Diffusion Science Radio

Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about Cigutera zombie fish poison, Darwinius, science and the media by Victoria Bond, with discussion from Kalvin Ng and Ian Woolf, News by Kalvin Ng - territory disputes over underwater minerals - tortured mocking birds - showering ducks News by Victoria Bond - Getting Down with cancer - asthma can be caused by eczema Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Mic Cavazzini interviews Dr Tim Bredy from the Queensland Brain Institute about post traumatic stress disorder,

Patrick Rubie reports:

- Peanuts eaten by donors can hurt blood transfusion recipients,

- Planets without stars observed by gravitational micro-lensing,

- Coal seam gas drilling for residential Sydney,

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond reports on the latest HIV Vaccines,

Ian Woolf interviews Martin Marier about his musical sponge instrument at Dorkbot Sydney,

Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss research into casual sex,

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond interviews Professor Ian Hickie about circadian rhythms and depression,

Patrick Rubie reports on:

- Sperm teasing

- big tobacco cures starvation

- asteroid dust and the origins of life

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Associate Professor Gregg Suaning shares his Bionic Vision with Ian Woolf,

Ian Woolf explores Synthetic Biology, and would he would do with access to a wet printer.

Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond celebrates 50 years of human space travel,

Ian Woolf interviews Dr Sara Lal and Diarmuid Kavanagh about stopping tiredness killing people,

News by Patrick Rubie:

- safe injecting cuts overdoses

- premature pregnancy evolves

- NASA finds medicines stored in space become inactive

Presented by Victoria Bond,

produced by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf

Ian Woolf visits the protest rally against proposed medical research budget cuts, and interviews:

Bettina Arndt, Bill Ferris, Judy Black, and Andrea MacFarland.

Patrick Rubie with the latest medical research news: Blindness, Schizophrenia and Depression.

Produced and presented by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond asks Ian Woolf to explain what radiation is, anyway.

Martin Faccini cuts through the spook to get down to the bottom of health risks surrounding the meltdown.

Finally, a Diffusion panel discussion about levels of exposure and radiation hormesis.

Paneled by Ian Woolf, produced by Victoria Bond.

Victoria Bond gets the scoop from Ian Woolf on the nuclear reactor situation in Japan and asks, what is a meltdown, exactly?

Victoria Bond speaks to Adam Freeman about why surgeons get so passionate about hand hygiene.

Ian Woolf speaks to Geoff Smith about nanophotonics, and cooling.

Presented and produced by Victoria Bond,

with technical support by Ian Woolf

"Confirmation bias, denialism and Morton's Demon" by Peter Bowditch,

Professor Geoff Smith spoke to Ian Woolf about how nano-photonics

can be used for smart clothes and smart windows

Presented by Ian Woolf,

Produced by Victoria Bond