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Diffusion Science radio episodes

  • Is Life Inevitable?
    From 2017: Listen to Professor Stuart Kauffman talk about the origin of life.
    News that weight lifting is good for your brain.
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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    29 min
  • Chocolate cultured, whole, and traditional
    News of healthier, more sustainable chocolate, and chocolate cultured in a bioreactor.
    Listen to chef and biochemist Galit Segev from 2011, talk about the science of tempering chocolate.
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    29 min
  • After AI take our jobs again
    From 2017: Paul Mason talks about bots talking jobs, and the future of society.
    News of vampires switching to human blood.
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    29 min
  • Frontiers of Science Forum 2025 Q and A - part 2
    Listen to part 2 of the audience Question and Answer session of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Forum. Physicist Benjamin Pope, Science Educator Helen Georgiou, Micro-biologist Liz Harry and Chemist Vipul Agarwal answer the audiences' questions.
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    29 min
  • Frontiers of Science Forum 2025 Q and A - part 1
    Listen to part 1 of the audience Q and A session of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Forum. Physicist Benjamin Pope, Science Educator Helen Georgiou, Micro-biologist Liz Harry and Chemist Vipul Agarwal answer the audience's questions.
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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    29 min
  • The Science of Teaching Science
    Listen to Associate Professor Helen Georgiou talk about her research into the best ways to teach science at schools.
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    29 min
  • Recycling and healing plastic - part 3
    Listen to Vipul Agarwal continue our conversation about his new plastic recycling technology, polymer spinal implants and re-usable rapid tests - part 3
    2025 Australian Federal Election Science funding policies
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    33 min
  • Recycling and healing plastic - part 2
    Listen to Vipul Agarwal continue our conversation about his new plastic recycling technology, polymer spinal implants and plastic anti-fouling paint for ships and submarines - part 2
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    28 min
  • Recycling and healing plastic - part 1
    Listen to Vipul Agarwal from UNSW talk about his new plastic recycling technology - part 1
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    29 min
  • The Secret Life of Bacteria - part 3
    Listen to Professor Liz Harry talk about the secret life of bacteria, and leadership in science - part 3, and from 2018, Daniel Bouzho talks about bacteria and honey.
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    31 min

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