Diffusion Science Radio

By Ian WoolfScience Technology

Diffusion Science Radio episodes

September 07, 2009 Coffee and Guitar science
We get you up with the science of coffee, take you on a journey of musical genius with guitarist Les Paul, and generally squeeze so much science out of your stomach that you'll need a gastric bi-pass.

Lachlan Whatmore talks about the musical genius of Les Paul

Marc West tackles the science of coffee

Hosted by Victoria Bond, Panelled and Produced by Marc West.

The final song is "Dark Mathematics" by Emergency Calls (used with permission on podcast)

29 min
August 31, 2009 Power, art and cocktails
Marc West interviews astronomical artist Jon Lomberg about sending art to aliens on the Voyager space probe,
The science of cocktails! Is there really such a thing? Marc West investigates at the Ultimo Science Festival with celebrity chef Manuel Terron,
Ian Woolf interviews Brian Lennon at the Live Futures festival about a power source that is cheap, clean and local - geothermal power from hot rocks under our feet, and the Emissions Trading Scheme - will it work?
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

27 min
August 24, 2009 10daysofscience and marijuana science
Caitlin Howlett interviews Kate Hennessy, editor of 10daysofscience.com about the Ultimo Science Festival,
Victoria Bond celebrates 400 years of Galilean astronomy,
Dan Keogh and Caitlin Howlett lead a discussion on the science of marijuana with
Celine Steinfield, Victoria Bond, Kate Hennessy and Ian Woolf - it really addictive?,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

31 min
August 17, 2009 Emailing aliens, and Future Festivals
Marc West talks with Jacqui Hayes about the HelloFromEarth.net project,
From the Live Futures Festival, Dr Zheng asks us about what it should be like to live in cities in the future,
Natalie Roland talks to Ian Woolf about the Live Local project at Live Futures,
News by Caitlin Howlett,
- face reading differs across cultures
- why people need different amounts of sleep
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

31 min
August 10, 2009 Diffusion Science Show Trivia Special
Join Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf as we tackle questions in mathematics, biology, popular science and chemistry. Can you do better than the team?
Produced and Panelled by Marc West
Also starring Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf

27 min
August 03, 2009 Karaoke science, stock superstitions
Australian uranium, the weapons makers who own it, and the new weapons in our region by Ian Woolf,
Karaoke therapy helping people suffering mild aphasia to speak more clearly by Ian Woolf,
Superstition and the stock market by Marc West,
News by Kalvin Ng,
- sea levels to rise by up to 79 centimetres
- Touvalu goes for 100% green electricity
- Saturn has a longer day
- are women more detail oriented than men?
- swinging is more efficient
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

30 min
July 27, 2009 Designer thinking and coral reefs 101
Ian Woolf speaks to Deborah Kneeshaw about using Design thinking to solve the world's problems,
Lachaln Whatmore explains the nature of coral reefs to Marc West,
News by Ian Woolf
- unseen giant object crashes into Jupiter
- circumcising men doesn't protect women from HIV
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
Produced by Ian Woolf

30 min
July 20, 2009 Moon landings and whalesong
Ian Woolf informs us on 10 Apollo 11 facts that will surprise you,
Ian
and Marc West chat the science and politics of moon landings, and we
feature some out-of-this-world music.

And just for balance, we come back to Earth and under the ocean to
talk to Scott Portelli about whales!

Produced by Marc West
Contributors: Marc West, Ian Woolf

28 min
July 13, 2009 Newly possible futures
Futurist Janine Cahill interviewed by Ian Woolf about how we are living in an era where the impossible is becoming possible,
News by Ian Woolf
- Photographic memory pills,
- Caffeine may reverse Alzheimers

- zapping brains for awareness
- Urine powered cars
Presented by Patrick Rubie,
Produced by Ian Woolf

31 min
July 06, 2009 Wildlife, sperm, cricket and elections
Caitlin Howlett explores wildlife corridors,
Marc West looks for the correlations between cricket and weather,
Ian Woolf looks at a lack of randomness in the Iranian election statistics,
News by Caitlin Howlett
- Eco race,
- shrinking sheep,
- pulsars,
- black holes,
- improving sperm
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

30 min

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