.
Ian Woolf asks Dr Andrew McDonagh about making molecules,
Ian Woolf reports on the latest presentation of people doing strange things with electricity,
Therese Chen describes abusive boobies,
Ian Woolf reports on hacking your brain with light.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dr James Gilbert about cricket testicles,
Ian Woolf speaks with Professor Ann Henderson-Sellers about the Climate Fix Flicks competition,
News by Larissa Savvas and Julie-Anne Popple:
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Solar paint
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Wasp to know
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Brigid Mullane interviews Professor Brian Morris about the genes for Hypertension,
Larissa Savvas explores human corpses as renewable energy,
Julie-Anne Popple talks timed turtles,
Ian Woolf reports on printed bones and wireless sperm.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Larissa Savvas reports on how we detect people with the kindness gene, and how crabs sense danger despite being only able to see blobs,
Patrick Rubie reports on how promiscuous sparrows have less fit chicks,
Julie-Anne Popple reports on Orb weaver pest control.
Wendy Zukcer tells a story about cockroaches at home.
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf and Therese Chen discuss:
How much meat can an Eco-citizen eat?
The LHC may explain why there is more matter than ant-matter, 200 hundred million year old art may be from a 30 metre squid,
The human genome may be smaller than we thought,
The Fukushima nuclear disaster not as bad as feared.
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Martin Faccini reports on the dopamine brain control mechanisms of our parasite overlords,
Patrick Rubie reports on the science of sexy perfumes,
News by Ian Woolf:
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test tube artificial brain passes quiz
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Airdrop brings water from thin air
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aging in cells of children suffering Progeria is reversed
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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 and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf explains the neuropolitics of left and right wing brains,
Mic Cavazzini interviews Professor Jim Hasselof about the consequences of genetically engineering drought resistant crops,
News by Ian Woolf:
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red plumage vanishing from Chernobyl
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Global Handwashing Day
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Backup crows
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mushrooms opening minds
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nice patients hurt less
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Tasmanian tigers didn't eat sheep
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Immigration delay disorder
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OCD romance
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Roller coaster therapy
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Muzak kills the cold
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Dog fleas jump higher
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Onion power
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Dandelion rubber
Presented by Dr Julie-Anne Popple,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Dr Victoria Bond reports on the new Malaria vaccine,
Dr Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dr Min Chen about photosynthesis,
News by Dr Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf
- parrot's names
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IQ changes in adolescence
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Your brain doesn't tell you everything it knows
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temperature targets in trouble
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fork size matters when you eat out
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Denmark taxes rich food
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snails travel by being eaten
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Dr Victoria Bond, with technical support from Ian Woolf.
The Ignobel prizes reported by Ian Woolf, discussion from Therese Chen and Julie-Anne Popple.
Victoria Bond talks Penicillin shortages with Professor Robert Bhoy,
Julie-Anne Popple interviews Professor Steve Simpson and Dr Alsion Gosby about the protein hypothesis for obesity.
Jams Bourne introduces mind altering parasites, and Ian Woolf explains the brain pathways they use to manipulate their hosts.
Patrick Rubie discusses an immunological breakthrough in organ transplant technology. Victoria Bond commemorates Steve Jobs.
Patrick Rubie and Victoria Bond speak to John Olstad, of the University of Newcastle, about his work in the fields of linguistics and cognitive anthropology in Papua New Guinea, and the mathematical models used to better understand them.
Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond
Therese Chen reports on Faster Than Light Neutrinos, and cats that shine in nightclubs.
From the Singularity Summit Australia, Ian Woolf speaks to Artifical Brain builder Colin Hales,
and the amazing transhuman performance artist Stelarc.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Lindsey Gray reports on the Axis of Internal Well-being,
Julie-Anne Popple reports on being locked up with plants,
Ian Woolf interviews Galit Segev about the Secrets of Chocolate,
Victoria Bond interviews Dorothee Bond about managing Heath care in the Republic of Congo
Presented by Julie-Anne Popple,
Produced by Ian Woolf with technical support by Therese Chen
Dr Julie-Anne Popple reports on the assassin bug's windy tricks,
Ian Woolf discusses a 13 year old boy's solar invention with Victoria Bond,
and the release of genetically modified mosquitoes with Dr Julie-Anne Popple
Ian Woolf interviews Dr Ben Goertzal at the Singularity Summit Australia about his research into Artificial Intelligence and the Singularity,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf, with technical support by Therese Chen
Ian Woolf and Victoria Bond discuss this week's news: infectious disease and IQ variations, laser cloud busting, and electronic temporary tattoos.
Dr. Mic Cavazzini is back, and he asks Prof. Haslehof of Cambridge University about designing synthetic organisms.
Paneled by Therese Chen, hosted and produced by Victoria Bond
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 prize nominee Dr Peter Macreadie explains the importance of seagrasses,
Presented by Dr Julie-Anne Popple,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Patrick Rubie reports: bacteria as a solution to dengue fever, and harnessing kinetic energy to power up your mobile phone.
Victoria Bond and Martin Facini discuss the potential and hazards in coal seam gas mining.
Finally, Brigid Mullane interviews Ian Lean about hormones in beef: why do we use them?
Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond
Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Simon Gaechter from the University of Nottingham about why we humans just can't co-operate with one another- before putting our panelists through Gaechter's Public Goods Game to see just how selfish we all are.
Dr Julie-Anne Popple brings you the latest on morphing moths.
Produced by James Bourne
Ian Woolf talks to Professor Bruce Milthorpe about tissue engineering using coral.
Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Jenny Graves about immunity in Tasmanian devils.
James Bourne takes a look at the latest news on the mind controlling parastie, Toxoplasma gondii.
Presented by Dr Julie-Anne Popple, produced by James Bourne.
Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Brigid Murphy about her discovery that lizards live births illuminate the evolution of cancer,
Ian Woolf speaks to Dr Martin van Kerwijk about his research in new types of supernovas and neutron stars,
News by Therese Chen, Victoria Bond, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf
Glassing research for better forsensics,
Gasland film showing in Sydney,
Synthetic Biology lecture in Sydney,
Live Futures Festival in Sydney,
Robot Wars in Sydney
Presented by Mic Cavazzini,
Produced by Ian Woolf
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
Ian Woolf tells us about the latest and greatest in stem cell organ transplant.
Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf, and Martin Faccini speak to to Matt Dawson, the amateur astronomer who named the recently discovered planetoid "255073: victoriabond".
Martin Faccini gives us an update on the Fukushima meltdown.
Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond.
Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr James Gilbert about insects that look after their young,
News by Therese Chen
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tool use by fish
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magpies kill other magpies chicks
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warm blooded dinosaurs
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Professor Robert Kirshner speaks to Ian Woolf about supernovas and the accelerating expanding universe,
News by Dr Popple and Therese Chan:
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Greenhouse wallabies
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giant wombats
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horny bugs are loud
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zombie ladybugs
Presented by Therese Chan,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Robert Quinby about his discovery of a third type of supernova,
Victoria Bond speaks with Dr Adam Freeman about Anatomical variations,
Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Professor Rick Shine about cane toad research,
News by Victoria Bond and Julie-Anne Popple:
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Ocean acidification report released
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Surge in QLD turtle deaths
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Tau day
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Pig Poo Pond Power
Presented by Victoria Bond
Produced by Ian Woolf
Julie-Anne Popple, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf speak with Botanist Dr Trevor Wilson about pollenation and mint,
Julie-Anne Popple reports the news:
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Cervical cancer vaccination
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Greenhouse data shared by CSIRO online
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new CSIRO solar hot air power station opened
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sensory hairs help bats fly more precisely
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond speaks to Dr. Jacqui McPhee about her experiences in ICU and palliative care, and end of life care.
Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss Terry Pratchet's endorsement of euthanasia.
After an interlude from Monty Python, Mic Cavazzini speaks to Professor Jenny Graves of the Australian National University about marsupials, and what they can tell us about our own genome.
Hosted by Ian Woolf, paneled and produced by Victoria Bond
Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the strained Australian health budget.
Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss their thoughts on end of life care and euthanasia.
Marc West interviews Beyond Zero Emissions Australia, about climate change, science, and policy. Pesented and produced by Victoria Bond
Ian Woolf, Julianne Popple, and Victoria Bond discuss mobile phones' ugrade in carcinogenecity category by the WHO.
Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie talk about all the threats to giant cuttlefish.
Paneled, hosted, and produced by Victoria Bond
Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about Cigutera zombie fish poison,
Darwinius, science and the media by Victoria Bond, with discussion from Kalvin Ng and Ian Woolf,
News by Kalvin Ng
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territory disputes over underwater minerals
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tortured mocking birds
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showering ducks
News by Victoria Bond
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Getting Down with cancer
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asthma can be caused by eczema
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Mic Cavazzini interviews Dr Tim Bredy from the Queensland Brain Institute about post traumatic stress disorder,
Patrick Rubie reports:
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Peanuts eaten by donors can hurt blood transfusion recipients,
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Planets without stars observed by gravitational micro-lensing,
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Coal seam gas drilling for residential Sydney,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond reports on the latest HIV Vaccines,
Ian Woolf interviews Martin Marier about his musical sponge instrument at Dorkbot Sydney,
Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss research into casual sex,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond interviews Professor Ian Hickie about circadian rhythms and depression,
Patrick Rubie reports on:
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Sperm teasing
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big tobacco cures starvation
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asteroid dust and the origins of life
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Associate Professor Gregg Suaning shares his Bionic Vision with Ian Woolf,
Ian Woolf explores Synthetic Biology, and would he would do with access to a wet printer.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond celebrates 50 years of human space travel,
Ian Woolf interviews Dr Sara Lal and Diarmuid Kavanagh about stopping tiredness killing people,
News by Patrick Rubie:
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safe injecting cuts overdoses
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premature pregnancy evolves
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NASA finds medicines stored in space become inactive
Presented by Victoria Bond,
produced by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf visits the protest rally against proposed medical research budget cuts, and interviews: Bettina Arndt, Bill Ferris, Judy Black, and Andrea MacFarland.
Patrick Rubie with the latest medical research news: Blindness, Schizophrenia and Depression.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond asks Ian Woolf to explain what radiation is, anyway.
Martin Faccini cuts through the spook to get down to the bottom of health risks surrounding the meltdown.
Finally, a Diffusion panel discussion about levels of exposure and radiation hormesis.
Paneled by Ian Woolf, produced by Victoria Bond.
Victoria Bond gets the scoop from Ian Woolf on the nuclear reactor situation in Japan and asks, what is a meltdown, exactly?
Victoria Bond speaks to Adam Freeman about why surgeons get so passionate about hand hygiene.
Ian Woolf speaks to Geoff Smith about nanophotonics, and cooling.
Presented and produced by Victoria Bond,
with technical support by Ian Woolf
"Confirmation bias, denialism and Morton's Demon" by Peter Bowditch,
Professor Geoff Smith spoke to Ian Woolf about how nano-photonics
can be used for smart clothes and smart windows
Presented by Ian Woolf,
Produced by Victoria Bond
Kate Barnard speaks to students in the CSIRO Vacation Scholarship Program,
Victoria Bond talks about World Tuberculosis Day,
Ian Woolf interviews Professor Geoff Smith about the importance of Nanophotonics to environmental energy flows,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Peter Bowditch describes Australia's first computer science,
Smooth by Derek Muller,
Ian Woolf talks with Balint Seeber about radio-frequency mashups,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Phillipe Perez interviews Dr Timothy C. Nielsen about the Smart Bra
News by Ian Woolf
-BBC saved by Bit Torrent,
-Electro-shock body armour,
-Mulchable PC cases,
-Solar roads,
-Singularity Summit Australia 2011,
-Jurassic Lounge,
-Cheesey pickup lines have a purpose
Gravity by Derek Muller,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Singularitarian by Charlie Cam,
The technological Singularity by Ian Woolf,
I'm Atoms by Derek Muller,
Reactor-free nuclear medicine by Ian Woolf
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Free internet for everyone by Ian Woolf Electronic glasses by Ian Woolf DNA poetry by Ian Woolf, How not to be fair and balanced, and why never to debate, by Peter Bowditch Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Invisibility - all done with mirrors by Ian Woolf, Kate Grimwood talks with Ian Woolf about her science of Fire Investigation PhD, An introduction to Transhumanism by Ian Woolf, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
What is the lethal dose of chocolate?
Prayer and the neurology of scepticism,
Seduction while you sleep,
Caffeine makes you suggestible,
DNA altered by the mind,
Elderly made young by accident,
Does a duck's quack echo?
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall King discuss the psychology of human courtship,
Ian Woolf reports how women can unconsciously read an attractive man's face,
Matthew and Melinda discuss the psychology of the first kiss and compliments.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf reports on whistling caterpillars,
carnivorous domestic entertainment robots,
fluoridated water can hurt children's teeth,
Profiling everybody at Gotham partners,
Peer Review by the Peer Review Players,
Paying attention can lose you weight and make you happy,
The Woolf-Pulfrich effect - 3D and antidepressant!
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall King explain to Ian Woolf why men in our culture suffer from skin hunger,
Ian Woolf explores research rejuvenating old mice with the blood of young glowing mice,
Professor Joe Silk talks to Ian Woolf about the search for Dark matter, and why invisible things are important.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall-King share their wisdom on the human mating dance,
Ian Woolf revisits the link between vitamins and sexual behaviour,
and revisits how the coal industry could be saved by solar power.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Record your life with life-logging.
Do you care about privacy on the
internet?
Would you eat fake meat?
Discussion by Ollie Barrand, Catherine Beahag, Marc West and Aaron Cook.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Marc West and Bianca Nogrady revisit the Science of Santa from 2009,
Ian Woolf discusses Robin Baker's Sperm Wars with Aaron Cooke and Daniel Keogh
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf interviews Marianne Menictas about her tsunami warning modelling to save the most people for the least cost. Matt Clarke in 2006 talks about semen allergies with out-takes,
Marc West in 2006 explains cricket psychology,
Ian Woolf reports from the Consensus Greentech Awards
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Marc West speaks to Dr Cor Vink about the invasion of foreign spiders to New Zealand
Ian Woolf reports on the reversal of aging in Harvard lab mice,
News from MX read by Ian Woolf:
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private company reaches orbit
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Japanese spacecraft misses Venus, but will try again
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stem cells repair spinal injury in small monkey
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One flu jab for life
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facebook page leads to brain surgery
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Lachlan What more looks back over the history of neutron bombs,
Victoria Bond reports on apples genetically modified to hide spoilage,
discussion from Marc West, Peta Waller-Bryant, Ian Woolf, Phillipe Perez, Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore.
