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Diffusion Science Radio
Diffusion Science Radio is broadcast each week from Sydney, Australia.
Episodis Recents
1030 episodis
Transhumanitarianism ciguatera jobs
Listen to Ian Woolf's 2023 stand-up comedy act on Ciguatera, his 2013 Jobs From Hell story, and a song about fixing the world.
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Teleporting Quack Echoes
Dr Boob ponders the ethical and technological implication of teleportation.
Ian Woolf looks at the physics of the duck's quack. News of high he...
Eternal September and synthehol
From 2014:
Mind reading apps for Google glass,
Alcohol without the harm? by Ian Woolf
Skyrmions explained by John Aug...
Internet Censorship like its 2008
From 2008:
Ian Woolf interviews Crikey tech writer Stilgherrian about the
Australian Government's plan to censor the internet.
Quiz of Xmas Past
The 2006 Diffusion Christmas Quiz:
Schrodinger's Cats vs Pavlov's Dogs
in a Winner-Takes-All contest.
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Quiz of Xmas Past
The 2006 Diffusion Christmas Quiz:
Schrodinger's Cats vs Pavlov's Dogs
in a Winner-Takes-All contest.
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2025 IgNobel Prizes - part 2
The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think - part 2, hosted by Marc Abrahams
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2025 IgNobel Prizes - part 2
The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think - part 2, hosted by Marc Abrahams
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2025 IgNobel Prizes - part 1
The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think - part 1, hosted by Marc Abrahams
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CSIRO Cuts - too many scientists fired
Listen to a deep dive into the restructuring of CSIRO and the endless budget cuts driving the firing of 1150 more scientists.
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30 Second promotion trailer
A 30 second promotional trailer on why you should listen to Diffusion Science Radio
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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Net Zero
Listen to a deep dive of the Coal-lition's rejection of Net Zero carbon dioxide emissions, and the bi-partisan introduction of Net Zero human rights f...
2025 Prime Minister's Prize for Science
Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska from the Queensland University of Technology won the 2025 Prime Minister's Prize for Science. I spoke with her...
Sin science, Mystique, and pill problems
From 2009: Listen to Marc West ask Dr Chris Pettigrew how Mystique's disguise super-powers might really work,
Charles Willock reports on...
Sin science, Mystique, and pill problems
From 2009: Listen to Marc West ask Dr Chris Pettigrew how Mystique's disguise super-powers might really work,
Charles Willock reports on...
Luna Park, and Wolverine part 2
From 2010: Listen to part 2 of Wolverine science from Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew,
Ant martyrs by Victoria Bond
Hot st...
2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine, learning online banned
Listen to the 2025 Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded for the discovery of regulatory T-cells calming the immune system and stopping it from attacking t...
2025 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry
The 2025 Nobel prizes were won for quantum tunneling and quantisation in a macroscopic circuit, and for the discovery of metal organic framework molec...
Wolverine snails
From 2010:Listen to the science of Wolverine with Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew,
Marc West, Aaron Cooke and Ian Woolf discuss the scie...
Knots and Networks - part 3
Listen to Associate Professor Suszanna Dancso talk about the biology, anthropology and beauty of knots. News of automated democracy!
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Knots and Networks - part 2
Listen to Associate Professor Suszanna Dancso talk about how knitting and neural networks are just complicated knots, and how imagining a donut shaped...
Knots and Networks - part 1
Listen to Associate Professor Suszanna Dancso talk about the mathematics and science of knots, weaving, networks and neural networks - part 1
Retrocausality Again
From 2007:
2007 Science News by Ian Woolf,
Human evolution by Marc West,
Retrocausality by Tim Baynes,
The Quantum Age - part 4
Listen to James Vandeleur talk about Quantum Computer programming, particle physics, and the Casimir effect, in the International Year of Quantum Scie...
The Quantum Age - part 3
Listen to James Vandeleau talk about Quantum Computers, in the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology - part 3.
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The Quantum Age - part 2
Listen to James Vandeleau talk about the history of Quantum physics, what it means and a demonstration with polarised sunglasses. News of scientists s...
The Quantum Age - part 1
Listen to James Vandeleau talk about the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology - part 1.
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Censored searches - part 3
Listen to the final part of John Pane talking about privacy rights online, from social media bubbles, to how kids need to practice socializing safely...
Censored searches - part 2
Listen to the second part of John Pane talking about privacy rights online, from your private interactions with AI, to the dangers of manipulation by...
Censored searches - part 1
Listen to John Pane, Chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia talk about the executive order from Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, r...
Youth cocktail and B6 toxicity
Listen to the risks of vitamin B6 poisoning that can damage your nerves and make you fall,
and news of a cocktail that makes worms and mi...
Trivia and Scary worms
From 2009:
"Worms worms worms" by Lachlan Whatmore
"Science Trivia" hosted by Victoria Bond.
"The number 30" by Patri...
Anomalies, blood and tornadoes
Listen to John August from 2009 talk about travelling in tornadoes.
News of mystery radio signals, a hole in the magnetosphere, and arti...
Change Your Behaviour
From the Singularity University Summit 2019:
Shelley Laslett talks about the neuroscience of changing your behaviour,
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Narcissome Bioethics
From 2017: Listen to Dr Ainsley Newson talk about bioethics and personal genomics.
News of Gut bacteria for longer life
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Tales of Evolution and Quantum Computing
From 2017: From 2017: Professor Stuart Kauffman reads from The surprizing story of Patrick, Rupert, Sly and Gus - evolutionary niches and complexity.<...
Is Life Inevitable?
From 2017: Listen to Professor Stuart Kauffman talk about the origin of life.
News that weight lifting is good for your brain.
Chocolate cultured, whole, and traditional
News of healthier, more sustainable chocolate, and chocolate cultured in a bioreactor.
Listen to chef and biochemist Galit Segev from 2011, talk...
After AI take our jobs again
From 2017: Paul Mason talks about bots talking jobs, and the future of society.
News of vampires switching to human blood.
H...
Frontiers of Science Forum 2025 Q and A - part 2
Listen to part 2 of the audience Question and Answer session of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Forum. Physicist Benjamin Pope, Science Educator Helen G...