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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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Sep 29, 2024 • 0sec
World Sepsis Day
Listen to Professor Simon Finfer talk about how to identify and treat the deadly condition sepsis, and the importance of teaching doctors and the general public to check for the symptoms, on World Sepsis Day.
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Sep 22, 2024 • 0sec
Health in Space - part 4
Listen to Dr Gabrielle Caswell talk about the way forward for Australia's place in space. And a brief blast from the past interview with students working on space health from 2017. News of untrustworthy AI podcasters and mouldy space stations.
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Sep 15, 2024 • 0sec
Health in Space - part 3
Listen to Dr Gabrielle Caswell talk about the Global Spaceport alliance, International space programs and how microgravity affects the structure of the proteins in our bodies, and in the microbes that live inside us, with news of an approaching mini-moon.
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Sep 8, 2024 • 0sec
Health in Space - part 2
Listen to Dr Gabrielle Caswell in the second part of this series on Space Health! In this episode, we talk about space medicine, space colonies and space education.
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Sep 1, 2024 • 0sec
Health in Space - part 1
Listen to part 1 of a special series of Dr Gabrielle Caswell talking about human health in space, the stranded astronauts, and what happens when ordinary people go into space.
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Aug 25, 2024 • 0sec
Reframing Obesity
Listen to Dr Kathryn Williams explain why we need to reframe obesity as a chronic disease, and subsidise its treatment.
How I used AI to create a song about obesity using my own voice.
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Aug 18, 2024 • 0sec
Space up, CSIRO down
Listen to news of Billionaires in Space,
Australian mini-satellites launch,
and CSIRO loses over 600 jobs, more to go.
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Aug 11, 2024 • 0sec
Repair is Important - part 2
Listen to the final part of Karen Ellis talking about Mend It Australia and why repair matters. News of Flu Flies Blow.
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Aug 4, 2024 • 0sec
Repair is Important - part 1
Listen to Karen Ellis from Mend It Australia, talk about the importance of repair and re-use. Part 1
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Jul 28, 2024 • 0sec
Robots of the 12th Century
Listen to al-Jazari's Ingenious Devices and Medieval robots.
News of probiotics supplements improving thinking.
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