Synopsis
If you like a good, broad mix of Science - new science, hard science, pop science, historical science and very silly science, listen to Diffusion.
Episodes
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The Big Misunderstanding
11/02/2024Listen to Professor John Mattick explain why Junk DNA is the big misunderstanding of molecular biology. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Nanoparticle breath on analogue Mars
04/02/2024Listen to Dr Renee Goreham talk about her research into applying nanoparticle detection to health, and news of missions to analogue Mars in Armenia. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Chocolate fuel, steroids and roomba sumo
28/01/2024From 2006: Ian Woolf reports on fuel from waste, Lachlan Whatmore on the Portuguese Man-of-War, Matt Clarke on Roomba Sumo, Lachlan Whatmore explains how steroids work, and how they mess you up, Ian Woolf reports on magnetic implants, Lachlan Whatmore reports on a gel that protects against AIDS. Hosted by Matt Clarke, Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Choice Blindness
21/01/2024Listen how choice blindness can lead to people defending the opposite to their original opinion, whether it be in a taste test, a survey, or in a eyewitness suspect line up, and how to be less likely to be deceived. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Comedy, housework and sex
14/01/2024From 2010: Listen to Marc West explain the correlation between sex and housework. Victoria Bond walks into a bar with science comedian Brian Malow. Aaron Cooke reports on starquakes, stroking rats, mosquito attraction, and how green tea fights cancer Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Music for moral equations...
07/01/2024Love songs aren't universally recognised, Music helps students learn maths, Music preferences predict moral values and vice versa Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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2023 Ig Nobel Prizes - part 2
28/12/2023Listen to Part 2 of the Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, then makes you think, followed by the 24/7 lectures. Hosted by Marc Abrahams from the Annals of Improbable Research. Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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2023 Ig Nobel Prizes - part 1
25/12/2023The Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, then makes you think! Hosted by Marc Abrahams from the Annals of Improbable Research. Part 2 next week Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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AI has a human alignment problem
18/12/2023Listen to part 3 of Ian Woolf's chat with Transhumanist Brendan Clarke on how AI is being abused by people who's values are not aligned with society. The Ignobel Prize 24/7 lectures where a researcher is given 24 seconds to describe their work, and then to explain it in just 7 words that anyone can understand. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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After AI takes our jobs
11/12/2023Listen to part 2 of Ian Woolf's chat with Transhumanist Brendan Clarke on how AI gets smarter, and how to change society to help people who lose their jobs as a result. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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AI needs nurturing
04/12/2023Listen to Brendan Clarke and Ian Woolf chat about what's happened with artificial intelligence over the last year, and what may happen, and why good parenting is a factor. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Humans almost extinct and Rat Matrix
27/11/2023Listen to the tale of how humans almost became extinct several times in history. News of rats using their imaginations to move objects and themselves through virtual reality. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Face transplant and spice for life
20/11/2023Successful face transplant including whole eyeball, News of Cinnamon for longer life and better memory by Ian Woolf, Face recognition by Gina Sartore Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Are earthquakes affected by climate change?
13/11/2023Australian SpIRIT nano-satellite to be launched, How climate change may cause more volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and make them more severe. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Brain Writing
06/11/2023Brain writing with bidirectional Brain-Computer-Interfaces, with news of spots before your eyes mapped at Monash, and stimulated in Toronto Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Red Cross Blood Bank
30/10/2023From 2013: Ian Woolf reports on Vel-negative blood, What are A, B and O, and what is RH negative and positive? Ian Woolf speaks with with Joe Patkes, Red Cell Serologist at the Red Cross Blood Services centre in Alexandria about blood types, blood processing and transfusions. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Woomera blasts off
23/10/2023From 2015: Asteroid moons Earth, Invisible planets sought by Ian Woolf Kerrie Dougherty describes the beginnings of the Woomera Rocket Range. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Aussie Space Mail
16/10/2023From 2014: Worms uploaded to Lego by Ian Woolf, Kerrie Dougherty tells tales of Rockets delivering mail in Australia before Woomera. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution
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Levitating worms and 2023 Nobel Prizes
09/10/20232023 Nobel Prizes for attosecond lasers, quantum dots and mRNA vaccines. News of Worms leaping with electric fields. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Don't ignore your symptoms
02/10/2023New protein causing post-exertional malaise hints at new diagnostic tests and drugs for ME/CFS, Flaws found by critics in the PACE Trials and Cochrane Review recommending graded exercise therapy and Cognitive behavioural therapy for ME/CFS - the Australian clinical guidelines are based on pseudoscience Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links