Asthma and Inflammaging
Listen to Professor Vanessa Murphy talk with Ian Woolf about asthma, its treatment and prevention. News of a drug to prevent inflammaging -...
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Diffusion Science radio
If you like a good, broad mix of Science - new science, hard science, pop science, historical science and very silly science, listen to Diffusion.
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20 of 1,111 episodesRoaches and Robots
Listen to Coackroaches rescuers with guns, cameras, diving suits and space suits. Diffusion attacked by bots. OpenAI bots cooperate to hack...
Antarctica and Lorenzo's Oil
From 2001: Dr Victoria I. Lytle spoke with Matt Whitfort about her Antarctic sea ice sheet research and 7 expeditions, with the Antarctic CR...
Black holes, Red Wine, and Remote Scientists
From 2003: News of tasty virtual reality, vegetarian robots, and sugar power by Ian Woolf, Dr Robin Burns speaks with Christine Baker on how...
K-Mart Moral Panic Marketing
Listen to the facts behind the media feeding frenzy over K-mart Smart Glasses, and news of Elon Musk-style waste disposal. Hosted and produc...
Fires, Ears and Maths
From 2001: Bush fires interview with John Winter from NSW Royal Fire Brigade by Deanna Coleman, Bionic ears Angelique Hutchison Maths as a p...
Science Theatre and Handedness
From 2001, listen to Science Theatre by Lachlan Whatmore, Handedness by Adam Mark. News of stem cells from skin, basking sharks, prostate ca...
AI's Obsessions - part 2
The US plans to return to the Moon in 2028, but China might beat them if Space companies can't meet the deadline. Claude AI has an ethics at...
Young Scientists
Listen to Jack, Riley and Flynn talk about their new way way to lift water ten metres using a tiny fraction of the power of a mechanical pum...
AI's Obsessions - part 1
Listen to ChatGPT's obsession with Goblins. News of AI being banned, unbanned, and data centre deals. produced and hosted by Ian Wool Suppor...
Quantum solar martian lunar prawn history
From 2001: Quantum history by David Blank, Martian meteorites by Ian Woolf, Well-bred prawns by Tim Baynes, Rats keep their hair on by Deann...
Self Recognising Reactors
From the 2000 archives: listen to how we recognise ourselves by Gina Sartore, Ian Woolf interviews Robert Robinson about the replacement rea...
What's Up With Gravity - part 1
From 2002: Listen to Adam Mark reporting on the latest in ejaculation research. Chris Stewart presents part 1 of What's Up With Gravity. New...
ID Card - is Big Brother stalking you?
From 2007 in memory of Charles Willock and Darren Osborne: Identity Card Special Edition Presented by Darren Osborne, Synthetic interview wi...
Fake Fruit Flies
Listen to news of self-watering fungi, and a fruit fly brain copied into a computer, hooked up to a pretend body, living in a simulated worl...
Nanotech Pubs
From 2008: Listen to Nanotechnologist Michael Ford explain how to make matter do whatever you wish, Marc West goes on a pub crawl of science...
Brain Computers
Listen to news of 3D printed brain interfaces, Neural computers, brain-computer-interface speech, AI gets its own computer, and night-time s...
Zapping nanoparticles frees minds
From 2008: Victoria Bond finds out if the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world, Ian Woolf talks to Professor Mike Cortie about zapping...
2026 Frontiers of Science - part 2
Listen to the second part of the Question and Answer session with the audience and scientists from the 2026 Frontiers of Science Forum. Answ...
2026 Frontiers of Science - part 1
Listen to part 1 of the Question and Answer session with the audience and scientists from the 2026 Frontiers of Science Forum. Answering the...