News by Phillipe Perez
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more stars means less dark matter
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US builds flying transformer trucks
Presented by Marc West
Produced by Ian Woolf,
buttons pressed by Victoria Bond
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 Whatmore spoke to Dr. Cassandra Meirs, and Dr. William Halford, on the trials and tribulations of obtaining a PhD.
Ian Woolf summarises Robert Sparrow's talk "The Not-so-New Eugenics: The Harsh Logic of human enhancement", about the ethics of child enhancing technology, from the Singularity Summit, Australia,
Victoria Bond interviews Dr Fisher from Nepean hospital about the ethics of psychiatrically detaining drug addicts,
News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
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LHC makes antimatter
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Bacterial glue heals buildings
Presented by Phillipe Perez
Produced by Ian Woolf,
with technical support from Victoria Bond
Ian Woolf reports from the Singularity Summit on Gregory Benford's Genescient research into preventing the diseases of old age using genomics and artifical intelligence to produce nutraceuticals that may allow a healthy old age, with discussion from Marc West and Charles Willock.
News by Marc West, Ian Woolf, and Charles Willock
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Gummi bear finger-print hack
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weeds out-evolve Monsanto
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Chatbot argues with climate deniers on twitter
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Lachlan Whatmore interviews Bill Halford of Southern Illinois University about his cutting edge research on the upcoming Herpes vaccine.
In a similar vein, Victoria Bond tracks Robert Booy down to discuss the ongoing development on the Dengue Fever vaccine, and the impact of this disease worldwide.
Finally, Victoria Bond speaks to Maree Teesson of the National Drug and Alcohol Centre about the relationship between cannabis and schizophrenia.
Hosted by Lachlan Whatmore.
Paneled and produced by Victoria Bond.
On this edition of Diffusion, Ian Woolf brings back grim tidings from the Singularity Summit in Melbourne, Australia.
Newly uncle'd Lachlan Whatmore delves into the evolutionary marvel that are amniotic eggs.
Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond, with support from Patrick Rubie.
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 be to the sun to melt?
Hosted and paneled by Marc West, produced by Victoria Bond.
2010 Subscriber drive!
Victoria Bond discusses oxytocin with Dr. Champion.
Marc West trolls bars for opinions on love and sex.
Ian Woolf voices in on antidepressant chemicals found in semen.
Presented by Marc West. Panelled by Ian Woolf. Produced by Victoria Bond.
This is the pre-recorded version of Diffusion that was broadcast on the Community Radio Network. There is a second live 2SER subscriber drive edition for this date.
Ian Woolf and Marc West discuss the Ig Nobels awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research,
Ian Woolf concludes his interview with Hugo De Garis about his vision of the impending war between those who would build massively intelligent machines and those who would stop them at all costs, at the Singularity Summit Australia, in Melbourne. Discussion with Marc West.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf speaks to Hugo De Garis about the implications of being able to build god-like massively super-intelligent machines at the Singularity Summit Australia in Melbourne.
Lachlan Whatmore explains the phytoplankton crisis.
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond reports on the legalisation of genetically modified salmon and its Frankenfish implications, leading a panel discussion with Marc West, Phillipe Perez and Ian Woolf.
Ian Woolf describes the male dance moves that sexually attract women, and discusses the science with Melinda Hall King and Matthew Hall.
Presented by Phillipe Perez, and produced by Ian Woolf.
Lachlan Whatmore reports on the chocolate genome
Marc West and Darren Osborne discuss the science of sex in the pub,
Ian Woolf interviews Dr Michael Georgeff about Rational agents,
Presented by Bonnie Yiu,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond presents this week's news.
Marc West interviews Chris Gore about why athletes train at high altitude.
Lachlan Whatmore commemorates the late, great Jacob Bronowski.
Hosted by Marc West, produced by Victoria Bond
Victoria Bond coverâs this week's news: helium shortages, revolutionary tuberculosis testing and a suggestion to take a walk and leave the ipod at home.
Joel Werner investigates the newest contender for green energy: wave power!
Victoria Bond spoke to Julian Cribb about his newest book, the Coming Famine, and he explains why we are heading for major food crises within the next 50 years.
Hosted and produced by Victoria Bond, paneled by Jesus Tarbay.
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 behind glass just as good as outside? answered by Ian Woolf
News
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President Putin's views on the science of whaling and climate change by Lachlan Whatmore
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How Grapefruit could make you pregnant by Ian Woolf
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf cover this week's news.
Marc West spoke to Dr. Louis Ptacek for even more about photic sneezing.
Lachlan Whatmore gets down to the bottom of what a breed is, exactly.
Bonnie Yu interviews Chris "The Naked Scientist" Smith about climate
change and its impact on Australia.
Hosted, paneled and produced by Victoria Bond.
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 if it was travelling at the speed of light?
Why do sportsmen train at altitude?
Why do previously overweight people have trouble keeping the weight off?
We ask the experts to get the real answers to these questions and more!
Questions answered by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
Produced and hosted by Marc West
Aaron Cook presents this week's juicy news.
Lachlan Whatmore finishes off his trilogy tribute to horse evolution.
Marc West grills Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Green Party, about his party's stand on science in the upcoming election,
Brigid Mullane interviews Rod Seares about the cost effectiveness of solar pannels in Australia.
Panneled, presented and produced by Victoria Bond
Ian Woolf speaks to Fred Rodrigues with his power tools orchestra at Dorkbot Sydney,
Lachlan Whatmore brings us part 2 of the evolution of the horse,
News by Victoria Bond
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Dogs can't help imitating people
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Social networks help you live longer
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are people most attracted to those that look like themselves?
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
Produced by Ian Woolf with technical support from Victoria Bond
Brigid Mullane interviews Dr Matthew James about rare earth minerals from mines to mobiles,
Lachlan Whatmore begins part 1 of the evolution of the horse,
Ian Woolf interviews Professor Matthew Phillips about nano-wires and LEDs
Presented and panelled by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond spoke to Aileen Woo about gender equity at the University of NSW's physics department,
Lachlan Whatmore explores the underwater Hudson Canyon,
Victoria Bond spoke to Robert Booy about the importance of vaccine
compliance, and the downfall of the AVN.
News by Ian Woolf, Marc West, and Victoria Bond
Produced, panelled and presented by Victoria Bond
Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore speak to the Australian Beauty and the Geek reality TV show,
Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the UK de-funding of Homeopathic hospitals,
News By Victoria Bond
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bird brains are like ours
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cold, cold antimatter
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addictive romantic rejection
Presented by Ian Woolf
Produced by Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf
Panelled by Marc West
Marc West continues his interview with Professor Rob Brook about sexual selection in evolution.
The latest Bionic Eye development is explained to Ian Woolf by Nanjian Liu and Paulette Lieby of NICTA
Presented and panelled by Ian Woolf,
Produced by Marc West
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 and Julie Ashcroft.
Cognitive Bias song by Brad Wray
Presented and panelled by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Bo Yin about how your voice can betray to software how hard you are concentrating,
The Vision Revolution by Mark Changizi reviewed by Ian Woolf with commentary by Aaron Cooke and Daniel Keogh,
News by Marc West
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Obesity ruins your sexual health
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Whales are carbon negative
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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
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
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Pacific Islands unihabitable but above water in 100 years
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Caffeine alertness is an illusion of addiction
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soil bacteria makes you temporarily smarter
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ultrasound blast to the testicles for contraception
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Diffusion remembers the wondrous Martin Gardner and his contribution to science education.
