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Muhsin Karim explores the bionic soldier and Brain Computer Interfaces, Ian Woolf has the last word with Brian Lennon from the Live Futures 2020 festival about the opportunities offered by large amounts of cheap, clean alternative power. Jacqui Hayes brings the week in review: - Landmine tobacco - Tree-man - Cow compasses - cognitive magic Presented and produced by Ian Woolf.

In this special edition from the Live Futures 2020 Festival, Brian Lennon speaks to Ian Woolf about the Fab Lab that could make anything with 3D printers, and cars that run on used vegetable oil left over from fish and chip shops. Jacqui Hayes reviews elephants who count, and how to read men's faces. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf.

Lachlan Whatmore puts steam to work, Jacqui Hayes and Caitlin Howlett review the week in science - happiness science, - giant wallabies in Tasmania - confirmation that contraceptive pills reverse attraction - vaccination against alcoholic pleasure Amy Bullen examines the ultimate cheating drug - the placebo, News by Ian Woolf - synthetic telepathy - anti-aging drugs keep your cells clean - chilli heat not just an illusion - cannabis and opium to prevent addiction Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond finds out if the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the world,Ian Woolf talks to Professor Mike Cortie about zapping gold nanoparticles in your body with lasers to cure mind-control parasites,News by Patrick Rubie- King Tut's foetuses- solar power at night- smart bricks- dandelion rubberProduced and Presented by Ian Woolf

Ian Woolf reports the latest in the war on aging, the Live Futures Festival to be held simultaneously in Newtown and Second Life on August 17th, and The doomed attempt of the commercial SpaceX Falcon 1 spacecraft to launch over the weekend. Dr Stephen Graves talks to Ian about the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Conference in Cambridge. What is Chronic fatigue Syndrome? What are the causes and what is it like to be struck down by the illness? Why is it still the invisible illness so many years after its discovery in the 1980's?Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf

Martin Faccini investigates the controversy over whether the Mumps Measles and Rubella (MMR) Vaccination causes austism in children,Panel discussion of vaccination as a civil liberty issue by Martin Faccini and Ian Woolf,News by Ian Woolf, - Viagra for depressed women - lasers for youth - urine on your mindProduced and Presented by Ian Woolf

Cloning by Michelle Kovacevic,Steam engines and Hero of Alexandria by Lachlan Whatmore,Emotiv Mind Control interview with Tan Le by Daz Chandler,News by Ian Woolf - Wooden nuclear power plant accident in Vermont, - Moon race goes underground at NASAPresented and Produced by Ian Woolf

Heading towards a BioUtopia by Richard Hindmarsh, reviewed by Muhsin Karim,Panel discussion of Ross Garnaut's draft report on climate change for the Australian government by Lachlan Whatmore, Patrick Rubie, Vicky Saunders, Adrian Saunders, and Ian Woolf,News by Ian Woolf - Chimps play to their audience, - Real snail mail, - plastic conductors, - magic half-time oranges,Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,Produced by Ian Woolf

Syphilis in Australia by John August,Interview with Professor ChristopherFairley by John August,News by Ian Woolf, - Migraine zapping, - see-through, bendy batteries, - World's oldest computer musicPresented and Produced by Ian Woolf

Lachlan Whatmore looks at waterwheels and other ancient machines,Patrick Rubie talks to the president of the Sydney University Holistic Society,News by Ian Woolf, - solar powered solar power - neurology of cinema - erasable printing paperproduced by Lachlan Whatmore