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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Intellectual Property and Medicine - part 1
31/05/2021110 clots per million Astrazeneca doses by Ian Woolf, Professor Matthew Rimmer talks about intellectual property and COVID vacccines - part 1 Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Spread By Aerosol - part 2
24/05/2021Professor Jose-Luis Jimenez explains how COVID19 is air-borne, and how that changes what we need to do - part 2 Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Spread By Aerosol - part 1
17/05/2021Professor Jose-Luis Jimenez explains how COVID19 is air-borne, and how that changes what we need to do - part 1 Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links
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Glow worm quiz immunity
10/05/2021Vaccines can protect against more than their targets, Wind farms dispatched by Ian Woolf, From 2006: Lindsey Gray illuminates Glow worms, From 2009: Celine Steinfeld hosts a science quiz with Jacqui Hayes and Sarah Wood, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5!
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Contraception and cocktails
03/05/2021From 2009: The Pill vs the condom, which is greener? by Sarah Wood and Jacqui Hayes, The science of cocktails - Marc West interviews Manuel Tarron, From 1962: Bell Labs Talking of Tomorrow Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Retro robot love
26/04/2021Tobacco finds land mines, Treeman, Cows align Northwards, and cognitive magic by Jacqui Hayes, Testosterone bargaining by Jacqui Pfeffer Women's vertebrae by Ian Woolf, Jaqui Pfeffer speaks with Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte, and Jaroon Descartes about relationships with robots. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Plagued - part 2
19/04/2021Ingenuity flies on Mars by Ian Woolf, Dr John Froude talks about how plagues have shaped human evolution - part 2, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Plagued - part 1
12/04/2021Dr John Froude talks about plagues past, present and future - part 1, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Life and Toydeath
05/04/2021from 2014: Narwhal cheese crowd-funded by Ian Woolf Professor Orsola De Marco talks about Astronomy, life off Earth, and why Pluto isn't a planet, Nick Wishart talks about Toydeath at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Venus Flytrap Science
29/03/2021Venus flytraps can count, Venus flytraps have a biomagnetic field, How Venus flytraps remember and sense time, How Venus flytraps snap shut, How Venus flytraps sense insects. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Molecular machines magnified
22/03/2021Professor Antoine van Oijen designs and builds microscopes to watch DNA replicate, and mutate. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Dr Rachie vs the Anti-vaxxers
15/03/2021Dr Rachael Dunlop tells Ian Woolf about her battle with the Australian Vaccination Network. Victoria Bond explains the new DSM descriptions of mental illness. News by Victoria Bond - Coma patients may be conscious and communicate by brain scan, - Boredom kills, - Beetles music saves trees, - stuttering is linked to genetic mutation. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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The Polymer Age
08/03/2021Dr Markus Mullner talks about the Polymer Age and new nano-designed technologies. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Strange geometry in Antiquity - part 2
01/03/2021Muscle regeneration, Facebook goes nuclear by Ian Woolf, Dr Daniel Mansfield speaks with Ian Woolf about the strange geometry used by the Babylonians 4000 years ago - part 2, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Strange geometry in Antiquity - part 1
22/02/2021Dr Daniel Mansfield speaks with Ian Woolf about the strange geometry used by the Babylonians 4000 years ago - part 1., Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Random Lasers
15/02/2021Professor Judith Dawes talks with Ian Woolf about creating random lasers to sense molecules, Kachina Allen explains the dangers of Power Dressing, Kachina Allen with the science of Blue eyes, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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The Pais Effect
08/02/2021Frontiers of Science Forum on 12th March 2021, Two spacecraft arrive at Mars this week, a third next week by Ian Woolf, The Pais Effect- spin as you shake as you charge - a second deep dive into weird science and the military by Ian Woolf. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Cancer dust super-tasters
01/02/2021This show was originally broadcast on January 26th 2009: John August explains the causes of cancer, Amy Bullen explores dust, Jaqui Hayes, Monica Sharma, Derek Muller and Ian Woolf discuss super-tasters. News by Ian Woolf - generate power from water flowing in buildings - the cloak of invisibility is now tunable Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Dave Sings Sight Scan Science
25/01/2021This show was first broadcast on January 5th 2009: lt;br/> Ian Woolf looks inside the minds eye to see what you see - with a scanner, commentary by Charles Willock, lt;br/> Patrick Rubie zaps cheap wine into the good stuff, lt;br/> Kalvin Ng shows the world was warmer than you thought, Dave the Happy Singer reviews the news in impromptu song, lt;br/> Dave Sings Monty Python's Universe song, lt;br/> Presented by Marc West, Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395
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Google experiments space volcanoes
18/01/2021Google Wars by Ian Woolf, From 2008: Graziella Caprarelli talks about space volcanoes, The Scarcity Illusion by Ian Woolf Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395