Aaron Cook commemorates Rover Phoenix after a long slog on Mars.
News by Aaron Cook, Marc West, and Victoria Bond.
Presented by Sarah Bartlett, produced by Victoria Bond.
Ian Woolf, Dan Keogh and Aaron Cook discuss: - 3G planes that take advantage of physics to save 50% fuel by Aaron Cook, - Male Topy antelopes decieve females into staying by faking predator warnings by Aaron Cook, - the $100 tablet PC and its consequences by Ian Woolf, - choosing sexually attractive human body shapes for science at the UNSW online bodylab by Ian Woolf, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf interviews Melissa Neighbor about Project Survival Pacific and disappearing landmass in the Pacific islands
Aaron Cook talks about the link between singing and cricket balls
Jon Bale breathes new life in the science of sighs
Victoria Bond discusses the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and peak oil
Presented and produced by Victoria Bond
Marc West interviews Alan Wilton about the history of dog domestification
Aaron Cooke reports
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how dementia caring puts carers at risk of dementia,
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how some countries will be uninhabitable by humans in 2100
Jon Bale tells us about
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NASA's electric spaceships,
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how HIV immunity works,
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killer whales are actually three different species
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Jon Bale covers the news with water-recycling cacti
Marc West interviews Sitaram Asur about predicting box office hits on Twitter
Victoria Bond celebrates the Pill's very special 50th birthday
Produced and presented by Victoria Bond
Pluto demoted again? It's been some fall from grace for Pluto. This week sees a possible new definition of dwarf-planet, and it seems Pluto is hardly special at all. Charles Lineweaver explains to Marc West
Ian Woolf tackles grey hair and baldness, and rats solving the long-standing mathematical conundrum, the prisoners' dilemma.
Produced and presented by Victoria Bond
Pluto demoted again? It's been some fall from grace for Pluto. This week sees a possible new definition of dwarf-planet, and it seems Pluto is hardly special at all. Charles Lineweaver explains to Marc West
Ian Woolf tackles grey hair and baldness, and rats solving the long-standing mathematical conundrum, the prisoners' dilemma.
Produced and presented by Victoria Bond
Aaron Cook reports on Element 117-- Ununseptium
Marc West speaks with "Doctor Boob" about super-villain Doc Oc
Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the life and legend of Nikola Tesla
Presented by Ian Woolf,
Produced by Victoria Bond,
with technical support by Ian Woolf
The Australian Pirate Party's Simon Frew explains how the party is for online civil liberties to Ian Woolf.
Victoria Bond reports that the Large Hadron Collider didn't destroy the world,
the brain has a moral centre that can be switched off with giant magnets,
and the courts rule that human genes can't be patented.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Aaron Cook talks glow in the dark sperm with Scott Pitnick
Marc West and Victoria Bond demonstrate how to check for syphilis
Iam Woolf discusses Man Flu
Presented and produced by Victoria Bond, with technical help from Ian Woolf
Aaron Cooke asks Geophysicist Hrvoje Tkalcic whats happening inside the Earth,
Ollie Barrand, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss Pharmacogenomics and Gattaca,
Ian Woolf and Aaron Cooke discuss forbidden words and the healing powers of marmite.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf interviews Khimji Vaghjiani of Solar Gem about affordable solar powered lighting,
Marc West interviews Dr Chris Pettigrew about splicing metal to Wolverine's bones,
and Marc's correlation of the week: are aetheists and liberals smarter than everyone else?
Hosted by Marc West
Produced by Marc West
Special International Women's Day edition!
Victoria Bond talks about transsexuality in clownfish
Catherine Beehag explains the science behind nobel-prize winning telomeres
News by Victoria Bond and Catherine Beehag
Presented by Catherine Beehag,
Produced by Victoria Bond
Can we vaccinate cows against producing methane?
Is the G-spot a myth? by Ollie Barrand.
The correlation between wealth and orgasms By Marc West.
Nanotechnology hypothetical reported by Ian Woolf and discussed by Marc West and Ollie Barrand.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew bring us part 2 of Wolverine science,
Ant martyrs by Victoria Bond
Hot stuff at the RHIC with Olli Barrand
King Tut's diagnosis by Catherine Beehag
CSIRO's fleck nano tags your stuff by Catherine Beehag
Bees dance to bee dopamine in lab raves by Ollie Barrand
Lunar reserve created to protect the lunar landing site by Ollie Barrand
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Dr Rachel 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
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Coma patients may be conscious and communicate by brain scan
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Boredom kills
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Beetles music saves trees
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stuttering is linked to genetic mutation
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Sperm fire proton torpedoes by Aaron Cooke
News by Victoria Bond
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SIDS and serotonin,
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Iran launches animals to space
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Primordial soup challenged
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spray-on on liquid glass,
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insulin from safflower seeds,
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the last link between vaccination and autism is withdrawn,
and the author is charged with unethical behaviour
Presented by Ian Woolf
Panelled by Marc West
Produced by Victoria Bond
Ever had a song that you just can't get out of your head? Patrick Rubie explains Earworms,
News by Ian Woolf
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Cultured meat
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2 million years without sex
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Cola powered phones
Presented by Aaron Cooke,
Produced by Ian Woolf
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!
Be ready to email your result to diffusion@2ser.com
News by Aaron Cooke
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Snails of steel
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sun disinfection
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sticky cookware
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Marc West examines the correlation between sex and housework,
Victoria Bond walks into a bar with science comedian Brian Malow,
News by. Aaron Cooke
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starquakes
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stroking rats
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mosquito attraction
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how green tea fights cancer
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
The ordinary guy talks to Dr Ali Ford from Monash University , Australia about life in space,
Patrick Rubie talks to Joe Duncan, co-owner of the Bowral Brewing Company and Pigs Fly Beer, and Graduate in Wine Science from Charles Sturt University , Australia about the science of beer and wine
News by Patrick Rubie
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Oldest DNA
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Recreating light
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Sneaky plant viruses
Presented by Ian Woolf,
Produced by Patrick Rubie
Cancer Alternative by John August,
Santa sets a bad role model by Patrick Rubie
News by Ian Woolf
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kanagaroo cream to prevent skin cancer
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testosterone does not produce aggression in humans
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Methuselah Foundation's top 5 longevity discoveries for 2009
Presented by Patric Rubie
Produced by Ian Woolf
The ghost of Diffusion past - the Xmas show from 2000 in 20Kbs:
Myths and facts of the great Aussie Beer Gut by Nick Perkins,
Anthropomorphisation by Lachlan Whatmore,
Weird science by Gina Sartore
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GM Potato glows when it needs water
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why penguins waddle
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Santa suits banned in Mexico News by Nick Perkins
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I'm Not Dead Yet gene doubles lifespan
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Cell phones don't cause brain cancer
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Big backside print may prove Big Foot?
Presented by Adam Mark,
Produced by Lachlan Whatmore
Panelled by Ian Woolf
Pahia Cooper picks her favourite inventions of 2009: the Lung flute, greensulate mushroom packaging, and the Mindflex.
Aaron Cook interviews Pahia Cooper about her experiences travelling in the Questacon Science Circus.
News by Aaron Cook
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how to grow a new leg,
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an 8 legged handy-man,
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What is the scientific speed to pull off band-aids?
