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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Supramolecular!
12/05/2024Listen to Professor Kate JolLiffe talk about using Supramolecular chemistry to make new sensors, medications and new materials. News of ME/CFS research funded at La Trobe University Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Grapes, yeast and a pinch of comedy
05/05/2024Listen to Natalia Caliani talk about selecting yeast to make tastier wine, comedy school, and hear her stand-up comedy performance! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Marta's Micro-Market Mirth - part 2
28/04/2024Listen to Marta Khomyn talk about the lemons problem in financial markets, Exchange Traded Funds, and hear her stand-up comedy performance! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Marta's Micro-Market Mirth - part 1
21/04/2024Listen to Marta Khomyn talk about financial markets, data science and comedy school, with news of optic nerve restoration. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Sleep Learning and Smell-O-Vision - part 3
14/04/2024From 2020: Synthetic smells and Sleep smelling memories by Ian Woolf James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 3, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Pheromones and Industrial noses - part 2
07/04/2024From 2020: James Hayes talks about the science of odour,pheromones and industrial noses part 2 Easter chocolate news, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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How do we smell again? - part 1
31/03/2024From 2020: James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 1 Easter chocolate news, present and past Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Apps for Brain-Computer-Interfaces - part 2
22/03/2024Listen to part 2 of Sam Hosovsky, CEO of uCat, talking about the implications of brain-computer-interfaces. News of ear based brain-computer-interfaces Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Apps for Brain-Computer-Interfaces - part 1
17/03/2024Listen to Sam Hosovsky explain to Ian Woolf how uCat is building apps to help paralysed people with Brain-Computer-Interfaces learn to speak using virtual reality and artificial intelligence - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Comedy in his DNA
10/03/2024Sam Dyer talks about doing science stand-up comedy about DNA sequencing at the Adelaide Fringe Festival Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Again
03/03/2024From 2022: Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer? The Liberal-National Party want you to think so. News of a vaccine for hair loss, and a reminder from the original Moon landing. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Brain spindle dating tips
25/02/2024From 2009: What are the seven secrets of successful online dating? Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf unravel the mysteries; 'Brain spindles that minds are made of' Nija Dalal talks to Charles Siebert about our brains; And Patrick Rubie reveals bacterial artists that draw our attention in the latest science news Presented by Ian Woolf Co-produced by Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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Lord Morton's Mare and robotic guitars
18/02/2024Dr Angela Crean explains environmental effects on fathers, and non-genetic inheritance in Lord Morton's mare and the quagga. Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise
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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