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  • Gene modified salmon and Sexy dancing
    Victoria Bond reports on the legalisation of genetically modified salmon and its Frankenfish implications, leading a panel discussion with Marc West, Phillipe Perez and Ian Woolf.
    Ian Woolf describes the male dance moves that sexually attract women, and discusses the science with Melinda Hall King and Matthew Hall.
    Presented by Phillipe Perez, and produced by Ian Woolf.

    27 min
  • BSD Sex and Beady-Eyed Agents
    Lachlan Whatmore reports on the chocolate genome
    Marc West and Darren Osborne discuss the science of sex in the pub,
    Ian Woolf interviews Dr Michael Georgeff about Rational agents,
    Presented by Bonnie Yiu,
    Produced by Ian Woolf

    29 min
  • Sports at altitude and Jacob Bronowski
    Victoria Bond presents this week's news.
    Marc West interviews Chris Gore about why athletes train at high altitude.
    Lachlan Whatmore commemorates the late, great Jacob Bronowski.
    Hosted by Marc West, produced by Victoria Bond

    27 min
  • Wave energy and the Coming Famine
    Victoria Bond coverâs this week's news: helium shortages, revolutionary tuberculosis testing and a suggestion to take a walk and leave the ipod at home.
    Joel Werner investigates the newest contender for green energy: wave power!
    Victoria Bond spoke to Julian Cribb about his newest book, the Coming Famine, and he explains why we are heading for major food crises within the next 50 years.
    Hosted and produced by Victoria Bond, paneled by Jesus Tarbay.

    26 min
  • DIY EMP, Putin and Sunlight
    Ian Woolf speaks to Leigh Russell at Dorkbot. Leigh explodes a hydrogen filled condom to cause an Electromagnetic pulse that reboots a computer. He moves beads with sound and brings non-Newtonian fluids to life.
    Listener question: Is sunlight behind glass just as good as outside? answered by Ian Woolf
    News
    - President Putin's views on the science of whaling and climate change by Lachlan Whatmore
    - How Grapefruit could make you pregnant by Ian Woolf
    Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
    Produced by Ian Woolf

    29 min
  • Photic sneezing and a naked scientist
    Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf cover this week's news.
    Marc West spoke to Dr. Louis Ptacek for even more about photic sneezing.
    Lachlan Whatmore gets down to the bottom of what a breed is, exactly.
    Bonnie Yu interviews Chris "The Naked Scientist" Smith about climate
    change and its impact on Australia.
    Hosted, paneled and produced by Victoria Bond.

    27 min
  • 2010 Science Festival special
    The Diffusion Science Week special, coming to you from the Ultimo Science Festival. We tackle the questions you have asked us over the last few weeks.
    Why do I sneeze at the Sun?
    What would something look like if it was travelling at the speed of light?
    Why do sportsmen train at altitude?
    Why do previously overweight people have trouble keeping the weight off?
    We ask the experts to get the real answers to these questions and more!
    Questions answered by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
    Produced and hosted by Marc West

    29 min
  • Brown science, Solar cells, horse tale
    Aaron Cook presents this week's juicy news.
    Lachlan Whatmore finishes off his trilogy tribute to horse evolution.
    Marc West grills Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Green Party, about
    his party's stand on science in the upcoming election,
    Brigid Mullane interviews Rod Seares about the cost effectiveness of solar
    pannels in Australia.
    Panneled, presented and produced by Victoria Bond

    27 min
  • Power tool orchestra, self-attraction?
    Ian Woolf speaks to Fred Rodrigues with his power tools orchestra at Dorkbot Sydney,
    Lachlan Whatmore brings us part 2 of the evolution of the horse,
    News by Victoria Bond
    - Dogs can't help imitating people
    - Social networks help you live longer
    - are people most attracted to those that look like themselves?
    Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
    Produced by Ian Woolf with technical support from Victoria Bond

    30 min
  • Rare Earth, Horses, Nano-wires
    Brigid Mullane interviews Dr Matthew James about rare earth minerals from mines to mobiles,
    Lachlan Whatmore begins part 1 of the evolution of the horse,
    Ian Woolf interviews Professor Matthew Phillips about nano-wires and LEDs
    Presented and panelled by Marc West,
    Produced by Ian Woolf

    28 min

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