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From 2017: From 2017: Professor Stuart Kauffman reads from The surprizing story of Patrick, Rupert, Sly and Gus - evolutionary niches and complexity. News of flashing lights to treat Alzheimer's mice. Quantum computing made simple! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

From 2017: Listen to Professor Stuart Kauffman talk about the origin of life. News that weight lifting is good for your brain. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

News of healthier, more sustainable chocolate, and chocolate cultured in a bioreactor. Listen to chef and biochemist Galit Segev from 2011, talk about the science of tempering chocolate. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

From 2017: Paul Mason talks about bots talking jobs, and the future of society. News of vampires switching to human blood. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to part 2 of the audience Question and Answer session of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Forum. Physicist Benjamin Pope, Science Educator Helen Georgiou, Micro-biologist Liz Harry and Chemist Vipul Agarwal answer the audiences' questions. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to part 1 of the audience Q and A session of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Forum. Physicist Benjamin Pope, Science Educator Helen Georgiou, Micro-biologist Liz Harry and Chemist Vipul Agarwal answer the audience's questions. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Associate Professor Helen Georgiou talk about her research into the best ways to teach science at schools. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Vipul Agarwal continue our conversation about his new plastic recycling technology, polymer spinal implants and re-usable rapid tests - part 3 2025 Australian Federal Election Science funding policies Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Vipul Agarwal continue our conversation about his new plastic recycling technology, polymer spinal implants and plastic anti-fouling paint for ships and submarines - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Vipul Agarwal from UNSW talk about his new plastic recycling technology - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Professor Liz Harry talk about the secret life of bacteria, and leadership in science - part 3, and from 2018, Daniel Bouzho talks about bacteria and honey. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Professor Liz Harry talk about the secret life of bacteria, and the social side of doing science - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Professor Liz Harry talk about the secret life of bacteria - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2019: Listen to Calvin Eiber investigate the basic science of vision, News of Blood test for ME/CFS, Safe alcohol replacement drink, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to a critical analysis of very flawed research into ME/CFS by the National Institutes of Health. The study has been criticized by experts for ethical and methodological issues, including biased patient selection, ignoring severe cases, and overemphasizing psychological explanations for ME symptoms. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2019: Bioengineering Innovation Outreach Challenge 2019 prize winners by Ian Woolf, Professor Hala Zrieqat talks about the ARC Bioengineering Innovation Centre, Dr Gavinda Singh talks about his research in cancer cures and his mentorship, Team Team from Sydney Girls High School talk about their Epilepsy brainwave monitoring solution, Team Biochis from Mount Carmel Catholic School talk about their nutritional deficiency detecting watch, Team Discovery Channel from Fort St High School talk about implanting an epinephrine dispensor for allergic shock, PhD students Mathilde Longfield and Ben Ferguson talk about mentoring the high school students, Team Exothermics from Sydney Girls High School talks about making scorpion antivenom cheaper and easier to access, Team Tissue Box from Sydney Girls High School talks about her team's water-proof hearing aid. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Team Exothermics from Sydney Girls High School Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Associate Professor Benjamin Pope talk about improving images from the James Webb telescope with statistics - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Associate Professor Benjamin Pope talk about enhancing astronomy with statistics - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2019: Listen to Professor Martin Wegener talks about nano 3D Printing of working retinas to cure blindness. News of Feeling hands, and incriminating handshakes Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

News of smart glasses for macular degeneration, DeepSeek AI, Virus therapy, Carrot Therapy and Brain chips! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

From 2019: Alex Kelly talks about economics, automation, investment, and how to change things for a better society. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Listen to the Ig Nobel Award 24/7 lectures, with news of compulsory Naval nuclear waste dumps and the Fram2Ham space mission. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to the 34th First annual Ig Nobel Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think, edited down to 22 minutes. Hosted by Marc Abrahams, Edited by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Special Guests Dr Sue Wareham OAM of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, and A/Prof Tilman Ruff, Australian Chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons talk with Charles Willock about nuclear proliferation. Jaroon Descartes is Jacqui Pfeffer's Special Guest in Part II of "Relationships with Robots". Presented by: Lachlan Whatmore News: Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf Panelled by: Ian Woolf Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

