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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Savannasaurus and teenaged blood
December 05, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBMice fed human blood get younger by Ian Woolf, Dr Stephen Poropat talks about Savannasaurus to Barry McKay. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Seagrasses, Art and Maggots revisted
November 28, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBNo 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 to Ian Woolf, Presented by Dr Julie-Anne Popple, Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Dinosaurs and the CSIRO
November 21, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBCSIRO now allowed to do science for the public good by Ian Woolf, Barry McKay speaks with Phil Hore about Australia's dinosaurs, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Longevity policy undetectable faces
November 14, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBFooling facial recognition by Ian Woolf, Avinash Singh talks about changing Government policy so we all live longer, Listener's letters, Annals of Improbable Research 24/7 Lecture on Jet lag genes. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Biohacking longevity automated heroics
November 07, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBShould automated car owners get a free ride? by Ian Woolf Meow Ludo Meow-Meow talks about biohacking longevity. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Oz nuclear dump and virtual biohacking
October 31, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBTaking a nuclear dump on Australia by Ian Woolf Brennan Hatton talks about biohacking augmented reality Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Diamonds and milk
October 24, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBDevil milk and cockroach milk by Ian Woolf, Igor Aharonovich talks about using diamonds for biosensors, communications, computing and research. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Biomimicry and coral bones
October 17, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBUltrasound for younger brains by Ian Woolf, Krishneel Singh talks about making bone out of stem cells from fat using inspiration from coral. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Photobiomodulation and bees
October 10, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBBees teach pulling strings, Bees count to four, Fruit fly brain ageing reversed with spermadine by Ian Woolf. Daniel Johnstone uses photo-bio-modulation to treat neuro-degenerative diseases. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Weird pets, possums and blood vessels
October 03, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MB2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine, Wifi emotions by Ian Woolf, Stewart McPherson travels the world documenting nature - part 2, Bright spark challenge: - Edward Waters, University of Notre Dame – Possums: furry friend or filthy foe? - Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina, UNSW – Blood supply: the missing piece of the bioartificial organ puzzle Bloodmobile by They Might Be Giants. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Save the carnivorous plants
September 26, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBOldest computer music restored by Ian Woolf, Stewart McPherson talks about climbing 300 mountains to research 25 books and films on carnivorous plants and their conservation - part 1. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Rhino horn, mitochondria and GenSpace
September 19, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBCarnivorous plants fluoresce blue by Ian Woolf, Fresh Science Bright Sparks Challenge: Kyle Ewart identifies rhino horn, Minal Menezes detects mitonchondrial diseases, Dr Ellen Jorgenson talks about GenSpace. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Open Source Science Accelerates
September 12, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBMicrosoft Excel breaks science by Ian Woolf, Matt Todd explains Open Source Science for Malaria research, part 2. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Open Source Malaria
September 05, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBChronic Fatigue Syndrome is like hibernation? by Ian Woolf, Associate Professor Mat Todd talks about Open Source Malaria research - part 1. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Frog leg steak art Innovation
August 29, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBAlcohol causes cancer by Ian Woolf, Oron Catts talks about Symbiotica and frog leg steak art, Richard Brophy talks about Innocators Club, Part 2 of Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn on electronic health records. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
My Health Record - private?
August 22, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBGrow your own rocket fuel, by Ian Woolf Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn talks about privacy problems with Australia's national electronic health records. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Exo-planets - another Earth?
August 15, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBHas 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 Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Life, the Universe and Carnivorous plants
August 08, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBPlants 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, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Cenusfail or Privacy?