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
ET won't go home by Marc West and Darren Osborne, the beer drinking scientists,
The Science of Choice is explored as Ian Woolf interviews Dr Stephen Bush of the Centre for the Study of Choice, at the University of Technology, Sydney.
News by Aaron Cook
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More Hadron Collider
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Massive Iceberg heads for Oz
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Whoâs been farting on Mars?
Presented by Ian Woolf
Panelled and produced by Patrick Rubie
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 space, crustaceans combat climate change, and male contraceptive hormones.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Dr Ross Hill explains to Ian Woolf how the acidification of the oceans is causing osteoporosis in tropical reefs.
Lachlan Whatmore reports on Apple's lemon, and the mangrove invasion of fresh-water wetlands.
Ian Woolf reports on Locked-in syndrome and facilitated communication, chemical sensors and microscope attachments for phones.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Use the cold of space to cool your home with Angus Gentle and Ian Woolf.
Search for alien life and Extraterrestrial Intelligence with Carol Oliver and Marc West.
Visits Bondi Beach with Ian Woolf, to explore the futuristic cybernetic world of Augmented Reality with pioneers Rob Manson and Chris Betcha.
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Lachlan Whatmore gets squishy on ya with immortal jellyfish.
Victoria Bond eulogises the Mars rovers,
Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf discuss new understandings about short-sightedness,
Ian Woolf and Pat Rubie collide with bread and hadrons
Lachlan Whatmore eulogises mighty biochemist Mildred Cohn. Presented by Patrick Rubie,
Produced by Lachlan Whatmore,
and panelled by Patrick Rubie
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 will be challenging!
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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 pill.
News by Victoria Bond
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protons re-introduced to the LHC
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Swine flu is nothing to sneeze at
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rebuilding glaciers
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electric field therapy kills cancer
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Prime numbers, secret messages and quantum teleportation!
Marc West explore prime numbers and speaks to Terrance Tao.
Ian Woolf and Marc West discuss Quantum technology - quantum entanglement, quantum cryptography and quantum teleportation. News by Marc West
-Mobile phones make you vague,
-relax for IVF,
-why we like drinks that fizz,
-batteries made from salty paper.
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf.
"Worms worms worms" by Lachlan Whatmore
"Science Trivia" hosted by Victoria Bond. Contributors are Lachlan Whatmore, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie
"The number 30" by Patrick Rubie
News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
-Evolutionary Leap
-Hadron Collider
-Placebo Effects
-Global Melting
Music:
Tom Glazer - "What makes the weather"
"It's a Scientific Fact"
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore
Panelled by Ian Woolf
Produced by Patrick Rubie
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 by Marc West
Vaccine expert Victoria Bond
What are the seven secrets of successful online dating? Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf unravel the mysteries
'Brain spindles that minds are made of' Nija Dalal talks to Charles Siebert about our brains.
And Patrick Rubie reveals bacterial artists that draw our attention in the latest science news
Presented by Ian Woolf
Co-produced by Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf
Marc West explains the new dust storms that have hit Australia,
Marc and Ian Woolf discuss whether the internet is addictive,
and just how smart are dogs really?
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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
Fighting HIV' Patrick Rubie interviews Andrew Low from the Centre for Excellence in Medical Research, the University of British Columbia about the newest weapons to fight HIV.
Lachlan Whatmore presents Part 2 of his tribute to Les Paul, honouring a man of musical genius
News by Patrick Rubie
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Faster Brains
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Bushwalking Invasion
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore
Produced by Patrick Rubie
We get you up with the science of coffee, take you on a journey of musical genius with guitarist Les Paul, and generally squeeze so much science out of your stomach that you'll need a gastric bi-pass.
Lachlan Whatmore talks about the musical genius of Les Paul
Marc West tackles the science of coffee
Hosted by Victoria Bond, Panelled and Produced by Marc West.
The final song is "Dark Mathematics" by Emergency Calls (used with permission on podcast)
Marc West interviews astronomical artist Jon Lomberg about sending art to aliens on the Voyager space probe,
The science of cocktails! Is there really such a thing? Marc West investigates at the Ultimo Science Festival with celebrity chef Manuel Terron,
Ian Woolf interviews Brian Lennon at the Live Futures festival about a power source that is cheap, clean and local - geothermal power from hot rocks under our feet, and the Emissions Trading Scheme - will it work?
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Caitlin Howlett interviews Kate Hennessy, editor of 10daysofscience.com about the Ultimo Science Festival,
Victoria Bond celebrates 400 years of Galilean astronomy,
Dan Keogh and Caitlin Howlett lead a discussion on the science of marijuana with
Celine Steinfield, Victoria Bond, Kate Hennessy and Ian Woolf - it really addictive?,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Marc West talks with Jacqui Hayes about the HelloFromEarth.net project,
From the Live Futures Festival, Dr Zheng asks us about what it should be like to live in cities in the future,
Natalie Roland talks to Ian Woolf about the Live Local project at Live Futures,
News by Caitlin Howlett,
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face reading differs across cultures
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why people need different amounts of sleep
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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
Australian uranium, the weapons makers who own it, and the new weapons in our region by Ian Woolf,
Karaoke therapy helping people suffering mild aphasia to speak more clearly by Ian Woolf,
Superstition and the stock market by Marc West,
News by Kalvin Ng,
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sea levels to rise by up to 79 centimetres
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Touvalu goes for 100% green electricity
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Saturn has a longer day
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are women more detail oriented than men?
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swinging is more efficient
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf speaks to Deborah Kneeshaw about using Design thinking to solve the world's problems,
Lachaln Whatmore explains the nature of coral reefs to Marc West,
News by Ian Woolf
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unseen giant object crashes into Jupiter
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circumcising men doesn't protect women from HIV
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf informs us on 10 Apollo 11 facts that will surprise you,
Ian and Marc West chat the science and politics of moon landings, and we
feature some out-of-this-world music.
And just for balance, we come back to Earth and under the ocean to talk to Scott Portelli about whales!
Produced by Marc West
Contributors: Marc West, Ian Woolf
Futurist Janine Cahill interviewed by Ian Woolf about how we are living in an era where the impossible is becoming possible, News by Ian Woolf
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Photographic memory pills,
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Caffeine may reverse Alzheimers
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zapping brains for awareness
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Urine powered cars
Presented by Patrick Rubie,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Caitlin Howlett explores wildlife corridors,
Marc West looks for the correlations between cricket and weather,
Ian Woolf looks at a lack of randomness in the Iranian election statistics,
News by Caitlin Howlett
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Eco race,
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shrinking sheep,
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pulsars,
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black holes,
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improving sperm
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Did you have an imaginary friend? Do you think the scientific establishment is suppressing alternative theories? Caitlin Howlett discusses giraffe evolution and Saturn's moons, and the benefits of imaginary conversations. John August debates the Ritzian alternative to Einstein's relativity with Ian Woolf. Marc West looks at the correlation between zombies, vampires and elections. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.
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 giant sperm.
Produced and Presented by Patrick Rubie
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.
Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about his research into how poisons from spiders can stop insects spreading disease and eating our food,
and talks to Dr Pascal Lee about the NASA mission to send humans to Mars.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf.
Darren Osborne talks to Dr Henner Busemann from the University of Manchester about dust older than the solar system.
Marc West talks to Associate Professor Stephanie Schuckers from Clarkson University talks to Marc West about identifying people through their biometrics.
And Marc West and Victoria Bond tackle the modern topic of recycling condoms - can it be done?
