Synopsis
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
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Higgs tastes dark tendrils
09/07/2012Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the discovery by the team at the Large Hadron Collider, Victoria Bond reports on Dark Tendrils, Ian Woolf reports on how taste affects judgements, the speechjammer, and activating your immune system to save people from fatal flu. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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Sick prawns and sleep rehearsal
02/07/2012Julie-Anne Popple reports on Turtle death mysteries, spray on batteries, and Hot dinosaurs. Ian Woolf reports on Sleep rehearsal,Vortex data streams Hiccupops, Shoes for efficient running, record Solar power,,Alcohol and caffeine sprays. Bonnie Yiu reports on pesticide pollution in the Hawkesbury River, with eco-toxicologist Dr Ben Kefford. Ian Woolf zaps his food. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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Species Invasion and Burritobot
25/06/2012Ian Woolf reports on a spider-man backpack, Julie-Anne Popple reports on a molesting mosquito, Ian Woolf reports on the Burritobot, Ian Woolf reports on Cosmetic nuclear medicine, Julie-Anne Popple reports on erotic fossils, Ian Woolf reports on Social reading enhancing glasses, Victoria Bond speaks with Dr Simon Pooley about invasive ecologies. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Extreme Science Experience special
18/06/2012At the Extreme Science Experience, 250 high school students met the Australian Academy of Science Technology and Engineering Clunies Ross innovator's award winners and spoke to Ian Woolf: Dr Gideon Chitombo spoke about mining research, Professor Stuart Crozier spoke about Magnetic Resonance Imaging esearch, Several Central Coast students described their impressions of the day, Professor Peter Blamey spoke about his bionic research and the damage to hearing from noise exposure (apologies for unavoidable background noises). Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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From 2007: ID Card special
11/06/2012In March 2007 this special edition examined in depth issues of identity and privacy raised by the proposed introduction of a card to identify everyone using Government services. Presented by Darren Osborne, Synthetic interview with Anna Johnston about privacy concerns, Aras Vaichas speaks with Ian Woolf about RFID, Interview with Professor Graham Greenleaf about the Access Card and Cyberlaw Produced by Ian Woolf and Charles Willock original broadcast and full references
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Too smart phones, Venus and Science
04/06/2012Therese Chen reports on Balding Wombats, Ian Woolf reports on too smart phones, and the SpaceX Dragon returns triumphant, Victoria Bond speaks with Kathryn Ticehurst and James Bond about what Science is, Victoria Bond and Kathryn Ticehurst discuss the Transit of Venus. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Gigabit wires and 3D Printers
28/05/2012In the news: Wikileaks on trial without charges. Fan Ng tells Ian Woolf how his invention makes plain old telephone wires carry gigabit broadband, Bruce Jackson and Dale Nichols from 3D Printer Systems talk with Ian Woolf about hot glue guns on steroids. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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The Seven Deadly Things
21/05/2012Therese Chen reports on flatulent dinosaurs, and Ian Woolf looks at treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Aubrey De Grey talks about the 'Seven Deadly Things' of ageing, and Ian Woolf interviews him on curing the diseases of ageing. Presented and Produced by Julie-Anne Popple
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Teleportation and Quack Physics
14/05/2012Julie-Anne Popple reports on high heels helping prosthetic design, Ian Woolf discusses Harvard's journal boycott and Therese Chen looks at Harry Potter style blood testing. Dr Boob ponders the ethical and technological implication of teleportation, and Ian Woolf looks at the physics of the duck's quack. Produced and presented by Julie-Anne Popple
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Pokemon thrips, and night at the disease museum
07/05/2012Ian Woolf reports on plasma jets and migraine shock therapy. Therese Chen reports on developments Nano-medicine to treat Cerebral Palsy. Julie-Anne Popple speaks to Dr James Gilbert about 'pokemon' thrips and David Cutting about making modern day mummies. Finally, Julie-Anne Popple reports on her night at the Museum of Human Disease. Presented by Ian Woolf, Produced by Julie-Anne Popple