August 01, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBCensus 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. Honest Australian Census advert by The Juice media Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Retro trivia special
July 25, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBIan 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? Produced and Panelled by Marc West Also starring Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Fine tuning for life
July 18, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBRat robot stingrays have heart by Ian Woolf, Luke Barnes discusses how finely tuned the Universe is for life, Callisto by the Ephemera Ensemble. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Music inspired by Space
July 11, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBBrain scan bugs by Ian Woolf, Keyna Wilkins talks about creating music inspired by Astronomy, Paul Francis has transcoded radio astronomy signals into haunting sounds. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Oz in High Earth Orbit
July 04, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBCFS 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 Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Science Party Election bonus edition
July 01, 2016 08:00 - 39.8 MBBrendan 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. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Swarm Intelligence
June 27, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBFair 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Heat shock physics poetry
June 20, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBAutism 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Cellf - Making a musician
June 13, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBThe 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
More Carbs for longer life
June 06, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBSolar 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Seahorse sex and smart looms
May 30, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBExcitement in the air by Ian Woolf, Camilla Whittington talks about seahorse sex, Seahorse by Jonathan Coulton from jonathancoulton.com, Andrew Whalen talks about Robobuilt smart looms. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Solar racing and women's ageing part 2
May 23, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBAustralian 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Slowing women's ageing
May 16, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBGiant black hole discovered - announced in Parliament by Ian Woolf, Judy Ford talks about slowing women's ageing part 1, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
RobotX Carp telepresence
May 09, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBCarp! by Ian Woolf, A round-up of the Australian Biological Ageing Conference by Ian Woolf - part 2, Jarrah Peddie talks about the RobotX competition and Underwater Autonomous Vehicles at CeBIT, Jake Fountain returns to talks about Tele-presence and tele-soccer, at CeBIT. I Feel Fantastic by Jonathan Coulton, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Pulsar glitching 2 and Biological Ageing
May 02, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBA round-up of the Australian Biological Ageing Conference, part 1 by Ian Woolf, Jim Palfreyman talks about glitching pulsar discoveries, part 2. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Pursuing pulsars, part 1
April 25, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBThought texting in development by Ian Woolf, Part 1 of Jim Palfreyman talking about his research into the Vela pulsar. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Biohacking baby formula
April 18, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBElectric gustation by Ian Woolf, Meow Ludo talks about biohacking baby formula with proteins from breast milk. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Sly Mould
April 11, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBRobot cars driving blind people, direct to brain bionic eyes, and lithium for long life by Ian Woolf, Chris Reid talks about slime mould and their emergent behaviour. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
STEAM through space bubbles
April 04, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBIts raining innovation by Ian Woolf, Solange Cunin talks about launching QuebRider's STEAM projects, John Barrow talks about Eternal Bubble Multiverses, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Kids 3D print internet Barbie
March 28, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBStem 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
AI, Smart watches and augmented reality
March 21, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBNew physics may have been seen at LHC by Ian Woolf, PatCat talks about Artificial Intelligence, Smart watches and Augmented Reality. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Science Poetry Slam rewind
March 14, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBThis 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". Organised by Rebecca Rose, Jack Peck and Ariel Pavez. Recording by Merran Winchester. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
Embryonic stem cells and crocodiles redux
March 07, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBCrocodiles 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf (first broadcast 2013-07-22) Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Physics of Music revisted
February 26, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBFirst plants were carnivorous by Ian Woolf. Professor Joe Wolfe talks about the Physics of Music and Voice. (first broadcast 2013-07-01) Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Hackagong and Biofoundry
February 22, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBWater 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Fate of the Universe
February 15, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBGravitational waves, The Creeping Garden, Glowing waste is the best part? by Ian Woolf Professor John Barrow talks about where the Universe has been and where its going. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Innovation Engineering
February 08, 2016 08:00 - 30.3 MBClimate scientists protest on the streets by Ian Woolf, Rowan Braham talks about Innovation Engineering at Laing O'Rourke. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Space Psychology Array
February 01, 2016 07:30 - 30.3 MBElectric 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Blockchain Citizen Science
January 25, 2016 07:30 - 30.3 MBVenus 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Plasma Rocket Science
January 18, 2016 07:30 - 30.3 MBFree 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, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Star-seeking robots touch language
January 11, 2016 07:30 - 30.3 MBEye 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, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
Real Space Cowboys and Star AI
January 04, 2016 07:30 - 30.3 MBAlien 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. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution