Diffusion Science radio
1,024 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIf you like a good, broad mix of Science - new science, hard science, pop science, historical science and very silly science, listen to Diffusion.
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Extremophiles and The Vision Revolution
February 11, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBFrom 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
Colour evolution and Darwin part 6
February 04, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBDo 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
Fecal transplants and Darwin part 5
January 28, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan 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
Crab torture and Darwin part 4
January 21, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBPained 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
Horizontal genes and Darwin part 3
January 14, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBNatural 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
Octopus bush and Darwin part2
January 07, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBNews 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
Tilting at windmills, Natural Selection
December 31, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan 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
The Joy of Diffusion
December 24, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBMarc 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
Privacy, Cosmic Rays and burning cold
December 17, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBDissolving 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
Open Source Cryptoparty
December 10, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBArwen 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
The Singularity and Nuclear Medicine (encore)
December 03, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MB(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
Robots, Newton, Teller and Fugu
November 26, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBTherese 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
Algae oil and CFS
November 19, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBBrian 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
Fukushima stresses Europe, Petrol from air
November 12, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBTherese 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
Crown of thorns, and Single cell science
November 05, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBJames 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
Roulette, Nobels, Rocking Science
October 29, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBTherese 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 C...
Cute science, Smart slime and Beard beer
October 22, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBSecond 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
Singing mice, Ig Nobles and MooresCloud
October 15, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBLive 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 prod...
Hybrids, Healing Fat, Snap tentacles
October 08, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBArwen 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
Snail snorkels and authentic science
October 01, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBTherese 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
Voyager 1 and the Multiverses
September 24, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBTwitter 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
Carnivorous Pineapple Controversy
September 17, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan 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
Frozen memories and sex tentacles
September 10, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBIn 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.
Tassie Devil's Dilemma and the Big Chill
September 03, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBIn 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
Dragons, astronauts and surveillance
August 27, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan 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
Wallaby, damaged doubt, rat pilots
August 20, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBJulie-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
Belief updating kiwi
August 13, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBPart 2 of How To Change Your Mind by Nathan Sinclair, Lindsey Gray talks about Kiwis with Julie-Anne Popple, Therese Chen reports on: - Curiosity - Attenborough's Goblin - dolphin subcluture - oldest insect fossil James Millar reports on the ITER fusion reactor project Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
How to change your mind, snakes on a plane
August 06, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBNathan 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 cyberneti...
Frogs, wallabies and troubled turtles
July 23, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBJulie-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
Sizzled intelligence retention
July 16, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBJulie-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
Higgs tastes dark tendrils
July 09, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBVictoria 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
Sick prawns and sleep rehearsal
July 02, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBJulie-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
Species Invasion and Burritobot
June 25, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan 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
Extreme Science Experience special
June 18, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBAt 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 ...
From 2007: ID Card special
June 11, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBIn 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
Too smart phones, Venus and Science
June 04, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBTherese 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
Gigabit wires and 3D Printers
May 28, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBIn 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
The Seven Deadly Things
May 21, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBTherese 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
Teleportation and Quack Physics
May 14, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBJulie-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
Pokemon thrips, and night at the disease museum
May 07, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan 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
Hot locusts and digital contact lenses
April 30, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBPatrick Rubie reports the news: - left handed sports - zebra fish heart stem cells - 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
Digging for Cicadas, Glow-worms and Life on Mars
April 23, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBTherese 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
Smart Sand, Video Glasses, Electric Universe
April 16, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBLarissa 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
Starfish and talking corn
April 09, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBTherese 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
Super Vaccines Meat Ice-cream bees!
April 02, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBVictoria 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
MMORPG peers, and deep voices
March 26, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBTherese 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
Trusted computing and ant beauticians
March 19, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBJulie-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
Coral Art Life Science TV Eyes
March 12, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBJulie-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...
Phone fears, eco-kids and DNA nanopores
March 05, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBLarissa 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
Kind meat, ant war and Techfest2012
February 27, 2012 07:30 - 35.1 MBJulie-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