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Ian Woolf

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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...

Jul 20, 2026

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...

Jul 13, 2026

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...

Jul 6, 2026

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...

Jun 29, 2026

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...

Jun 15, 2026

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...

Jun 1, 2026

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...

May 6, 2026

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...

May 3, 2026

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...

Apr 26, 2026

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...

Apr 19, 2026

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...

Apr 12, 2026

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...

Apr 5, 2026

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...

Mar 29, 2026

Sensing medical wearables

Listen to Dr Marsilea Booth talk about wearable medical sensors at Nutromics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a...

Mar 22, 2026

Radiotheranostics

Listen to Dr Cuhananthan Sathiyajith talk about his startup to commercialise a new medical tool that can both diagnose and treat cancer at t...

Mar 15, 2026

Noushin's Nanotechnology - part 2

Listen to the second part of my interview with Professor Noushin Nasiri talk about nanotechnology - very small things with very big effects....

Mar 9, 2026

Noushin's Nanotechnology - part 1

Listen to nanotechnologist Noushin Nasiri talk about how she works at the smallest scale, for the biggest impact. - Part 1 Hosted and produc...

Mar 1, 2026

Discipline Spaces - part 2

Listen to part 2 of Dr Eliza Middleton chatting about the benefits of communicating with people from different professions who think differe...

Feb 22, 2026

Discipline Spaces - part 1

Listen to Dr Eliza Middleton discuss the advantages of speaking with people from completely different disciplines than your own - Part 1 Hos...

Feb 15, 2026

Random Laser Sensing

Listen to Professor Judith Dawes talk about creating random lasers to sense molecules in 2021, Kachina Allen explains the dangers of Power D...

Feb 8, 2026