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Diffusion Science radio

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Diffusion Science radio episodes

  • Fly Singularity
    From 2010, Ian Woolf explains how Gregory Benford uses flies and artificial intelligence to slow ageing. News of Gummi hacking, chatbots argue on Twitter and weeds evolve.
    Presented by Marc West, Discussion from Charles Willock, Hosted by Marc West
    Produced by Ian Woolf
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    28 min
  • SETI reset
    From 2010, why the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence has been doing it wrong! The discovery of an Earth-like planet 20 light years away, and high resolution tapes of the Moon landing recovered. Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf.
    Hosted by Marc West
    Produced by Ian Woolf
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    28 min
  • 2022 Ig Nobel Prizes
    Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think, from the Annals of Improbable Research. Hosted by Marc Abrahams, edited by Ian Woolf
    Produced by Ian Woolf
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    28 min
  • Zapping mosquitoes and phishing tales
    Listen to tales of online scams, zapping mosquito bites, and sperm that can smell, in this episode from the 2014 archives.
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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    28 min
  • Red dust, smart dogs and twitter
    From 2009, the red dust storm hit Sydney, rats on twitter, and how smart are dogs? Fun science with Marc West and Ian Woolf.
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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    31 min
  • Sydney Space suits part 2
    Join founder Kiriti Rambhalta on a tour of the Metakosmos Space suit facility in Sydney with host Ian Woolf.
    Listen to an in-person follow-up to last week's Zoom interview
    Produced by Ian Woolf

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    30 min
  • Sydney Space suits part 1
    Meet Kiriti Rambhatla, CEO of Sydney startup Metakosmos, making space-suits and related technologies. Part 1.,
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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    28 min
  • Dark Matter Astronaut Training
    From 2007: Professor Joe Silk explains what Dark Matter is, and why it matters,
    From 2008: Dr Pascal Lee talks about NASA's long-term mission to send people to Mars,
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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    29 min
  • Dishbrain puppeting drones in VR
    Drones puppetting people in the metaverse,
    Dishbrain plays Pong by Ian Woolf,
    From 2007:
    Retocausality by Tim Baynes,
    Killer toys by a panel of Ian Woolf, Marc West, Lachlan Whatmore, Catherine Beehag, and Celine Steinfeld,
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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    29 min
  • Tardigrades to the Moon!
    A deep dive into the science of tardigrades - the tiny water bears or moss piglets that can withstand extremes of cold, heat, dryness, pressure, and vacuum, by going into suspended animation and then revitalising when its safe again - from whom we can learn ways to improve our own health.
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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    28 min

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