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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Jun 25, 2008 • 0sec
Bad weather, appropedia, white Mars
Lachlan Whatmore talks to Dr Helen Reed from the Metereology Bureau about La Nina, Ian talks to Chris Watkins about appropriate technology and Appropedia,News by Victoria Bond - coffee good for you - cone of silence invented - white stuff on MarsPresented by Ian Woolf,Produced by Lachlan Whatmore.
Jun 18, 2008 • 0sec
Fanny Macleay and talking dolphins
News by Patrick Rubie - electric flying saucers - personal networks sewn into clothes - fake urine used by miners Nineteenth Century naturalist Fanny Macleay by Lachlan Whatmore,Discussion of the news, staying young by staying with the young, and the portable hug with Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie,Can Dolphins Talk? by Ian Woolf,Produced and Presented by Ian Woolf.
Jun 11, 2008 • 0sec
Growing fat and shrinking brains
Cannabis: shrinking brains or fighting fear? by Patrick Rubie Epigenetics by Tilly Boleyn and Jacqui Hayes (taken from 2SERs Friday Daily 06/06/08)Less money, more fat by Patrick RubieNews prepared by Ian Woolf and read by Patrick Rubie- Fruits for power- Old inside, young outsidePresented and Produced by Patrick Rubie
Jun 4, 2008 • 0sec
Grassroots OLPC and Martian red skies
Martin Facini explores Mars with the Phoenix lander, Ian Woolf talks with Professor Barry Vercoe about the One Laptop Per Child Foundation in Australia, Is space exploration worth it? Discussion by Patrick Rubie, Martin Facini and Ian Woolf,Presented by Patrick Rubie,Produced by Ian Woolf.
May 28, 2008 • 0sec
Brain cells and water wells
Inside your brain with Muhsin Karim,Watching the Water: Interview by Amy Bullen with Clunies Ross Award winner Iven Mareels,News by Jacqui Hayes, - Panda's survive the Chinese Earthquake, - Interplanetary locust robots, - Bubonic plague's secret weaknessPresented and Produced by Ian WoolfMusic: "The Best Imitation of Myself by Ben Fold"
May 21, 2008 • 0sec
'Popular and polarising science'
'Rock radar and solar cells' (The ATSE Clunies Ross Awards: part 1) - Amy Bullen interviews two award-winning scientists, David Noon and Stuart Wenham on their inventions'A tribute to David Attenborough' by Victoria Bond and Martin FaciniDiscussion forum on Richard Dawkins''Enemy of Reason'News by Ian Woolf- Safe sex science- Design your own phone Presented and Produced by Patrick RubieSample of 'It's a scientific fact' by Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans in outro
May 14, 2008 • 0sec
Flores Hobbits and Stinging Jellyfish
Amy Bullen and Chris Rehberg interview Professor Mike Morwood about the Hobbits of Flores,Lachlan Whatmore talks about the stinging Irukandji jellyfish of Australia,News by Ian Woolf, It takes two people to trick the masses, Solar electric cars for citiesPresented and Produced by Ian WoolfMusic: Upside Down by Jack Johnson from the Curious George soundtrack CD
May 7, 2008 • 0sec
Global cool space engineers chocolate
Ian Woolf looks at chocolate physiology, John August continues his battle with syphilis and the world,and Lachlan talks to space engineer George Graves.News by Patrick Rubie,Presented and produced by Lachlan Whatmore.
Apr 30, 2008 • 0sec
Quolls and Quokka dreaming
Almost extinct animals with Chris Rehberg,Lucid Dreamer Amy Bullen,News by Ian Woolf - peering phones - Chicken X prize - pig plastic Presented by Amy Bullen, Produced by Ian Woolf. This Ponderous by 2NU2
Apr 23, 2008 • 0sec
Tasmanian Tiger bosses spy syphilis
Tasmanian Tigers on the mainland by Chris Rehberg,Syphilis dose 2 by John August,Policing at work and school by Ian Woolf,News by Victoria Bond - mineral deficiency delayed evolution, - fertilisation fighting malaria,Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
