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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Jul 13, 2025 • 0sec
Youth cocktail and B6 toxicity
Listen to the risks of vitamin B6 poisoning that can damage your nerves and make you fall,
and news of a cocktail that makes worms and mice younger.
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Jul 6, 2025 • 0sec
Trivia and Scary worms
From 2009:
"Worms worms worms" by Lachlan Whatmore
"Science Trivia" hosted by Victoria Bond.
"The number 30" by Patrick Rubie
News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
Evolutionary Leap, Hadron Collider and space drive,Placebo Effects, and Global Melting
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore
Produced by Ian Woolf
Produced by Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf
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Jun 29, 2025 • 0sec
Anomalies, blood and tornadoes
Listen to John August from 2009 talk about travelling in tornadoes.
News of mystery radio signals, a hole in the magnetosphere, and artificial blood.
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Jun 22, 2025 • 0sec
Change Your Behaviour
From the Singularity University Summit 2019:
Shelley Laslett talks about the neuroscience of changing your behaviour,
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Jun 15, 2025 • 0sec
Narcissome Bioethics
From 2017: Listen to Dr Ainsley Newson talk about bioethics and personal genomics.
News of Gut bacteria for longer life
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Jun 8, 2025 • 0sec
Tales of Evolution and Quantum Computing
From 2017: From 2017: Professor Stuart Kauffman reads from The surprizing story of Patrick, Rupert, Sly and Gus - evolutionary niches and complexity.
News of flashing lights to treat Alzheimer's mice.
Quantum computing made simple!
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Jun 1, 2025 • 0sec
Is Life Inevitable?
From 2017: Listen to Professor Stuart Kauffman talk about the origin of life.
News that weight lifting is good for your brain.
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May 25, 2025 • 0sec
Chocolate cultured, whole, and traditional
News of healthier, more sustainable chocolate, and chocolate cultured in a bioreactor.
Listen to chef and biochemist Galit Segev from 2011, talk about the science of tempering chocolate.
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May 18, 2025 • 0sec
After AI take our jobs again
From 2017: Paul Mason talks about bots talking jobs, and the future of society.
News of vampires switching to human blood.
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May 11, 2025 • 0sec
Frontiers of Science Forum 2025 Q and A - part 2
Listen to part 2 of the audience Question and Answer session of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Forum. Physicist Benjamin Pope, Science Educator Helen Georgiou, Micro-biologist Liz Harry and Chemist Vipul Agarwal answer the audiences' questions.
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