Diffusion Science Radio

Victoria Bond speaks to Dr. Jacqui McPhee about her experiences in ICU and palliative care, and end of life care. Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss Terry Pratchet's endorsement of euthanasia. After an interlude from Monty Python, Mic Cavazzini speaks to Professor Jenny Graves of the Australian National University about marsupials, and what they can tell us about our own genome. Hosted by Ian Woolf, paneled and produced by Victoria Bond

Victoria Bond spoke to Prof. Mohammed Khadra about his latest book, Terminal Decline. They also spoke about end of life care, and the strained Australian health budget. Ian Woolf and Julianne Popple discuss their thoughts on end of life care and euthanasia. Marc West interviews Beyond Zero Emissions Australia, about climate change, science, and policy. Pesented and produced by Victoria Bond

Mic Cavazzini interviews Dr Tim Bredy from the Queensland Brain Institute about post traumatic stress disorder, Patrick Rubie reports: - Peanuts eaten by donors can hurt blood transfusion recipients, - Planets without stars observed by gravitational micro-lensing, - Coal seam gas drilling for residential Sydney, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond reports on the latest HIV Vaccines, Ian Woolf interviews Martin Marier about his musical sponge instrument at Dorkbot Sydney, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss research into casual sex, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond interviews Professor Ian Hickie about circadian rhythms and depression, Patrick Rubie reports on: - Sperm teasing - big tobacco cures starvation - asteroid dust and the origins of life Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Associate Professor Gregg Suaning shares his Bionic Vision with Ian Woolf, Ian Woolf explores Synthetic Biology, and would he would do with access to a wet printer. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond celebrates 50 years of human space travel, Ian Woolf interviews Dr Sara Lal and Diarmuid Kavanagh about stopping tiredness killing people, News by Patrick Rubie: - safe injecting cuts overdoses - premature pregnancy evolves - NASA finds medicines stored in space become inactive Presented by Victoria Bond, produced by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf

Ian Woolf visits the protest rally against proposed medical research budget cuts, and interviews: Bettina Arndt, Bill Ferris, Judy Black, and Andrea MacFarland. Patrick Rubie with the latest medical research news: Blindness, Schizophrenia and Depression. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond asks Ian Woolf to explain what radiation is, anyway. Martin Faccini cuts through the spook to get down to the bottom of health risks surrounding the meltdown. Finally, a Diffusion panel discussion about levels of exposure and radiation hormesis. Paneled by Ian Woolf, produced by Victoria Bond.

Victoria Bond gets the scoop from Ian Woolf on the nuclear reactor situation in Japan and asks, what is a meltdown, exactly? Victoria Bond speaks to Adam Freeman about why surgeons get so passionate about hand hygiene. Ian Woolf speaks to Geoff Smith about nanophotonics, and cooling. Presented and produced by Victoria Bond, with technical support by Ian Woolf

"Confirmation bias, denialism and Morton's Demon" by Peter Bowditch, Professor Geoff Smith spoke to Ian Woolf about how nano-photonics can be used for smart clothes and smart windows Presented by Ian Woolf, Produced by Victoria Bond

Kate Barnard speaks to students in the CSIRO Vacation Scholarship Program, Victoria Bond talks about World Tuberculosis Day, Ian Woolf interviews Professor Geoff Smith about the importance of Nanophotonics to environmental energy flows, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Peter Bowditch describes Australia's first computer science, Smooth by Derek Muller, Ian Woolf talks with Balint Seeber about radio-frequency mashups, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Phillipe Perez interviews Dr Timothy C. Nielsen about the Smart Bra News by Ian Woolf -BBC saved by Bit Torrent, -Electro-shock body armour, -Mulchable PC cases, -Solar roads, -Singularity Summit Australia 2011, -Jurassic Lounge, -Cheesey pickup lines have a purpose Gravity by Derek Muller, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Singularitarian by Charlie Cam, The technological Singularity by Ian Woolf, I'm Atoms by Derek Muller, Reactor-free nuclear medicine by Ian Woolf Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Free internet for everyone by Ian Woolf Electronic glasses by Ian Woolf DNA poetry by Ian Woolf, How not to be fair and balanced, and why never to debate, by Peter Bowditch Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Invisibility - all done with mirrors by Ian Woolf, Kate Grimwood talks with Ian Woolf about her science of Fire Investigation PhD, An introduction to Transhumanism by Ian Woolf, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

What is the lethal dose of chocolate? Prayer and the neurology of scepticism, Seduction while you sleep, Caffeine makes you suggestible, DNA altered by the mind, Elderly made young by accident, Does a duck's quack echo? Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall King discuss the psychology of human courtship, Ian Woolf reports how women can unconsciously read an attractive man's face, Matthew and Melinda discuss the psychology of the first kiss and compliments. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Ian Woolf reports on whistling caterpillars, carnivorous domestic entertainment robots, fluoridated water can hurt children's teeth, Profiling everybody at Gotham partners, Peer Review by the Peer Review Players, Paying attention can lose you weight and make you happy, The Woolf-Pulfrich effect - 3D and antidepressant! Presented and produced by Ian Woolf