Diffusion Science Radio

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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

  • When viruses collude

    14/02/2022

    When COVID and herpes viruses team up by Ian Woolf From 2018: Brett Lidbury talks about diagnostic tests for Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Desiderosmia

    07/02/2022

    Chewing gum against COVID19, Assange appeals the appeal, Xenotransplantation by Ian Woolf Desiderosmia - a personal story by Justine Hamilton Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Nuclear waste: Safe for 240 000 years?

    31/01/2022

    This show was first broadcast in 2007. The science is still valid, and the technology hasn't improved We asked experts about the breakdown of nuclear waste storage materials with time, and the problems associated with cleanup of the Maralinga nuclear test site. Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to Charles Willock about possibly significant errors in estimates of nuclear waste storage times. Alan Parkinson, nuclear engineer, talks with Charles Willock about the mishandling of nuclear waste at Maralinga. Presented by: Emily Fearn Panelled by: Celine Steinfeld Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf assisted by Patrick Rubie Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Nuclear windmill synaesthesia - in memory of Charles Willock

    24/01/2022

    In memory of my dear friend and long time Diffusioneer Charles Willock: Nuclear waste physics by Charles Willock, Scientists in Politics by Charles Willock, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf, Tilting at Windmills by Charles Willock, Fire-eating at the Sydney Olympics by Charles Willock, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf, Synaesthesia and websites by Charles Willock, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Physics of the Internet

    17/01/2022

    This show was first broadcast in 2017: Nuclear diamond batteries by Ian Woolf, Ben Eggleton explains the physics behind the internet. Production checked by Charles Willock, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • New Year New Behaviour

    10/01/2022

    From the Singularity University Summit 2019: Shelley Laslett talks about the neuroscience of changing your behaviour, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Plagued - part 2 revisited

    03/01/2022

    Ingenuity flies on Mars by Ian Woolf, Dr John Froude talks about how plagues have shaped human evolution - part 2, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Plagued - part 1 revisited

    27/12/2021

    From 2021-04-12 Dr John Froude talks about plagues past, present and future - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

  • IgNobel Prizes 2021

    20/12/2021

    A specially edited version of the Ig Nobel Award ceremony, for science that first makes you laugh and then makes you think, hosted by Marc Abrams. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Precognition Revolution

    13/12/2021

    Julian Assange had a stroke and still lost his extradition trial by Ian Woolf, UFOs and precognition for better science, the story of how Daryl Bem broke the scientific method. by Ian Woolf Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Sarcastic Multi-dimensional Octopus

    06/12/2021

    Sarcasm detector invented, Touchable 3-D audio-visual display by Ian Woolf, From 2008: Patrick Rubie looks at the nice and the nasty side of mistletoe. Victoria Bond and Jaime Leclerc quiz you on infectious diseases. Ian Woolf tells a tale of eight-tentacled fury at the Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • 2021 Trivia Special

    29/11/2021

    Treatment for Long Covid and ME/CFS, 2021 Science Trivia game, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Gut bugs!

    22/11/2021

    Gut bugs reverse aging - in mice, Gut bacteria make larks and owls, Grapes help your guts, CRISPR kills bacteria by Ian Woolf, Professor Michael Archer explains horizontal gene transfer - little naughties in the dark - to Marion Curruthers and Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Transhuman and Transhumanitarian

    15/11/2021

    Vaccines against aging, Vaccines against asthma by Ian Woolf from 2009: Dr Victoria Bond explains how vaccines work and how they are made to Marc West and Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Vaccination explanation

    08/11/2021

    Vaccines against aging, Vaccines against asthma by Ian Woolf from 2009: Dr Victoria Bond explains how vaccines work and how they are made to Marc West and Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Guitar engineering

    01/11/2021

    From 2009, Lachlan Whatmore pays tribute to guitar pioneer Les Paul, from 2018, Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Hydrogen greenwash

    25/10/2021

    US Justice Department caught lying, cheating, stealing, and killing by Ian Woolf Hydrogen greenwash by Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • Talking ducks and extra limbs

    18/10/2021

    Australian Musk ducks can talk, Third thumb protheses by Ian Woolf Stelarc talks about his transhuman performance art at the Singularity Summit Australia in 2011, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

  • The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 3

    11/10/2021

    2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for complexity and climate modelling by Ian Woolf, Steven Hoffman, author of The Five Forces That Change Everything talks about automating farming and everything else, preserving the Earth, and self-aware robots - part 3 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

  • The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 2

    04/10/2021

    2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine for touch and heat receptors by Ian Woolf, Steven Hoffman, author of The Five Forces That Change Everything talks about irresistibly intelligent assistants, biohackers and new species of humans - part 2, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

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