Listen to the Ig Nobel Award 24/7 lectures, with news of compulsory Naval nuclear waste dumps and the Fram2Ham space mission.

Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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Listen to the 34th First annual Ig Nobel Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think, edited down to 22 minutes.

Hosted by Marc Abrahams,

Edited by Ian Woolf

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Special Guests Dr Sue Wareham OAM of the Medical

Association for the Prevention of War,
and A/Prof

Tilman Ruff, Australian Chair of the International

Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
talk with

Charles Willock about nuclear proliferation.

Jaroon Descartes is Jacqui Pfeffer's Special Guest

in Part II of "Relationships with Robots".

Presented by: Lachlan Whatmore

News: Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf

Panelled by: Ian Woolf

Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf

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From 2007, but the science is still valid, and the technology hasn't improved:

Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to Charles Willock about large errors in estimates of nuclear waste storage times.

Alan Parkinson, nuclear engineer, talks with Charles Willock about the mishandling of nuclear waste at the Maralinga weapons testing site in South Australia.

Presented by: Emily Fearn

Panelled by: Celine Steinfeld

Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf

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From 2018:

Llamas fight flu by Ian Woolf,

Steven Freeland talks about the US Space Force

Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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From 2018:

Lizzie O'Shea talks about the anti-privacy Assistance and Access Bill,

Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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Listen to Dr Alexia Maddox talk about the planned ban on Australians under 16 using social media - part 2

News of childrens human rights being violated by a social media ban

Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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Listen to Dr Alexia Maddox talk about the planned ban on Australians under 16 using social media - part 1

Stewart Baker, former General Counsel of the NSA talking about the Cycle of Moral Panics.

Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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From 2018:

CRISPR babies update by Ian Woolf,

Transhumanism and emerging technologies by Peter Xing,

Engineering Cat-girls by Meow Ludo Meow Meow.

Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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From 2018:

Powerless cameras by Ian Woolf,

Dr David Farmer and comedian Jackson Vaarhoor explain Why You're Not Dead Yet,

Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

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