Diffusion Science radio

Pahia Cooper picks her favourite inventions of 2009: the Lung flute, greensulate mushroom packaging, and the Mindflex.

Aaron Cook interviews Pahia Cooper about her experiences travelling in the Questacon Science Circus.

News by Aaron Cook

- how to grow a new leg,

- an 8 legged handy-man,

- What is the scientific speed to pull off band-aids?

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

ET won't go home by Marc West and Darren Osborne, the beer drinking scientists,

The Science of Choice is explored as Ian Woolf interviews Dr Stephen Bush of the Centre for the Study of Choice, at the University of Technology, Sydney.

News by Aaron Cook

- More Hadron Collider

- Massive Iceberg heads for Oz

- Whoâs been farting on Mars?

Presented by Ian Woolf

Panelled and produced by Patrick Rubie

Dr Alsion Beavis talks to Ian Woolf about portable crime scene investigation labs,

Marc West and Darren Osborne talk to pub-goers about Extra-Terrestrials,

Aaron Cook reports on Kiwis in space, crustaceans combat climate change,

and male contraceptive hormones.

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Dr Ross Hill explains to Ian Woolf how the acidification of the oceans is causing osteoporosis in tropical reefs.

Lachlan Whatmore reports on Apple's lemon, and the mangrove invasion of fresh-water wetlands.

Ian Woolf reports on Locked-in syndrome and facilitated communication, chemical sensors and microscope attachments for phones.

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Use the cold of space to cool your home with Angus Gentle and Ian Woolf.
Search for alien life and Extraterrestrial Intelligence with Carol Oliver and Marc West.

Visits Bondi Beach with Ian Woolf, to explore the futuristic cybernetic world of Augmented Reality with pioneers Rob Manson and Chris Betcha.

Presented by Marc West,

Produced by Ian Woolf

Lachlan Whatmore gets squishy on ya with immortal jellyfish.

Victoria Bond eulogises the Mars rovers,

Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf discuss new understandings about short-sightedness,

Ian Woolf and Pat Rubie collide with bread and hadrons

Lachlan Whatmore eulogises mighty biochemist Mildred Cohn.

Presented by Patrick Rubie,

Produced by Lachlan Whatmore,

and panelled by Patrick Rubie

Brigid Mullane interviews Dr Michael Cavanagh about new software to help teach Maths at school.

Ian Woolf talks with

Futurist Janine Cahill about the paradigm shift from Traditional to New Media, Mobile Banking, Serious Games and Disintermediation. The future will be challenging!

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Marc West asks Dr Chris Pettigrew how X-men character Mystique's super-powers might really work.

Charles Willock reports on the distribution of sin in the USA.

Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss the lesser known side effects of the contraceptive pill.

News by Victoria Bond

- protons re-introduced to the LHC

- Swine flu is nothing to sneeze at

- rebuilding glaciers

- electric field therapy kills cancer

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

"Worms worms worms" by Lachlan Whatmore

"Science Trivia" hosted by Victoria Bond. Contributors are Lachlan Whatmore, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie

"The number 30" by Patrick Rubie

News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf

-Evolutionary Leap

-Hadron Collider

-Placebo Effects

-Global Melting

Music:

Tom Glazer - "What makes the weather"

"It's a Scientific Fact"

Presented by Lachlan Whatmore

Panelled by Ian Woolf

Produced by Patrick Rubie

All you need to know about vaccinations!

Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf talk about how

vaccines are made, how they work, the biochemistry behind

vaccines, the controversies, and even a little maths!

Hosted by Ian Woolf

Produced by Marc West

Vaccine expert Victoria Bond