News by Victoria Bond
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fluorescent primates
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wooden plastic
Presented and produced by Marc West
Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about Cigutera zombie fish poison,
Darwinius, science and the media by Victoria Bond, with discussion from Kalvin Ng and Ian Woolf,
News by Kalvin Ng
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territory disputes over underwater minerals
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tortured mocking birds
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showering ducks
News by Victoria Bond
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Getting Down with cancer
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asthma can be caused by eczema
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
'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, Marc West, Lachlan Whatmore and Patrick Rubie,
News by Patrick Rubie
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office work a pain in the neck
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sea cucumbers mop up CO2
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore
Produced by Patrick Rubie
Marc West joins Dr Luke Hunter for a beer and a chat about designing
organic molecules. John August gets swept away by tornadoes, and is
there really a link between music preference and intelligence?
Produced by Marc West, presented and panelled by Ian Woolf
Martin Faccinni talks about why you should vaccinate,
and how to protect yourself against all flu infections with Marc West and Ian Woolf,
Marc West interviews Dr Katerina Mickac about the invasion of alien species,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Marc West interviews Dr Ben McNeil about alternative Energy and Australia,
News by Ian Woolf, with discussion from Marc West and John August
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CSIRO win their patent battle against 14 US Giants,
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A hard limit on your social network size proved with Xmas cards and the Church of England?
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf interviews economist Joffre Bolce about the Global Financial Crisis,
Marc West speaks with Dr Ben McNeil about Climate change policy,
News by Victoria Bond
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solar power from space for Fresno,
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National Ignition Facility tries laser fusion
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Earthquakes predicted by clouds, for Iran
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sponges without biofilms fight disease
Presented by Patrick Rubie,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Lachlan Whatmore decribes the history of the Polio vaccine,
Lachlan, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss if Twitter is just for twits,
News by Ian Woolf
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Mitsubishi electric cars for Oz?
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Nano-batteries
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virus build batteries
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hot drink alert
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Marc West interviews Dr Ben McNeil about Climate Change science and policy,
Ian Woolf feeds his Carnivorous plants,
News by Ian Woolf
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Solar cycle could get noisy
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Strangers make better mates
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Genes diversify in hard times
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Muhsin Karim explains the big issues of tiny stem cells,
Ian Woolf looks for Dark aliens,
News by Ian Woolf
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Twin paradox in DNA profiling
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Mad cows come unstuck
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Diabetic sugar
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Futurist Janine Cahill explains to Ian Woolf how to listen to gentle whispers,
Google Guru Jim Stewart discusses the ACMA black-list of material censored in Australia,
Protesters puzzled by banning of funny cat pictures and witch-hunting,
Colin Jacobs from Electronic Frontiers Australia explains why Internet censorship is a political problem, not a technical problem.
News by Kalvin Ng
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underwater eruption
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self-healing cars
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Tiger ID
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teenage space balloon
Presented by Charles Willock,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Nick Evershed interviews Dr. Lindy Lumsden about Pipistrelle bats near extinction on Christmas Island,
Ian Woolf gives his view of the New Scientist interview assertion that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is "almost all in the mind",
Marc West examines correlation and causation,
News by Jacqui Hayes
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Older parents statistically have less intelligent children
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Stem cell policy change
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DNA confirms Tsar's children died with the Tsar
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf
International Women's Day 2009 with Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf,
Gender bending stories:
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phthalates feminise boys
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half boy half girl bird brain
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sixth sense switches mice gender
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gender gene identified
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Gender and sex identity development
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gender development disorders
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Turner sydnrome
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Kleinfelter syndrome
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hermaphroditism and gender assignment
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testosterone receptor insensitivity
Women in Science:
Marie Curie,
Rosalind Franklin,
Rachel Carson
Presented by Victoria Bond, Produced by Ian Woolf
Marc West talks to Bianca Nogrady from New Scientist Magazine about the last 3 unknown facts of our solar system.
Lachlan Whatmore pays a tribute to a special lady called Ruby and explains why babies are so warm.
Patrick Rubie will change the way you think about fish…forever
News by Patrick Rubie
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Migrating Planets
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Mutated HIV
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Bilirubin in plants
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore, Produced by Patrick Rubie
Patrick Rubie sees a green comet,
meningitis in disguise,
and beta blocks memories.
Ian Woolf looks at medical tattoos,
with commentary from Drew Shobbrook.
Marc West interviews Bianca Nogrady about the mysteries of our solar system.
Presented by Patrick Rubie and produced by Ian Woolf
Tilly Boleyn, Chris Stewart and Jacqui Hayes have the latest news about fetal alcohol syndrome, the FAST telescope in China, spray-on solar panels and they ask, "Cassowary are you?" Produced by Jacqui Hayes, panelled by Tilly Boleyn.
Drew Shobbrook explains how to be smart about being electronically mobile,
Patrick Rubie sights land whales,
Walking trees cross Ian Woolf's path,
while unhealthy chickens get peckish,
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Sarah Wood investigates which contraception is better for the environment - the pill or condoms?
Caitlin Howlett has a brain-busting quiz.
News by Jacqui Hayes
-where happy Australians are living
-why we yawn
Presented by Sarah Wood
Produced by Jacqui Hayes
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
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generate power from water flowing in buildings
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the cloak of invisibility is now tunable
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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 Ng
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New climate change advisers for Obama
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Energy sources ranked
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Oestradiol causes affairs
Presented by Jacquie Hayes
Produced by Patrick Rubie
Marc West consults Bianca Nogrady about Santa's gut,
Patrick Rubie tucks into kangaroo for science,
News by Patrick Rubie
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Consumer electronics show
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adolescent baldness
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tasmanian devil sailing
Presented by Derek Muller and produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf looks inside the minds eye 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 the Happy Singer reviews the news in impromptu song,
Dave Sings Monty Python's Universe song,
Presented by Marc West
Produced by Ian Woolf
For the last show of 2008, 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 tells a tale of eight-tentacled fury at the Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany.
And in our last news of 2008 Marc West reveals secrets of Santa!
Presented by Darren Osborne
Produced by Patrick Rubie
Panelled by Ian Woolf
The mistletoe: naughty or nice\? by Patrick Rubie
Otto the kranky octopus by Ian Woolf
Guess the infectious diseases with Victoria Bond and Jamie Leclerc
News by Marc West – Infectious Happiness and secrets of Santa
Marc West interviews Hayley Birch organiser of the Geek Pop Festival,
Marc West and Darren Osborne reflect on the science that made the news in 2008,
news on Santa dealing with global warming and the
global financial crisis, Reindeer science
Produced and Presented by Marc West
Ian Woolf speaks with Sam, organiser of the protest,
Fiona Patten convenor of the Australian Sex Party,
and finally Dave the Happy Singer and Percy from the Digital Liberty Coalition,
News by Kalvin Ng
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dying coral reefs,
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relating to artificial people,
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ancient cannabis in China.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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 Technology, Sydney about the science of hot leaves,
News by Kalvin Ng and Monica Sharma,
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body swapping
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software to make you statistically beautiful,
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heart attacks prevent heart attacks,
Ian Woolf rallies the Internet censorship protest around Australia on December 13th 2008
Presented by Kalvin Ng, and produced by Ian Woolf
News by Marc West
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global warming and the next ice age,
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wine's bubbles can track the carbon dioxide from fossil fuels,
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dating glaciers by atomic bomb residue,
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wind farms may create weather,
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celestial smiley face
Ian Woolf talks parasite wisdom with Professor John Dalton, director of the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, UTS, who researches how to exploit parasite's knowledge of our immune system to cure diseases.
