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Ian Woolf
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Jan 17, 2011 • 0sec

Skin hunger and mouse Draculas

Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall King explain to Ian Woolf why men in our culture suffer from skin hunger, Ian Woolf explores research rejuvenating old mice with the blood of young glowing mice, Professor Joe Silk talks to Ian Woolf about the search for Dark matter, and why invisible things are important. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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Jan 10, 2011 • 0sec

Mating dance, Vitamin C and Coal

Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall-King share their wisdom on the human mating dance, Ian Woolf revisits the link between vitamins and sexual behaviour, and revisits how the coal industry could be saved by solar power. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Jan 3, 2011 • 0sec

Lifelogging and fake meat

Record your life with life-logging. Do you care about privacy on the internet? Would you eat fake meat? Discussion by Ollie Barrand, Catherine Beahag, Marc West and Aaron Cook. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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Dec 27, 2010 • 0sec

Sperm Wars and Santa science

Marc West and Bianca Nogrady revisit the Science of Santa from 2009, Ian Woolf discusses Robin Baker's Sperm Wars with Aaron Cooke and Daniel Keogh Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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Dec 20, 2010 • 0sec

Tsunami warning and Greentech awards

Ian Woolf interviews Marianne Menictas about her tsunami warning modelling to save the most people for the least cost. Matt Clarke in 2006 talks about semen allergies with out-takes, Marc West in 2006 explains cricket psychology, Ian Woolf reports from the Consensus Greentech Awards Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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Dec 13, 2010 • 0sec

Younger mice and spider invasions

Marc West speaks to Dr Cor Vink about the invasion of foreign spiders to New Zealand Ian Woolf reports on the reversal of aging in Harvard lab mice, News from MX read by Ian Woolf: - private company reaches orbit - Japanese spacecraft misses Venus, but will try again - stem cells repair spinal injury in small monkey - One flu jab for life - facebook page leads to brain surgery Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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Dec 6, 2010 • 0sec

Neutron bombs, GM apples and Zanzibar

Lachlan What more looks back over the history of neutron bombs, Victoria Bond reports on apples genetically modified to hide spoilage, discussion from Marc West, Peta Waller-Bryant, Ian Woolf, Phillipe Perez, Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore. News by Phillipe Perez - more stars means less dark matter - US builds flying transformer trucks Presented by Marc West Produced by Ian Woolf, buttons pressed by Victoria Bond
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Nov 29, 2010 • 0sec

Real Doctors eat Breakfast

Victoria Bond checks in with some new evidence of a Universe before the Big Bang. Marc West interviews Kylie Smith on a recently published study which outlines possible long term risks involved in skipping your daily breakfast. Lachlan Whatmore spoke to Dr. Cassandra Meirs, and Dr. William Halford, on the trials and tribulations of obtaining a PhD.
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Nov 22, 2010 • 0sec

Ethics of addict detention and enhanced children

Ian Woolf summarises Robert Sparrow's talk "The Not-so-New Eugenics: The Harsh Logic of human enhancement", about the ethics of child enhancing technology, from the Singularity Summit, Australia, Victoria Bond interviews Dr Fisher from Nepean hospital about the ethics of psychiatrically detaining drug addicts, News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf - LHC makes antimatter - Bacterial glue heals buildings Presented by Phillipe Perez Produced by Ian Woolf, with technical support from Victoria Bond
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Nov 15, 2010 • 0sec

Healthy Old Age

Ian Woolf reports from the Singularity Summit on Gregory Benford's Genescient research into preventing the diseases of old age using genomics and artifical intelligence to produce nutraceuticals that may allow a healthy old age, with discussion from Marc West and Charles Willock. News by Marc West, Ian Woolf, and Charles Willock - Gummi bear finger-print hack - weeds out-evolve Monsanto - Chatbot argues with climate deniers on twitter Presented by Marc West, Produced by Ian Woolf

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