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Hot locusts and digital contact lenses
30/04/2012Patrick Rubie reports the news: - left handed sports - zebra fish heart stem cells - adventurers matched with scientists Ian Woolf reports on Augmented Reality contact lenses and the EyeRing, Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Fiona Clissold about temperature and metabolism in insects Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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Digging for Cicadas, Glow-worms and Life on Mars
23/04/2012Therese Chen reports on the intelligence gene and life on Mars, On "Creature Features" Julie-Anne Popple talks about glow-worms and their brightly glowing bottoms, For this weeks "In the name of science" Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Lindsay Popple about Digging for Cicadas. Presented and produced by Julie-Anne Popple
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Smart Sand, Video Glasses, Electric Universe
16/04/2012Larissa Savvas reports on Smart sand and breast cancer detection. Julie-Anne Popple reports on the Royal Society's Science and the Media Forum. Ian Woolf reports on the emergence of wearable cameras and computers from science fiction to reality, Ian Woolf spoke with Wallace Thornhill about his Electric Universe paradigm. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Starfish and talking corn
09/04/2012Therese Chen reports on zooplankton resistance, talking corn, Ian Woolf reports on fracking versus carbon capture. Ian Woolf speaks with Max Ott from NICTA about mobile video, Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dave McElroy about sea star sperm and climate change. Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf
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Super Vaccines Meat Ice-cream bees!
02/04/2012Victoria Bond reports on a super vaccine against cancer. Julie-Anne Popple reports on meat ice-cream and Free-loving Flipper. On this weeks 'In the name of science', Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Trevor Wilson about staring at plant genitals. Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dr Jerome Buhl of the University of Sydney about the plight of the humble bee. Presented and produced by Julie-Anne Popple
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MMORPG peers, and deep voices
26/03/2012Therese Chen reports on fattening air,and deep voices, Ian Woolf reports on baldness, prostate protection, and hard games. Ian Woolf speaks with Geoff Batty of NICTA about peer to peer research into Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Trusted computing and ant beauticians
19/03/2012Julie-Anne Popple reports on new humans, Dr Frog, and Lego bones. Ian Woolf interviews Kevin Elphinstone and Gerwin Klein from the Validated computing project at NICTA, Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Jerome Buhl of the University of Sydney about ants and make-up. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
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Coral Art Life Science TV Eyes
12/03/2012Julie-Anne Popple visits the Coral Art Life Science Exhibition at he University of Sydney and speaks with: science inspired artist Carmel Wallance, and Dr Adrienne Grant about her research into copper and corals. Ian Woolf continues his series from the NICTA research group, speaking with: Nick Grant about software for the Bionic Eye that shows what's important, Geoff Wang about the N.TV social television project that will bring the shows you like to your TV. Music: A Little Bit by MJ Hibbert and the Validators Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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Phone fears, eco-kids and DNA nanopores
05/03/2012Larissa Savvas reports on nerve regeneration, Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Maia Sauren about mobile phone safety, Julie-Anne Popple asks Melissa Slarp about teaching kindergarten science, Ian Woolf spoke with Geoff MacIntyre about DNA reading chips at the NICTA techfest. A Little Bit, by MJ Hibbert and the Validators Produced and Presented by Ian Woolf, with technical support from Julie-Anne Popple
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Kind meat, ant war and Techfest2012
27/02/2012Julie-Anne Popple talks about when ants go to war, Larissa Savass vtalks about kindly cultured burgers, Ian Woolf reports on the NICTA Techfest 2012, interviewing: James Laird about electronic pain management, Leif Hamlen about health data mining, Leonid Ryzhyk about software writing software to control hardware Julie-Anne Popple interviews Rick Shine about snake fishing. Presented by Larissa Savvas, Produced by Ian Woolf with technical support from Julie-Anne Popple