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What are the seven secrets of successful online dating? Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf unravel the mysteries

'Brain spindles that minds are made of' Nija Dalal talks to Charles Siebert about our brains.

And Patrick Rubie reveals bacterial artists that draw our attention in the latest science news

Presented by Ian Woolf

Co-produced by Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf

Marc West explains the new dust storms that have hit Australia,

Marc and Ian Woolf discuss whether the internet is addictive,

and just how smart are dogs really?

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Ian Woolf reports on Lawrence Karuss's talk on Dark Energy at the Powerhouse Museum,
Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss the expansion of the Universe, and harnessing Casimir forces from quantum vacuum energy.

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Fighting HIV' Patrick Rubie interviews Andrew Low from the Centre for Excellence in Medical Research, the University of British Columbia about the newest weapons to fight HIV.

Lachlan Whatmore presents Part 2 of his tribute to Les Paul, honouring a man of musical genius

News by Patrick Rubie

- Faster Brains

- Bushwalking Invasion

Presented by Lachlan Whatmore

Produced by Patrick Rubie

We get you up with the science of coffee, take you on a journey of musical genius with guitarist Les Paul, and generally squeeze so much science out of your stomach that you'll need a gastric bi-pass.

Lachlan Whatmore talks about the musical genius of Les Paul

Marc West tackles the science of coffee

Hosted by Victoria Bond, Panelled and Produced by Marc West.

The final song is "Dark Mathematics" by Emergency Calls (used with permission on podcast)

Marc West interviews astronomical artist Jon Lomberg about sending art to aliens on the Voyager space probe,

The science of cocktails! Is there really such a thing? Marc West investigates at the Ultimo Science Festival with celebrity chef Manuel Terron,

Ian Woolf interviews Brian Lennon at the Live Futures festival about a power source that is cheap, clean and local - geothermal power from hot rocks under our feet, and the Emissions Trading Scheme - will it work?

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Caitlin Howlett interviews Kate Hennessy, editor of 10daysofscience.com about the Ultimo Science Festival,

Victoria Bond celebrates 400 years of Galilean astronomy,

Dan Keogh and Caitlin Howlett lead a discussion on the science of marijuana with
Celine Steinfield, Victoria Bond, Kate Hennessy and Ian Woolf - it really addictive?,

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Marc West talks with Jacqui Hayes about the HelloFromEarth.net project,

From the Live Futures Festival, Dr Zheng asks us about what it should be like to live in cities in the future,

Natalie Roland talks to Ian Woolf about the Live Local project at Live Futures,

News by Caitlin Howlett,

- face reading differs across cultures

- why people need different amounts of sleep

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Join Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf as we tackle questions in mathematics, biology, popular science and chemistry. Can you do better than the team?

Produced and Panelled by Marc West

Also starring Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf

Australian uranium, the weapons makers who own it, and the new weapons in our region by Ian Woolf,

Karaoke therapy helping people suffering mild aphasia to speak more clearly by Ian Woolf,

Superstition and the stock market by Marc West,

News by Kalvin Ng,

- sea levels to rise by up to 79 centimetres

- Touvalu goes for 100% green electricity

- Saturn has a longer day

- are women more detail oriented than men?

- swinging is more efficient

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf