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Diffusion Science radio episodes

  • Wildlife Forensics and Water Divining
    Hover-boards are back, by Ian Woolf,
    Dr Greta Frankham from the Centre for Wildlife Genomics solves environmental crimes with wildlife forensics,
    Richard Saunders turns a skeptical eye on divining for water,
    Production checked by Charles Willock,

    Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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    30 min
  • Singing frogs and spliced mice
    Spliced mice and oral HIV vaccines by Ian Woolf,
    Dr Jodi Rowley from the Australian Museum Research Institute talks about her search for rare amphibians at Inspiring Science,
    Gemma Sharp's Three Minute thesis: "Paying for Lip Service",
    Production checked by Charles Willock,

    Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
    Support Diffusion by downloading a free audio book from http://www.audibletrial.com/science
    30 min
  • Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen
    The 2014 Nobel prizes for Medicine, Chemistry and Physics by Ian Woolf,
    From the 2013 Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis Competition:
    Thomas Fin: Oxygen - a double edged sword for lifeforms,
    Demi Gow - Building a better bionic ear,
    Sharon Savage - Giving words new life in dementia,
    Lilly Chang - An eye on Alzheimers disease,
    Kelsey Kennedy - Feeling for cancer, an imaging tool to make breast cancer
    surgery more effective,
    Production checked by Charles Willock,
    Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
    Support Diffusion by downloading a free audio book from http://www.audibletrial.com/science
    29 min
  • Koalas, robots and brains
    Cheap flexible solar cells, Randomness chips, and the breaking 2014 Nobel prize for Physics by Ian Woolf,
    From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire:
    Elwin tracks Koalas online,
    Gavin has built a robot coffee table,
    Alex has built an outdoor autonomous robot.
    3 Minute Thesis: Beeps, Burps, and Brains by Shu Yow.
    Production checked by Charles Willock,
    Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
    Support Diffusion by downloading a free audio book from http://www.audibletrial.com/science
    30 min
  • Invisibility donuts and Mars Direct
    Invisibility doughnuts and wearable drones by Ian Woolf,
    A potted history of Martian exploration,
    Robert Zubrin talks about Mars Direct and the Case for Mars in 2000.
    Production checked by Charles Willock,
    Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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    30 min
  • 2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - Food
    MAVEN orbits Mars by Ian Woolf,
    The 2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - science that first makes you laugh, then make you think, by Ian Woolf
    Production checked by Charles Willock,
    Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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    30 min
  • Makers of every generation
    Machine telepathy? by Ian Woolf
    From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire:
    Makers Empire with a system for 5 year olds to make toys with 3D Printers,
    Three teen roboticists from First Australia with their robots,
    Joy Suiliman from Electrocraft,
    Gail Kenning and Cathy Treadway make HandiPockets to stimulate seniors with dementia.
    Production checked by Charles Willock,
    Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
    Support Diffusion by downloading a free audio book from http://www.audibletrial.com/science
    30 min
  • Mood Dress and the End of the World
    Nicaragua got hit! by Ian Woolf,
    Orsola De Marco talks about what astronomy tells us about how the world ends,
    Andrew and Ashley Stapleton talk about the Mood Dress,
    Production checked by Charles Willock,
    Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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    30 min
  • Astronomy for Life and Toydeath
    Narwhal cheese crowd-funded by Ian Woolf
    Orsola De Marco talks about Astronomy, life off Earth, and why Pluto isn't a planet,
    Nick Wishart talks about Toydeath at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire,
    Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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    30 min
  • Drones in the air and underwater
    See like a fish by Ian Woolf,
    Ian Lyons talks about flying quadcopters,
    Dominic talks about DIY underwater remotely operated vehicles for exploration and education,
    at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire,
    Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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    0 min

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