Caitlin Howlett tell us about sugar in space, which may point at life, and how water is a greenhouse gas.
Ian Woolf reports on solar powered sea slugs on the sea floor that can make food from sunlight.
Monica Sharma updates us on the fate of the spiders in space, and how a brain implant is giving a paralysed man the power of speech,
Caitlin Howlett reports on how turtles evolved their shells,
Presented by Monica Sharma, produced by Ian Woolf
PhD student Phoebe Peters talks with Ian Woolf about how life itself really works and how cells reproduce.
Cyling scientist Chris Lauf describes his 7 month science education adventure around Queensland to Caitlin Howlett.
Cart washes with Kalvin Ng,
Spiders and butterflys in space by Monica Sharma,
Global warming prevents an Ice Age by Patrick Rubie,
and CNN and Telstra "holograms" with Ian Woolf,
Presented by Caitlin Howlett, and produced by Ian Woolf.
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 the whales versus the US Navy,
Presented by Monica Sharma and produced by Ian Woolf.
Associate Professor Kendal McGuffie from the Physics department at UTS, tells Ian Woolf about tracking the movement of water by weight to find out how forests use water and effect the climate.
Marc West phones Dr Christopher Pettigrew from Cork University in Ireland to find out how to apply for the American Association for the Advancement of Science PhD interprative dance competition.
Kalvin Ng bring us the latest news about bird flu.
Presented by Kalvin Ng and produced by Ian Woolf.
Ghost-hunting by Android Amy Bullen,
the Living Dead bacteria by Lyncanthropic Ian Woolf,
Greg Skilbeck explains how sediment from the sea bed tells the tale of climates past,
News by Murderous Marc West,
- Vampire Moths
Presented by Murderous Marc West,
Produced by Lyncanthrope Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf interviews UTS Head of Physics Michael Ford about how to make matter do whatever you wish by controlling the size and shape of nano-particles,
Marc West goes on a pub crawl of science-related pubs in London.
News by Marc West and Ian Woolf
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a competition for interprative dances based on PhD theses,
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factors to make your brain grow
Presented by Nick Evershed,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Pick-up lines by Victoria Bond and Patrick Rubie,
118118 challenge by Marc West,
The brain's reward by Amy Bullen,
News by Victoria Bond and Patrick Rubie,
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obesity and pleasure
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internet surfing keeps your brain young
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf interviews Samuel Braunstein about quantum teleportation, how to get yourself faxed from A to B, without travelling in the space in-between,
Patrick Rubie explains part 1 of his Science and History of Radio,
News by Ian Woolf,
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Medical Chocolate from Mars,
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Fertile greetings from females
Music: Pi Man by Unicron's Revenge (Sydney band)
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Our closest relatives are all of us,
You can learn to change the way genes are expressed in your body,
Ben Herbert explains proteomics,
Melinda Hall King explains childhood deception,
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf speaks with Peter Ralph about global warming modelling, from coral bleaching to Antarctic algae,
Patrick Rubie examines the issue, are robots better than androids? R2D2 or CP30?
News by Victoria Bond, read by Dean Procter:
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Personal genetic screening
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Mothballs and life
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LHC melts down
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blindness cured by gene therapy
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human clones in Sydney
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf with technical support from Victoria Bond
Victoria Bond tells us all about blood and the history of blood transfusions,
Ian Woolf interviews Graziella Caprarelli, Space Scientist for the Department of Environmental Sciences at University of Technology Sydney about volcanoes in space,
the latest scientific news, from Cubans in space to health-conscious computer geeks reviewed by Ian Woolf, Patrick Rubie and Sam Conyngham
Presented and produced by Patrick Rubie
The Large Hadron Collider switch-on discussed by Victoria Bond, Patrick Rubie, and Ian Woolf,
Jason Heimaster brings a critical eye to Conspiracy Theories,
News by Victoria Bond
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familiarity breeds contempt
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gentler needles from mosquitoes,
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listener auto-complete sentences
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf, with technical support from Patrick Rubie.
John August sends a Postcard from Britain in the 1870's.
Ian Woolf speaks with Melinda Hall King about hynotherapy,
Melinda and Ian talk about the Science festival, Scepticism and the Placebo effect.
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf.
Muhsin Karim explores the bionic soldier and Brain Computer Interfaces,
Ian Woolf has the last word with Brian Lennon from the Live Futures 2020 festival about the
opportunities offered by large amounts of cheap, clean alternative power.
Jacqui Hayes brings the week in review:
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Landmine tobacco
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Tree-man
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Cow compasses
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cognitive magic
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf.
In this special edition from the Live Futures 2020 Festival,
Brian Lennon speaks to Ian Woolf about the Fab Lab that could make anything with 3D printers,
and cars that run on used vegetable oil left over from fish and chip shops.
Jacqui Hayes reviews elephants who count, and how to read men's faces.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf.
Lachlan Whatmore puts steam to work,
Jacqui Hayes and Caitlin Howlett review the week in science
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happiness science,
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giant wallabies in Tasmania
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confirmation that contraceptive pills reverse attraction
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vaccination against alcoholic pleasure
Amy Bullen examines the ultimate cheating drug - the placebo,
News by Ian Woolf
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synthetic telepathy
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anti-aging drugs keep your cells clean
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chilli heat not just an illusion
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cannabis and opium to prevent addiction
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Victoria Bond finds out if the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the world,
Ian Woolf talks to Professor Mike Cortie about zapping gold nanoparticles in your body with lasers to cure mind-control parasites,
News by Patrick Rubie
- King Tut's foetuses
- solar power at night
- smart bricks
- dandelion rubber
Produced and Presented by Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf reports the latest in the war on aging,
the Live Futures Festival to be held simultaneously in Newtown and Second Life on August 17th,
and The doomed attempt of the commercial SpaceX Falcon 1 spacecraft to launch over the weekend.
Dr Stephen Graves talks to Ian about the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Conference in Cambridge. What is Chronic fatigue Syndrome? What are the causes and what is it like to be struck down by the illness? Why is it still the invisible illness so many years after its discovery in the 1980's?
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Martin Faccini investigates the controversy over whether the Mumps Measles and Rubella (MMR) Vaccination causes austism in children,
Panel discussion of vaccination as a civil liberty issue by Martin Faccini and Ian Woolf,
News by Ian Woolf,
- Viagra for depressed women
- lasers for youth
- urine on your mind
Produced and Presented by Ian Woolf
Cloning 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 NASA
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Heading towards a BioUtopia by Richard Hindmarsh, reviewed by Muhsin Karim,
Panel discussion of Ross Garnaut's draft report on climate change for the Australian government by Lachlan Whatmore, Patrick Rubie, Vicky Saunders, Adrian Saunders, and Ian Woolf,
News by Ian Woolf
- Chimps play to their audience,
- Real snail mail,
- plastic conductors,
- magic half-time oranges,
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Syphilis in Australia by John August,
Interview with Professor Christopher
Fairley by John August,
News by Ian Woolf,
- Migraine zapping,
- see-through, bendy batteries,
- World's oldest computer music
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Lachlan Whatmore looks at waterwheels and other ancient machines,
Patrick Rubie talks to the president of the Sydney University Holistic Society,
News by Ian Woolf,
- solar powered solar power
- neurology of cinema
- erasable printing paper
produced by Lachlan Whatmore
Lachlan Whatmore talks to Dr Helen Reed from the Metereology Bureau about La Nina,
Ian talks to Chris Watkins about appropriate technology and Appropedia,
News by Victoria Bond
- coffee good for you
- cone of silence invented
- white stuff on Mars
Presented by Ian Woolf,
Produced by Lachlan Whatmore.
