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Diffusion Science Radio episodes

August 08, 2011 Lizard babies and exploding stars
Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Brigid Murphy about her discovery that lizards live births illuminate the evolution of cancer,
Ian Woolf speaks to Dr Martin van Kerwijk about his research in new types of supernovas and neutron stars,
News by Therese Chen, Victoria Bond, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf
Glassing research for better forsensics,
Gasland film showing in Sydney,
Synthetic Biology lecture in Sydney,
Live Futures Festival in Sydney,
Robot Wars in Sydney
Presented by Mic Cavazzini,
Produced by Ian Woolf

28 min
August 01, 2011 Enquiry based learning and Hendra
Associate Professor Les Kirkup spoke to Ian Woolf about how to make lab classes more interesting,
James Bourne, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf discuss the Hendra virus news.
Presented by James Bourne,
Produced by Ian Woolf

28 min
July 25, 2011 I love that word, Meltdown
Ian Woolf tells us about the latest and greatest in stem cell organ transplant.
Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf, and Martin Faccini speak to to Matt Dawson, the amateur astronomer who named the recently discovered planetoid "255073: victoriabond".
Martin Faccini gives us an update on the Fukushima meltdown.
Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond.

27 min
July 18, 2011 Lactating insects and handy fish
Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr James Gilbert about insects that look after their young,
News by Therese Chen
- tool use by fish
- magpies kill other magpies chicks
- warm blooded dinosaurs
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf

28 min
July 11, 2011 Expanding Universe, Zombie ladybugs
Professor Robert Kirshner speaks to Ian Woolf about supernovas and the accelerating expanding universe,
News by Dr Popple and Therese Chan:
- Greenhouse wallabies
- giant wombats
- horny bugs are loud
- zombie ladybugs
Presented by Therese Chan,
Produced by Ian Woolf

30 min
July 04, 2011 Anatomical anomalies and Cane toads
Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Robert Quinby about his discovery of a third type of supernova,
Victoria Bond speaks with Dr Adam Freeman about Anatomical variations,
Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Professor Rick Shine about cane toad research,
News by Victoria Bond and Julie-Anne Popple:
- Ocean acidification report released
- Surge in QLD turtle deaths
- Tau day
- Pig Poo Pond Power
Presented by Victoria Bond
Produced by Ian Woolf

27 min
June 27, 2011 The birds and the bees and mint
Julie-Anne Popple, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf speak with Botanist Dr Trevor Wilson about pollenation and mint,
Julie-Anne Popple reports the news:
- Cervical cancer vaccination
- Greenhouse data shared by CSIRO online
- new CSIRO solar hot air power station opened
- sensory hairs help bats fly more precisely
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf

27 min
June 20, 2011 Let's talk about X... and exits
Victoria Bond speaks to Dr. Jacqui McPhee about her experiences in ICU and palliative care, and end of life care.
Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss Terry Pratchet's endorsement of euthanasia.
After an interlude from Monty Python, Mic Cavazzini speaks to Professor Jenny Graves of the Australian National University about marsupials, and what they can tell us about our own genome.

Hosted by Ian Woolf, paneled and produced by Victoria Bond

27 min
June 13, 2011 Terminal Decline and Zero Emissions
Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the strained Australian health budget.
Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss their thoughts on end of life care and euthanasia.
Marc West interviews Beyond Zero Emissions Australia, about climate change, science, and policy.
Pesented and produced by Victoria Bond

27 min
June 06, 2011 Phone cancer and giant cuttlefish
Ian Woolf, Julianne Popple, and Victoria Bond discuss mobile phones' ugrade in carcinogenecity category by the WHO.
Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie talk about all the threats to giant cuttlefish.
Paneled, hosted, and produced by Victoria Bond

27 min

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