Diffusion Science Radio

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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"

'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

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

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.

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

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

John August gives us Syphilis,Chris Rehberg chases Singleton Big Cats,News by Patrick Rubie and Victoria Bond, - remote lie detection - two faced girl - spinal healing with nano-polymers - piezoelectric nano-fibres rub up some power Multilingual dyslexia and super-powerful lasers by Patrick Rubie,Presented by Victoria Bond,Produced by Ian Woolf

Thermoregulation with Frank Seebacher interviewed by Jesse SilvermanThe irreducibly complex Michael Behe by Alex JordanNews by Jesse Silverman - life from space - hobbits - Ancient sea monsters - AIDS resistance - Antarctic giantsPresented by Carla AvolioProduced by Ian WoolfWe Come From Monkeys by Emerald Rose

Fast, cheap and wireless by Ian WoolfSilky spidery secretions' by Lachlan Whatmore with discussion by Patrick Rubie, Ian Woolf and Victoria BondNews by Victoria Bond- bacteria fighting bacteria- iodine-deficient cavemen- cancer-killing virusesPresented by Patrick RubieProduced by Patrick RubieSongs:'Big Scary Monsters' by Sar Friedman'The Spider' by Flanders and SwanSample of 'Technologic' by Daft Punk

Space probe Galileo by Lachlan WhatmoreQuantum cryptography by Amy BullenNews by Ian Woolf, - Superconductors, - Nanowires - Counting FishPresented by Amy BullenProduced by Lachlan Whatmore