

Diffusion Science radio
Ian Woolf
If 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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Feb 18, 2024 • 0sec
Lord Morton's Mare and robotic guitars
Dr Angela Crean explains environmental effects on fathers, and non-genetic inheritance in Lord Morton's mare and the quagga.
Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar.
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Feb 11, 2024 • 0sec
The Big Misunderstanding
Listen to Professor John Mattick explain why Junk DNA is the big misunderstanding of molecular biology.
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Feb 4, 2024 • 0sec
Nanoparticle breath on analogue Mars
Listen to Dr Renee Goreham talk about her research into applying nanoparticle detection to health, and news of missions to analogue Mars in Armenia.
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Jan 28, 2024 • 0sec
Chocolate fuel, steroids and roomba sumo
From 2006: Ian Woolf reports on fuel from waste,
Lachlan Whatmore on the Portuguese Man-of-War,
Matt Clarke on Roomba Sumo,
Lachlan Whatmore explains how steroids work, and how they mess you up,
Ian Woolf reports on magnetic implants,
Lachlan Whatmore reports on a gel that protects against AIDS.
Hosted by Matt Clarke,
Produced by Ian Woolf
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Jan 21, 2024 • 0sec
Choice Blindness
Listen how choice blindness can lead to people defending the opposite to their original opinion, whether it be in a taste test, a survey, or in a eyewitness suspect line up, and how to be less likely to be deceived.
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Jan 14, 2024 • 0sec
Comedy, housework and sex
From 2010: Listen to Marc West explain the correlation between sex and housework. Victoria Bond walks into a bar with science comedian Brian Malow. Aaron Cooke reports on starquakes, stroking rats, mosquito attraction, and how green tea fights cancer
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Jan 7, 2024 • 0sec
Music for moral equations...
Love songs aren't universally recognised,
Music helps students learn maths,
Music preferences predict moral values and vice versa
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Dec 28, 2023 • 0sec
2023 Ig Nobel Prizes - part 2
Listen to Part 2 of the Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, then makes you think, followed by the 24/7 lectures. Hosted by Marc Abrahams from the Annals of Improbable Research.
Produced by Ian Woolf
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Dec 25, 2023 • 0sec
2023 Ig Nobel Prizes - part 1
The Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, then makes you think! Hosted by Marc Abrahams from the Annals of Improbable Research. Part 2 next week
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Dec 18, 2023 • 0sec
AI has a human alignment problem
Listen to part 3 of Ian Woolf's chat with Transhumanist Brendan Clarke on how AI is being abused by people who's values are not aligned with society.
The Ignobel Prize 24/7 lectures where a researcher is given 24 seconds to describe their work, and then to explain it in just 7 words that anyone can understand.
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