The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think - part 2, hosted by Marc Abrahams

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The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think - part 1, hosted by Marc Abrahams

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Listen to a deep dive into the restructuring of CSIRO and the endless budget cuts driving the firing of 1150 more scientists.

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Listen to a deep dive of the Coal-lition's rejection of Net Zero carbon dioxide emissions, and the bi-partisan introduction of Net Zero human rights for Australians online.

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A 30 second promotional trailer on why you should listen to Diffusion Science Radio

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Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska from the Queensland University of Technology won the 2025 Prime Minister's Prize for Science. I spoke with her in 2021 about how we can improve indoor air quality to reduce the transmission of COVID19, and other airborne diseases.

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From 2009: Listen to Marc West ask Dr Chris Pettigrew how Mystique's disguise super-powers might really work,

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

Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss 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

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From 2010: Listen to part 2 of Wolverine science from Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew,

Ant martyrs by Victoria Bond

Hot stuff at the RHIC with Olli Barrand

King Tut's diagnosis by Catherine Beehag

CSIRO's fleck nano tags your stuff by Catherine Beehag,

Bees dance to bee dopamine in lab raves by Ollie Barrand,

Lunar reserve created to protect the Tranquility lunar landing site by Ollie Barrand

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Listen to the 2025 Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded for the discovery of regulatory T-cells calming the immune system and stopping it from attacking the body. News of YouTube and GitHub banned for kids, and perhaps Wikipedia.

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The 2025 Nobel prizes were won for quantum tunneling and quantisation in a macroscopic circuit, and for the discovery of metal organic framework molecules to create new materials with novel properties. Lets find out what they achieved!

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