Diffusion Science radio

Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr James Gilbert about insects that look after their young,

News by Therese Chen

- tool use by fish

- magpies kill other magpies chicks

- warm blooded dinosaurs

Presented by Victoria Bond,

Produced by Ian Woolf

Professor Robert Kirshner speaks to Ian Woolf about supernovas and the accelerating expanding universe,

News by Dr Popple and Therese Chan:

- Greenhouse wallabies

- giant wombats

- horny bugs are loud

- zombie ladybugs

Presented by Therese Chan,

Produced by Ian Woolf

Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Robert Quinby about his discovery of a third type of supernova,

Victoria Bond speaks with Dr Adam Freeman about Anatomical variations,

Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Professor Rick Shine about cane toad research,

News by Victoria Bond and Julie-Anne Popple:

- Ocean acidification report released

- Surge in QLD turtle deaths

- Tau day

- Pig Poo Pond Power

Presented by Victoria Bond

Produced by Ian Woolf

Julie-Anne Popple, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf speak with Botanist Dr Trevor Wilson about pollenation and mint,

Julie-Anne Popple reports the news:

- Cervical cancer vaccination

- Greenhouse data shared by CSIRO online

- new CSIRO solar hot air power station opened

- sensory hairs help bats fly more precisely

Presented by Victoria Bond,

Produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond speaks to Dr. Jacqui McPhee about her experiences in ICU and palliative care, and end of life care.
Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss Terry Pratchet's endorsement of euthanasia.

After an interlude from Monty Python, Mic Cavazzini speaks to Professor Jenny Graves of the Australian National University about marsupials, and what they can tell us about our own genome.

Hosted by Ian Woolf, paneled and produced by Victoria Bond

Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the strained Australian health budget.

Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss their thoughts on end of life care and euthanasia.

Marc West interviews Beyond Zero Emissions Australia, about climate change, science, and policy.

Pesented and produced by Victoria Bond

Mic Cavazzini interviews Dr Tim Bredy from the Queensland Brain Institute about post traumatic stress disorder,

Patrick Rubie reports:

- Peanuts eaten by donors can hurt blood transfusion recipients,

- Planets without stars observed by gravitational micro-lensing,

- Coal seam gas drilling for residential Sydney,

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond reports on the latest HIV Vaccines,

Ian Woolf interviews Martin Marier about his musical sponge instrument at Dorkbot Sydney,

Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss research into casual sex,

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond interviews Professor Ian Hickie about circadian rhythms and depression,

Patrick Rubie reports on:

- Sperm teasing

- big tobacco cures starvation

- asteroid dust and the origins of life

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Associate Professor Gregg Suaning shares his Bionic Vision with Ian Woolf,

Ian Woolf explores Synthetic Biology, and would he would do with access to a wet printer.

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf