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Listen to Associate Professor Benjamin Pope talk about enhancing astronomy with statistics - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2019: Listen to Professor Martin Wegener talks about nano 3D Printing of working retinas to cure blindness. News of Feeling hands, and incriminating handshakes Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

News of smart glasses for macular degeneration, DeepSeek AI, Virus therapy, Carrot Therapy and Brain chips! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

From 2019: Alex Kelly talks about economics, automation, investment, and how to change things for a better society. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Listen to the Ig Nobel Award 24/7 lectures, with news of compulsory Naval nuclear waste dumps and the Fram2Ham space mission. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to the 34th First annual Ig Nobel Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think, edited down to 22 minutes. Hosted by Marc Abrahams, Edited by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Special Guests Dr Sue Wareham OAM of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, and A/Prof Tilman Ruff, Australian Chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons talk with Charles Willock about nuclear proliferation. Jaroon Descartes is Jacqui Pfeffer's Special Guest in Part II of "Relationships with Robots". Presented by: Lachlan Whatmore News: Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf Panelled by: Ian Woolf Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

From 2007, but the science is still valid, and the technology hasn't improved: Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to Charles Willock about large errors in estimates of nuclear waste storage times. Alan Parkinson, nuclear engineer, talks with Charles Willock about the mishandling of nuclear waste at Maralinga. Presented by: Emily Fearn Panelled by: Celine Steinfeld Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

From 2018: Llamas fight flu by Ian Woolf, Steven Freeland talks about the US Space Force Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2018: Lizzie O'Shea talks about the anti-privacy Assistance and Access Bill, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Dr Alexia Maddox talk about the planned ban on Australians under 16 using social media - part 2 News of childrens human rights being violated by a social media ban Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2018: Listen to Dr Alexia Maddox talk about the planned ban on Australians under 16 using social media - part 1 Stewart Baker, former General Counsel of the NSA talking about the Cycle of Moral Panics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2018: CRISPR babies update by Ian Woolf, Transhumanism and emerging technologies by Peter Xing, Engineering Cat-girls by Meow Ludo Meow Meow. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2018: Powerless cameras by Ian Woolf, Dr David Farmer and comedian Jackson Vaarhoor explain Why You're Not Dead Yet, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2014 listen to Professor Michael Morris on investigating the basic science of embryology to find out how embryonic stem cells become all other cells. 2024 news of the Internet Archive is down, and AI clones report the news with unexpected Organoids. From 2014 Crocodiles climb, and use tools, while alligators make video Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2014: Sony smart wigs, DARPA brain impants for memory, and prosthetic hands that feel by Ian Woolf. Professor Stephanie Watson spoke with Ian Woolf about how she heals corneas with stem cells, From the 2014 Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Pete from Robogirls teaches schoolgirls to build lego robots, Stephen Martin from BotBits talks about building kit combat robots Diarmid Herath from Robological has a platform for you to design your own robots Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to The Physiology or Medicine prize for micro-RNA , the Physics Prize for machine learning software, the Chemistry Prize for the use of machine learning to identify the shape of proteins, and the use of machine learning to create new proteins. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to NotebookLM AI voices discover they are an artificial intelligence, and news of obsolete cyborgs. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Professor Simon Finfer talk about how to identify and treat the deadly condition sepsis, and the importance of teaching doctors and the general public to check for the symptoms, on World Sepsis Day. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Dr Gabrielle Caswell talk about the way forward for Australia's place in space. And a brief blast from the past interview with students working on space health from 2017. News of untrustworthy AI podcasters and mouldy space stations. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise