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Diffusion Science Radio episodes

January 10, 2011 Mating dance, Vitamin C and Coal
Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall-King share their wisdom on the human mating dance,
Ian Woolf revisits the link between vitamins and sexual behaviour,
and revisits how the coal industry could be saved by solar power.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf

27 min
January 03, 2011 Lifelogging and fake meat
Record your life with life-logging.
Do you care about privacy on the
internet?
Would you eat fake meat?
Discussion by Ollie Barrand, Catherine Beahag, Marc West and Aaron Cook.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

27 min
December 27, 2010 Sperm Wars and Santa science
Marc West and Bianca Nogrady revisit the Science of Santa from 2009,
Ian Woolf discusses Robin Baker's Sperm Wars with Aaron Cooke and Daniel Keogh
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

28 min
December 20, 2010 Tsunami warning and Greentech awards
Ian Woolf interviews Marianne Menictas about her tsunami warning modelling to save the most people for the least cost.
Matt Clarke in 2006 talks about semen allergies with out-takes,
Marc West in 2006 explains cricket psychology,
Ian Woolf reports from the Consensus Greentech Awards
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

28 min
December 13, 2010 Younger mice and spider invasions
Marc West speaks to Dr Cor Vink about the invasion of foreign spiders to New Zealand
Ian Woolf reports on the reversal of aging in Harvard lab mice,
News from MX read by Ian Woolf:
- private company reaches orbit
- Japanese spacecraft misses Venus, but will try again
- stem cells repair spinal injury in small monkey
- One flu jab for life
- facebook page leads to brain surgery
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

27 min
December 06, 2010 Neutron bombs, GM apples and Zanzibar
Lachlan What more looks back over the history of neutron bombs,
Victoria Bond reports on apples genetically modified to hide spoilage,
discussion from Marc West, Peta Waller-Bryant, Ian Woolf, Phillipe Perez, Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore.
News by Phillipe Perez
- more stars means less dark matter
- US builds flying transformer trucks
Presented by Marc West
Produced by Ian Woolf,
buttons pressed by Victoria Bond

27 min
November 29, 2010 Real Doctors eat Breakfast
Victoria Bond checks in with some new evidence of a Universe before
the Big Bang.
Marc West interviews Kylie Smith on a recently published study which
outlines possible long term risks involved in skipping your daily
breakfast.
Lachlan Whatmore spoke to Dr. Cassandra Meirs, and Dr. William
Halford, on the trials and tribulations of obtaining a PhD.

27 min
November 22, 2010 Ethics of addict detention and enhanced children
Ian Woolf summarises Robert Sparrow's talk "The Not-so-New Eugenics: The Harsh Logic of human enhancement", about the ethics of child enhancing technology, from the Singularity Summit, Australia,
Victoria Bond interviews Dr Fisher from Nepean hospital about the ethics of psychiatrically detaining drug addicts,
News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
- LHC makes antimatter
- Bacterial glue heals buildings
Presented by Phillipe Perez
Produced by Ian Woolf,
with technical support from Victoria Bond

27 min
November 15, 2010 Healthy Old Age
Ian Woolf reports from the Singularity Summit on Gregory Benford's Genescient research into preventing the diseases of old age using genomics and artifical intelligence to produce nutraceuticals that may allow a healthy old age, with discussion from Marc West and Charles Willock.
News by Marc West, Ian Woolf, and Charles Willock
- Gummi bear finger-print hack
- weeds out-evolve Monsanto
- Chatbot argues with climate deniers on twitter
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf

27 min
November 08, 2010 Herpes, Dengue fever and Marijuana
Lachlan Whatmore interviews Bill Halford of
Southern Illinois University about his cutting edge research on the
upcoming Herpes vaccine.
In a similar vein, Victoria Bond tracks Robert Booy down to discuss
the ongoing development on the Dengue Fever vaccine, and the impact of
this disease worldwide.
Finally, Victoria Bond speaks to Maree Teesson of the National Drug and
Alcohol Centre about the relationship between cannabis and
schizophrenia.
Hosted by Lachlan Whatmore.
Paneled and produced by Victoria Bond.

27 min

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