News 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 the news, staying young by staying with the young, and the portable hug with Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie,
Can Dolphins Talk? by Ian Woolf,
Produced and Presented by Ian Woolf.
Cannabis: shrinking brains or fighting fear? by Patrick Rubie
Epigenetics by Tilly Boleyn and Jacqui Hayes
(taken from 2SERs Friday Daily 06/06/08)
Less money, more fat by Patrick Rubie
News prepared by Ian Woolf and read by Patrick Rubie
- Fruits for power
- Old inside, young outside
Presented and Produced by Patrick Rubie
Martin Facini explores Mars with the Phoenix lander,
Ian Woolf talks with Professor Barry Vercoe about the One Laptop Per Child Foundation in Australia,
Is space exploration worth it? Discussion by Patrick Rubie, Martin Facini and Ian Woolf,
Presented by Patrick Rubie,
Produced by Ian Woolf.
Inside your brain with Muhsin Karim,
Watching the Water: Interview by Amy Bullen with Clunies Ross Award winner Iven Mareels,
News by Jacqui Hayes,
- Panda's survive the Chinese Earthquake,
- Interplanetary locust robots,
- Bubonic plague's secret weakness
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Music: "The Best Imitation of Myself by Ben Fold"
'Rock radar and solar cells' (The ATSE Clunies Ross Awards: part 1) - Amy Bullen interviews two award-winning scientists, David Noon and Stuart Wenham on their inventions
'A tribute to David Attenborough' by Victoria Bond and Martin Facini
Discussion forum on Richard Dawkins''Enemy of Reason'
News by Ian Woolf
- Safe sex science
- Design your own phone
Presented and Produced by Patrick Rubie
Sample of 'It's a scientific fact' by Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans in outro
Amy Bullen and Chris Rehberg interview Professor Mike Morwood about the Hobbits of Flores,
Lachlan Whatmore talks about the stinging Irukandji jellyfish of Australia,
News by Ian Woolf,
It takes two people to trick the masses,
Solar electric cars for cities
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
Music: Upside Down by Jack Johnson from the Curious George soundtrack CD
Ian Woolf looks at chocolate physiology,
John August continues his battle with syphilis and the world,
and Lachlan talks to space engineer George Graves.
News by Patrick Rubie,
Presented and produced by Lachlan Whatmore.
Almost extinct animals with Chris Rehberg,
Lucid Dreamer Amy Bullen,
News by Ian Woolf
- peering phones
- Chicken X prize
- pig plastic
Presented by Amy Bullen,
Produced by Ian Woolf.
This Ponderous by 2NU2
Tasmanian 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
John August gives us Syphilis,
Chris Rehberg chases Singleton Big Cats,
News by Patrick Rubie and Victoria Bond,
- remote lie detection
- two faced girl
- spinal healing with nano-polymers
- piezoelectric nano-fibres rub up some power
Multilingual dyslexia and super-powerful lasers by Patrick Rubie,
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf
Thermoregulation with Frank Seebacher interviewed by Jesse Silverman
The irreducibly complex Michael Behe by Alex Jordan
News by Jesse Silverman
- life from space
- hobbits
- Ancient sea monsters
- AIDS resistance
- Antarctic giants
Presented by Carla Avolio
Produced by Ian Woolf
We Come From Monkeys by Emerald Rose
Fast, cheap and wireless by Ian Woolf
Silky spidery secretions' by Lachlan Whatmore with discussion by Patrick Rubie, Ian Woolf and Victoria Bond
News by Victoria Bond
- bacteria fighting bacteria
- iodine-deficient cavemen
- cancer-killing viruses
Presented by Patrick Rubie
Produced by Patrick Rubie
Songs:
'Big Scary Monsters' by Sar Friedman
'The Spider' by Flanders and Swan
Sample of 'Technologic' by Daft Punk
Space probe Galileo by Lachlan Whatmore
Quantum cryptography by Amy Bullen
News by Ian Woolf,
- Superconductors,
- Nanowires
- Counting Fish
Presented by Amy Bullen
Produced by Lachlan Whatmore
Space probes by Lachlan Whatmore
Sustainable housing interview with Vaughn Gray of Engineers without Borders by Amy Bullen,
News by Patrick Rubie
short people are more jealous,
self-healing artificial joints
butterflys remember their childhood
Presented and produced by Lachlan Whatmore
Lachlan Whatmore explores the mysterious world of echinoderms, Ian Woolf reveals the illusion of scarcity, and the panel discusses the latest brain research, including gaming gadgets and why puberty is so difficult. Presented by Amy Bullen and produced by Jacqui Hayes.
'ID card pensions' by Ian Woolf
'Synaesthesia' by Charles Willock
'Power-dressing giant frogs' by Tilly Boleyn and Evan Shapiro
News by Patrick Rubie
- Wild winter viruses
- snake jaws sailing sound waves
- solving a 140 year old equation
Presented by Lara Davis
Produced by Patrick Rubie
Song 'Thumbnail 160 -Atomic Energy'
Outro contains a sample of 'It's a Scientific Fact'
Religion versus Science by Michelle Kovacevic,
Sex bypasses the spine for the injured by Ian Woolf,
Facing up to automatic ID recognition by Tilly Boleyn and Evan Shapiro,
Calculating your caffeine by Ian Woolf,
News by Ian Woolf
- artificial sweeteners make you fat
- G-spot imaged
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Goat sacrifices of the military by Ian Woolf,
Wired Beds by Tilly Boleyn and Evan Shapiro,
Junk DNA points the way by Patrick Rubie,
Female rats prefer males with recent sexual experience by Patrick Rubie,
Jacqui Hayes interviews Chris Lauf of the Cycling Scientists and their travelling energy show,
http://www.cyclingscientists.com
Presented by Patrick Rubie,
Produced by Ian Woolf.
'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
Outro contains a sample of 'Love will tear us apart again' by Yha Khut
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore
Produced by Patrick Rubie
News and views by Tilly Boleyn (speaking with Evan Shapiro)
New Hepatitis C treatment by John August
Good and Bad Radiation by Michelle Kovacevic
Presented by the ever elegant Lindsey Gray
Technical assistance by Ian Woolf
Additional contribution by Joanne Chang
Edited by Tilly Boleyn
Free will or zombie-hood explored by Amy Bullen,
Medical myths dispelled by Michelle Kovacevic,
Hot sex changing lizards get cool with Jacqui Hayes,
Michelle Kovacevic, Amy Bullen, and Patrick Rubie.
News by Patrick Rubie:
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Virgin Galactic spaceship 2,
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Upsizing dimensions with Artificial Intelligence,
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Searching and rewarding the searching and rewarding area of the brain
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Aztecs sacrificed young boys
Presented by Jacqui Hayes,
Produced by Ian Woolf.
News and views by Jacqui Hayes.
Lindsey Gray with a slick coverage of the competing crude oil formation theories.
Matt Clarke couldn't help but tell us about monkey prostitution and pornography.
Intelligent musings from Michelle Kovacevic.
Produced and presented by Tilly Boleyn.