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Diffusion Science radio episodes

  • Economics and lithium in our water
    'Bad Economic Science' Marc West talks to Nick Davis from the World Economics Forum about what went wrong in the current Global Economic Crisis,

    Panel Discussion: Lithium in drinking water, man-made swine flu and exciting electronics by Ian Woolf, Marc West, Lachlan Whatmore and Patrick Rubie,

    News by Patrick Rubie
    - office work a pain in the neck
    - sea cucumbers mop up CO2

    Presented by Lachlan Whatmore
    Produced by Patrick Rubie

    31 min
  • Designer Genes, Music and Tornadoes
    Marc West joins Dr Luke Hunter for a beer and a chat about designing
    organic molecules. John August gets swept away by tornadoes, and is
    there really a link between music preference and intelligence?
    Produced by Marc West, presented and panelled by Ian Woolf

    30 min
  • Vaccination consternation, alien genes
    Martin Faccinni talks about why you should vaccinate,
    and how to protect yourself against all flu infections with Marc West and Ian Woolf,
    Marc West interviews Dr Katerina Mickac about the invasion of alien species,
    Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

    30 min
  • CSIRO Wi-Fi win and Dunbar's number
    Marc West interviews Dr Ben McNeil about alternative Energy and Australia,
    News by Ian Woolf, with discussion from Marc West and John August
    - CSIRO win their patent battle against 14 US Giants,
    - A hard limit on your social network size proved with Xmas cards and the Church of England?
    Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

    30 min
  • GFC economics and climate policy
    Ian Woolf interviews economist Joffre Bolce about the Global Financial Crisis,
    Marc West speaks with Dr Ben McNeil about Climate change policy,
    News by Victoria Bond
    - solar power from space for Fresno,
    - National Ignition Facility tries laser fusion
    - Earthquakes predicted by clouds, for Iran
    - sponges without biofilms fight disease
    Presented by Patrick Rubie,
    Produced by Ian Woolf

    32 min
  • Salk, Sabin and Twitter
    Lachlan Whatmore decribes the history of the Polio vaccine,
    Lachlan, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss if Twitter is just for twits,
    News by Ian Woolf
    - Mitsubishi electric cars for Oz?
    - Nano-batteries
    - virus build batteries
    - hot drink alert
    Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
    Produced by Ian Woolf

    30 min
  • Earth hour and Carnivorous plants
    Marc West interviews Dr Ben McNeil about Climate Change science and policy,
    Ian Woolf feeds his Carnivorous plants,
    News by Ian Woolf
    - Solar cycle could get noisy
    - Strangers make better mates
    - Genes diversify in hard times

    Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

    30 min
  • Mad cows, stem cells and Dark aliens
    Muhsin Karim explains the big issues of tiny stem cells,
    Ian Woolf looks for Dark aliens,
    News by Ian Woolf
    - Twin paradox in DNA profiling
    - Mad cows come unstuck
    - Diabetic sugar
    Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

    30 min
  • LOLcat censorship and Future Journeys
    Futurist Janine Cahill explains to Ian Woolf how to listen to gentle whispers,
    Google Guru Jim Stewart discusses the ACMA black-list of material censored in Australia,
    Protesters puzzled by banning of funny cat pictures and witch-hunting,
    Colin Jacobs from Electronic Frontiers Australia explains why Internet censorship is a political problem, not a technical problem.
    News by Kalvin Ng
    - underwater eruption
    - self-healing cars
    - Tiger ID
    - teenage space balloon
    Presented by Charles Willock,
    Produced by Ian Woolf

    30 min
  • Bats and sharks and CFS, correlated?
    Nick Evershed interviews Dr. Lindy Lumsden about Pipistrelle bats near extinction on Christmas Island,
    Ian Woolf gives his view of the New Scientist interview assertion that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is "almost all in the mind",
    Marc West examines correlation and causation,
    News by Jacqui Hayes
    - Older parents statistically have less intelligent children
    - Stem cell policy change
    - DNA confirms Tsar's children died with the Tsar
    Presented by Marc West,
    Produced by Ian Woolf

    30 min

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