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Diffusion Science radio episodes

  • Axis of Eating, Secrets of Chocolate
    Lindsey Gray reports on the Axis of Internal Well-being,
    Julie-Anne Popple reports on being locked up with plants,
    Ian Woolf interviews Galit Segev about the Secrets of Chocolate,
    Victoria Bond interviews Dorothee Bond about managing Heath care in the Republic of Congo
    Presented by Julie-Anne Popple,
    Produced by Ian Woolf with technical support by Therese Chen

    29 min
  • Artificial Intelligence and windy assassins
    Dr Julie-Anne Popple reports on the assassin bug's windy tricks,
    Ian Woolf discusses a 13 year old boy's solar invention with Victoria Bond,
    and the release of genetically modified mosquitoes with Dr Julie-Anne Popple
    Ian Woolf interviews Dr Ben Goertzal at the Singularity Summit Australia about his research into Artificial Intelligence and the Singularity,
    Presented and produced by Ian Woolf, with technical support by Therese Chen

    27 min
  • Synthetic biology and cloud-busting
    Ian Woolf and Victoria Bond discuss this week's news: infectious disease and IQ variations, laser cloud busting, and electronic temporary tattoos.
    Dr. Mic Cavazzini is back, and he asks Prof. Haslehof of Cambridge University about designing synthetic organisms.
    Paneled by Therese Chen, hosted and produced by Victoria Bond

    27 min
  • Seagrass, Art, and Maggots
    No manned space craft for the International Space station rescue by Victoria Bond
    Art meets Science at the Powerhouse Museum by Ian Woolf,
    Professor Pinas talks about maggot therapy with Victoria Bond,
    Eureka prize nominee Dr Peter Macreadie explains the importance of seagrasses,
    Presented by Dr Julie-Anne Popple,
    Produced by Ian Woolf

    27 min
  • Hormoned beef and fracked farming
    Patrick Rubie reports: bacteria as a solution to dengue fever, and harnessing kinetic energy to power up your mobile phone.
    Victoria Bond and Martin Facini discuss the potential and hazards in coal seam gas mining.
    Finally, Brigid Mullane interviews Ian Lean about hormones in beef: why do we use them?
    Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond

    26 min
  • A Social Experiment
    Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Simon Gaechter from the University of Nottingham about why we humans just can't co-operate with one another- before putting our panelists through Gaechter's Public Goods Game to see just how selfish we all are.
    Dr Julie-Anne Popple brings you the latest on morphing moths.
    Produced by James Bourne

    27 min
  • Bones, Tassie Devils and Mind Control
    Ian Woolf talks to Professor Bruce Milthorpe about tissue engineering using coral.
    Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Jenny Graves about immunity in Tasmanian devils.
    James Bourne takes a look at the latest news on the mind controlling parastie, Toxoplasma gondii.
    Presented by Dr Julie-Anne Popple, produced by James Bourne.

    28 min
  • Lizard babies and exploding stars
    Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Brigid Murphy about her discovery that lizards live births illuminate the evolution of cancer,
    Ian Woolf speaks to Dr Martin van Kerwijk about his research in new types of supernovas and neutron stars,
    News by Therese Chen, Victoria Bond, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf
    Glassing research for better forsensics,
    Gasland film showing in Sydney,
    Synthetic Biology lecture in Sydney,
    Live Futures Festival in Sydney,
    Robot Wars in Sydney
    Presented by Mic Cavazzini,
    Produced by Ian Woolf

    28 min
  • Enquiry based learning and Hendra
    Associate Professor Les Kirkup spoke to Ian Woolf about how to make lab classes more interesting,
    James Bourne, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf discuss the Hendra virus news.
    Presented by James Bourne,
    Produced by Ian Woolf

    28 min
  • I love that word, Meltdown
    Ian Woolf tells us about the latest and greatest in stem cell organ transplant.
    Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf, and Martin Faccini speak to to Matt Dawson, the amateur astronomer who named the recently discovered planetoid "255073: victoriabond".
    Martin Faccini gives us an update on the Fukushima meltdown.
    Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond.

    27 min

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