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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 28, 2011 • 0sec
Smart windows and Morton's Demon'
"Confirmation bias, denialism and Morton's Demon" by Peter Bowditch,
Professor Geoff Smith spoke to Ian Woolf about how nano-photonics
can be used for smart clothes and smart windows
Presented by Ian Woolf,
Produced by Victoria Bond
Mar 21, 2011 • 0sec
TB Day and CSIRO vacations
Kate Barnard speaks to students in the CSIRO Vacation Scholarship Program,
Victoria Bond talks about World Tuberculosis Day,
Ian Woolf interviews Professor Geoff Smith about the importance of Nanophotonics to environmental energy flows,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Mar 14, 2011 • 0sec
First computers and Radio mashups
Peter Bowditch describes Australia's first computer science,
Smooth by Derek Muller,
Ian Woolf talks with Balint Seeber about radio-frequency mashups,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Mar 7, 2011 • 0sec
Smart Bras and cheesey pickup lines
Phillipe Perez interviews Dr Timothy C. Nielsen about the Smart Bra
News by Ian Woolf
-BBC saved by Bit Torrent,
-Electro-shock body armour,
-Mulchable PC cases,
-Solar roads,
-Singularity Summit Australia 2011,
-Jurassic Lounge,
-Cheesey pickup lines have a purpose
Gravity by Derek Muller,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Feb 28, 2011 • 0sec
Nuclear medicine and the Singularity
Singularitarian by Charlie Cam,
The technological Singularity by Ian Woolf,
I'm Atoms by Derek Muller,
Reactor-free nuclear medicine by Ian Woolf
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Feb 21, 2011 • 0sec
Unfair reporting and DNA Poetry
Free internet for everyone by Ian Woolf
Electronic glasses by Ian Woolf
DNA poetry by Ian Woolf,
How not to be fair and balanced, and why never to debate, by Peter Bowditch
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Feb 14, 2011 • 0sec
Fire and Transhumanism
Invisibility - all done with mirrors by Ian Woolf,
Kate Grimwood talks with Ian Woolf about her science of Fire Investigation PhD,
An introduction to Transhumanism by Ian Woolf,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Feb 7, 2011 • 0sec
Death by Chocolate!
What is the lethal dose of chocolate?
Prayer and the neurology of scepticism,
Seduction while you sleep,
Caffeine makes you suggestible,
DNA altered by the mind,
Elderly made young by accident,
Does a duck's quack echo?
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Jan 31, 2011 • 0sec
The Science of Romance
Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall King discuss the psychology of human courtship,
Ian Woolf reports how women can unconsciously read an attractive man's face,
Matthew and Melinda discuss the psychology of the first kiss and compliments.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
Jan 24, 2011 • 0sec
Attention and Woolf-Pulfrich effect
Ian Woolf reports on whistling caterpillars,
carnivorous domestic entertainment robots,
fluoridated water can hurt children's teeth,
Profiling everybody at Gotham partners,
Peer Review by the Peer Review Players,
Paying attention can lose you weight and make you happy,
The Woolf-Pulfrich effect - 3D and antidepressant!
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
