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Diffusion Science radio episodes

  • Desiderosmia
    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

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    29 min
  • Nuclear waste: Safe for 240 000 years?
    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

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    30 min
  • Nuclear windmill synaesthesia - in memory of Charles Willock
    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

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    28 min
  • Physics of the Internet
    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

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    28 min
  • New Year New Behaviour
    From the Singularity University Summit 2019:
    Shelley Laslett talks about the neuroscience of changing your behaviour,
    Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

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    28 min
  • Plagued - part 2 revisited
    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

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



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    28 min
  • IgNobel Prizes 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



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    33 min
  • Precognition Revolution
    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



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    29 min
  • Sarcastic Multi-dimensional Octopus
    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



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    29 min

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