From 2007, but the science is still valid, and the technology hasn't improved: Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to Charles Willock about large 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 Support Diffusion by making a contribution

From 2018: Llamas fight flu by Ian Woolf, Steven Freeland talks about the US Space Force Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2018: Lizzie O'Shea talks about the anti-privacy Assistance and Access Bill, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Dr Alexia Maddox talk about the planned ban on Australians under 16 using social media - part 2 News of childrens human rights being violated by a social media ban Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2018: Listen to Dr Alexia Maddox talk about the planned ban on Australians under 16 using social media - part 1 Stewart Baker, former General Counsel of the NSA talking about the Cycle of Moral Panics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2018: CRISPR babies update by Ian Woolf, Transhumanism and emerging technologies by Peter Xing, Engineering Cat-girls by Meow Ludo Meow Meow. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2018: Powerless cameras by Ian Woolf, Dr David Farmer and comedian Jackson Vaarhoor explain Why You're Not Dead Yet, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2014 listen to Professor Michael Morris on investigating the basic science of embryology to find out how embryonic stem cells become all other cells. 2024 news of the Internet Archive is down, and AI clones report the news with unexpected Organoids. From 2014 Crocodiles climb, and use tools, while alligators make video Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2014: Sony smart wigs, DARPA brain impants for memory, and prosthetic hands that feel by Ian Woolf. Professor Stephanie Watson spoke with Ian Woolf about how she heals corneas with stem cells, From the 2014 Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Pete from Robogirls teaches schoolgirls to build lego robots, Stephen Martin from BotBits talks about building kit combat robots Diarmid Herath from Robological has a platform for you to design your own robots Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to The Physiology or Medicine prize for micro-RNA , the Physics Prize for machine learning software, the Chemistry Prize for the use of machine learning to identify the shape of proteins, and the use of machine learning to create new proteins. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to NotebookLM AI voices discover they are an artificial intelligence, and news of obsolete cyborgs. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to NotebookLM AI voices discover they are an artificial intelligence, and news of obsolete cyborgs. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Professor Simon Finfer talk about how to identify and treat the deadly condition sepsis, and the importance of teaching doctors and the general public to check for the symptoms, on World Sepsis Day. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Professor Simon Finfer talk about how to identify and treat the deadly condition sepsis, and the importance of teaching doctors and the general public to check for the symptoms, on World Sepsis Day. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Dr Gabrielle Caswell talk about the way forward for Australia's place in space. And a brief blast from the past interview with students working on space health from 2017. News of untrustworthy AI podcasters and mouldy space stations. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Dr Gabrielle Caswell talk about the Global Spaceport alliance, International space programs and how microgravity affects the structure of the proteins in our bodies, and in the microbes that live inside us, with news of an approaching mini-moon. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Dr Gabrielle Caswell in the second part of this series on Space Health! In this episode, we talk about space medicine, space colonies and space education. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to part 1 of a special series of Dr Gabrielle Caswell talking about human health in space, the stranded astronauts, and what happens when ordinary people go into space. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Dr Kathryn Williams explain why we need to reframe obesity as a chronic disease, and subsidise its treatment. How I used AI to create a song about obesity using my own voice. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to news of Billionaires in Space, Australian mini-satellites launch, and CSIRO loses over 600 jobs, more to go. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to the final part of Karen Ellis talking about Mend It Australia and why repair matters. News of Flu Flies Blow. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Karen Ellis from Mend It Australia, talk about the importance of repair and re-use. Part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to al-Jazari's Ingenious Devices and Medieval robots. News of probiotics supplements improving thinking. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to al-Jazari's Ingenious Devices and Medieval robots. News of probiotics supplements improving thinking. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2009: Marc West explore prime numbers and briefly speaks to Terrance Tao. Ian Woolf and Marc West discuss Quantum technology - quantum entanglement, quantum cryptography and quantum teleportation. News by Marc West -Mobile phones make you vague, -relax for IVF, -why we like drinks that fizz, -batteries made from salty paper. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Amber Ivey talk about AI for Kids! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Listen to Dr Munro Neville from Momentum Clinical Research talk about researching RSV, developing vaccines, and clinical trials. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise