Diffusion Science radio

Pigs in Cyberspace!

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf and Therese Chen discuss:
Pigs and humans collaborating in the virtual world,
Birds eaving illusions,
Robot farmers,
Google memory disorders,
Chocolate nuteceuticals,
Solar storms blow a good wind,
Pills to give you the benefits of strict diets.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Exercise, censorship and mobiles

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf , Julie-Anne Popple and Therese Chen diuscuss:
Hormones that give the weight-loss benefits of exercise,
the internet blackout protest,
what is the youngest age for owning a mobile phone?
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Polarity, chilli and weirdness

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +1100

From the dusty vaults of 2003: Christine Baker interviews Kip Williams from Macquarie University about courtroom psychology,
Keir Smith looks at retinal displays, and finds his Uncle John's sense of direction,
Adam Mark explains why pain can be a good thing,
Chris Stewart explores the weirdness of Physicists.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Brain magnets, junk DNA and nyphomania

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +1100

Tim Baynes speaks to Eva Ferados about using brain magnets to switch off HIS brain functions, during the interview,
Amanda Hamilton interviews Dr Malcom Simons about patenting junk DNA,
Adam Mark investigates what happens when people become addicted to sex,
Chris Stewart explains the psychology of MP3s.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Grave chemistry, anti-gravity, armpits

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +1100

Memory pill research from 2011 by Ian Woolf
Unearthed from 2003 are:
Tim Baynes reporting on the strange tale of Anti-gravity and the disappearing researchers,
an interview by Tim Baynes with Dr Boyd Dent about his 2003 PhD into the geochemistry of cemeteries,
An investigation from Marian Curruthers on the role of the male armpit in human sexual attraction,
Keir Smith explores the mystery of how sap reaches the tops of trees.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

The 2005 science trivia special fresh from Alaska

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:30:00 +1100

The ghost of Diffusions Xmas past! Listen to a classic from the vaults: the 2005 Christmas special!
It was an eventful time - we were served a "Cease and Desist order" from using the name "Discovery", and we discovered we had an audience in an Alaskan community radio station.
Quiz-master Chris Stewart plays the Schroedinger Cats against the Pavlov's dogs, with everything to win in a game of science trivia.
Playing are: Ian Woolf, Noel Hannah, Natalie Staib, Matt Clarke, Phil Dooley, Jacqui Hayes, Jacqui Pfeffer, Matt Francis and Adam Richardson.

People puppets and molecular synthesis

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf asks Dr Andrew McDonagh about making molecules,
Ian Woolf reports on the latest presentation of people doing strange things with electricity,
Therese Chen describes abusive boobies,
Ian Woolf reports on hacking your brain with light.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Cricket balls and Climate Fix Flicks

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dr James Gilbert about cricket testicles,
Ian Woolf speaks with Professor Ann Henderson-Sellers about the Climate Fix Flicks competition,
News by Larissa Savvas and Julie-Anne Popple:
- Solar paint
- Wasp to know
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Corpse power and blood pressure genes

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Brigid Mullane interviews Professor Brian Morris about the genes for Hypertension,
Larissa Savvas explores human corpses as renewable energy,
Julie-Anne Popple talks timed turtles,
Ian Woolf reports on printed bones and wireless sperm.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf

Cockroaches, crabs and kindness

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Larissa Savvas reports on how we detect people with the kindness gene, and how crabs sense danger despite being only able to see blobs,
Patrick Rubie reports on how promiscuous sparrows have less fit chicks,
Julie-Anne Popple reports on Orb weaver pest control.
Wendy Zukcer tells a story about cockroaches at home.
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Meat, and 200 million year old art

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf and Therese Chen discuss:
How much meat can an Eco-citizen eat?
The LHC may explain why there is more matter than ant-matter, 200 hundred million year old art may be from a 30 metre squid,
The human genome may be smaller than we thought,
The Fukushima nuclear disaster not as bad as feared.
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Sexy Smells and parasite overlords

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Martin Faccini reports on the dopamine brain control mechanisms of our parasite overlords,
Patrick Rubie reports on the science of sexy perfumes,
News by Ian Woolf:
- test tube artificial brain passes quiz
- Airdrop brings water from thin air
- aging in cells of children suffering Progeria is reversed
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Sunstones, chocolate and rain-making

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Patrick Rubie reports on the ancient crystal navigation technology of the Vikings, Ian Woolf reports on anti-cancer and chocolate therapies for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Mic Cavazzini interviews Scott Peak from Australian Rain Technologies. Discussion from Therese Chen. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Disgusting politics and drought resistance

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf explains the neuropolitics of left and right wing brains,
Mic Cavazzini interviews Professor Jim Hasselof about the consequences of genetically engineering drought resistant crops,
News by Ian Woolf:
- red plumage vanishing from Chernobyl
- Global Handwashing Day
- Backup crows
- mushrooms opening minds
- nice patients hurt less
- Tasmanian tigers didn't eat sheep
- Immigration delay disorder
- OCD romance
- Roller coaster therapy
- Muzak kills the cold
- Dog fleas jump higher
- Onion power
- Dandelion rubber
Presented by Dr Julie-Anne Popple,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Photosynthesis and the Malaria vaccine

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Dr Victoria Bond reports on the new Malaria vaccine,
Dr Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dr Min Chen about photosynthesis,
News by Dr Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf
- parrot's names - IQ changes in adolescence
- Your brain doesn't tell you everything it knows
- temperature targets in trouble
- fork size matters when you eat out
- Denmark taxes rich food
- snails travel by being eaten
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Dr Victoria Bond, with technical support from Ian Woolf.

Protein, penicillin and parasites

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:30:00 +1100

The Ignobel prizes reported by Ian Woolf, discussion from Therese Chen and Julie-Anne Popple.
Victoria Bond talks Penicillin shortages with Professor Robert Bhoy,
Julie-Anne Popple interviews Professor Steve Simpson and Dr Alsion Gosby about the protein hypothesis for obesity.
Jams Bourne introduces mind altering parasites, and Ian Woolf explains the brain pathways they use to manipulate their hosts.

Labile languages and remembering Steve Jobs

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Patrick Rubie discusses an immunological breakthrough in organ transplant technology. Victoria Bond commemorates Steve Jobs. Patrick Rubie and Victoria Bond speak to John Olstad, of the University of Newcastle, about his work in the fields of linguistics and cognitive anthropology in Papua New Guinea, and the mathematical models used to better understand them. Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond

Stelarc and Artificial Brains

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Therese Chen reports on Faster Than Light Neutrinos, and cats that shine in nightclubs.
From the Singularity Summit Australia, Ian Woolf speaks to Artifical Brain builder Colin Hales,
and the amazing transhuman performance artist Stelarc.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Axis of Eating, Secrets of Chocolate

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Lindsey Gray reports on the Axis of Internal Well-being,
Julie-Anne Popple reports on being locked up with plants,
Ian Woolf interviews Galit Segev about the Secrets of Chocolate,
Victoria Bond interviews Dorothee Bond about managing Heath care in the Republic of Congo
Presented by Julie-Anne Popple,
Produced by Ian Woolf with technical support by Therese Chen

Artificial Intelligence and windy assassins

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Dr Julie-Anne Popple reports on the assassin bug's windy tricks,
Ian Woolf discusses a 13 year old boy's solar invention with Victoria Bond,
and the release of genetically modified mosquitoes with Dr Julie-Anne Popple
Ian Woolf interviews Dr Ben Goertzal at the Singularity Summit Australia about his research into Artificial Intelligence and the Singularity,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf, with technical support by Therese Chen

Synthetic biology and cloud-busting

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf and Victoria Bond discuss this week's news: infectious disease and IQ variations, laser cloud busting, and electronic temporary tattoos.
Dr. Mic Cavazzini is back, and he asks Prof. Haslehof of Cambridge University about designing synthetic organisms.
Paneled by Therese Chen, hosted and produced by Victoria Bond

Seagrass, Art, and Maggots

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:30:00 +1100

No manned space craft for the International Space station rescue by Victoria Bond
Art meets Science at the Powerhouse Museum by Ian Woolf,
Professor Pinas talks about maggot therapy with Victoria Bond,
Eureka prize nominee Dr Peter Macreadie explains the importance of seagrasses,
Presented by Dr Julie-Anne Popple,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Hormoned beef and fracked farming

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Patrick Rubie reports: bacteria as a solution to dengue fever, and harnessing kinetic energy to power up your mobile phone.
Victoria Bond and Martin Facini discuss the potential and hazards in coal seam gas mining.
Finally, Brigid Mullane interviews Ian Lean about hormones in beef: why do we use them?
Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond

A Social Experiment

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Simon Gaechter from the University of Nottingham about why we humans just can't co-operate with one another- before putting our panelists through Gaechter's Public Goods Game to see just how selfish we all are.
Dr Julie-Anne Popple brings you the latest on morphing moths.
Produced by James Bourne

Bones, Tassie Devils and Mind Control

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf talks to Professor Bruce Milthorpe about tissue engineering using coral.
Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Jenny Graves about immunity in Tasmanian devils.
James Bourne takes a look at the latest news on the mind controlling parastie, Toxoplasma gondii.
Presented by Dr Julie-Anne Popple, produced by James Bourne.

Lizard babies and exploding stars

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Brigid Murphy about her discovery that lizards live births illuminate the evolution of cancer,
Ian Woolf speaks to Dr Martin van Kerwijk about his research in new types of supernovas and neutron stars,
News by Therese Chen, Victoria Bond, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf
Glassing research for better forsensics,
Gasland film showing in Sydney,
Synthetic Biology lecture in Sydney,
Live Futures Festival in Sydney,
Robot Wars in Sydney
Presented by Mic Cavazzini,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Enquiry based learning and Hendra

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Associate Professor Les Kirkup spoke to Ian Woolf about how to make lab classes more interesting,
James Bourne, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf discuss the Hendra virus news.
Presented by James Bourne,
Produced by Ian Woolf

I love that word, Meltdown

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf tells us about the latest and greatest in stem cell organ transplant.
Victoria Bond, Ian Woolf, and Martin Faccini speak to to Matt Dawson, the amateur astronomer who named the recently discovered planetoid "255073: victoriabond".
Martin Faccini gives us an update on the Fukushima meltdown.
Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond.

Lactating insects and handy fish

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr James Gilbert about insects that look after their young,
News by Therese Chen
- tool use by fish
- magpies kill other magpies chicks
- warm blooded dinosaurs
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Expanding Universe, Zombie ladybugs

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Professor Robert Kirshner speaks to Ian Woolf about supernovas and the accelerating expanding universe,
News by Dr Popple and Therese Chan:
- Greenhouse wallabies
- giant wombats
- horny bugs are loud
- zombie ladybugs
Presented by Therese Chan,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Anatomical anomalies and Cane toads

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Robert Quinby about his discovery of a third type of supernova,
Victoria Bond speaks with Dr Adam Freeman about Anatomical variations,
Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Professor Rick Shine about cane toad research,
News by Victoria Bond and Julie-Anne Popple:
- Ocean acidification report released
- Surge in QLD turtle deaths
- Tau day
- Pig Poo Pond Power
Presented by Victoria Bond
Produced by Ian Woolf

The birds and the bees and mint

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Julie-Anne Popple, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf speak with Botanist Dr Trevor Wilson about pollenation and mint,
Julie-Anne Popple reports the news:
- Cervical cancer vaccination
- Greenhouse data shared by CSIRO online
- new CSIRO solar hot air power station opened
- sensory hairs help bats fly more precisely
Presented by Victoria Bond,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Let's talk about X... and exits

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Terminal Decline and Zero Emissions

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Phone cancer and giant cuttlefish

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf, Julianne Popple, and Victoria Bond discuss mobile phones' ugrade in carcinogenecity category by the WHO.
Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie talk about all the threats to giant cuttlefish.
Paneled, hosted, and produced by Victoria Bond

Zombie fish and evolving Darwinius

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf interviews Associate Professor Graham Nicholson about Cigutera zombie fish poison,
Darwinius, science and the media by Victoria Bond, with discussion from Kalvin Ng and Ian Woolf,
News by Kalvin Ng
- territory disputes over underwater minerals
- tortured mocking birds
- showering ducks
News by Victoria Bond
- Getting Down with cancer
- asthma can be caused by eczema
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Fear pathways and vampire allergies

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

HIV vaccine, Sponge music, casual sex

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Circadian rhythms and sperm teasing

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Bionic Eyes and Synthetic Biology

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Driver Fatigue and Ury's Night

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Protect Research Rally and 3 blind mice

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Fukushima special!

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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.

Handwashing, meltdown and nanocooling

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Smart windows and Morton's Demon'

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:30:00 +1100

"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

TB Day and CSIRO vacations

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

First computers and Radio mashups

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Smart Bras and cheesey pickup lines

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Nuclear medicine and the Singularity

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Unfair reporting and DNA Poetry

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Fire and Transhumanism

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Death by Chocolate!

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

The Science of Romance

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Attention and Woolf-Pulfrich effect

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:30:00 +1100

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

Skin hunger and mouse Draculas

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall King explain to Ian Woolf why men in our culture suffer from skin hunger,
Ian Woolf explores research rejuvenating old mice with the blood of young glowing mice,
Professor Joe Silk talks to Ian Woolf about the search for Dark matter, and why invisible things are important.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Mating dance, Vitamin C and Coal

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Matthew Hall and Melinda Hall-King share their wisdom on the human mating dance,
Ian Woolf revisits the link between vitamins and sexual behaviour,
and revisits how the coal industry could be saved by solar power.
Produced and presented by Ian Woolf

Lifelogging and fake meat

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:30:00 +1100

Record your life with life-logging.
Do you care about privacy on the internet?
Would you eat fake meat?
Discussion by Ollie Barrand, Catherine Beahag, Marc West and Aaron Cook.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Sperm Wars and Santa science

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Marc West and Bianca Nogrady revisit the Science of Santa from 2009,
Ian Woolf discusses Robin Baker's Sperm Wars with Aaron Cooke and Daniel Keogh
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Tsunami warning and Greentech awards

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf interviews Marianne Menictas about her tsunami warning modelling to save the most people for the least cost. Matt Clarke in 2006 talks about semen allergies with out-takes,
Marc West in 2006 explains cricket psychology,
Ian Woolf reports from the Consensus Greentech Awards
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Younger mice and spider invasions

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Marc West speaks to Dr Cor Vink about the invasion of foreign spiders to New Zealand
Ian Woolf reports on the reversal of aging in Harvard lab mice,
News from MX read by Ian Woolf:
- private company reaches orbit
- Japanese spacecraft misses Venus, but will try again
- stem cells repair spinal injury in small monkey
- One flu jab for life
- facebook page leads to brain surgery
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Neutron bombs, GM apples and Zanzibar

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Lachlan What more looks back over the history of neutron bombs,
Victoria Bond reports on apples genetically modified to hide spoilage,
discussion from Marc West, Peta Waller-Bryant, Ian Woolf, Phillipe Perez, Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore.
News by Phillipe Perez
- more stars means less dark matter
- US builds flying transformer trucks
Presented by Marc West
Produced by Ian Woolf,
buttons pressed by Victoria Bond

Real Doctors eat Breakfast

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Victoria Bond checks in with some new evidence of a Universe before the Big Bang.
Marc West interviews Kylie Smith on a recently published study which outlines possible long term risks involved in skipping your daily breakfast.
Lachlan Whatmore spoke to Dr. Cassandra Meirs, and Dr. William Halford, on the trials and tribulations of obtaining a PhD.

Ethics of addict detention and enhanced children

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf summarises Robert Sparrow's talk "The Not-so-New Eugenics: The Harsh Logic of human enhancement", about the ethics of child enhancing technology, from the Singularity Summit, Australia,
Victoria Bond interviews Dr Fisher from Nepean hospital about the ethics of psychiatrically detaining drug addicts,
News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
- LHC makes antimatter
- Bacterial glue heals buildings
Presented by Phillipe Perez
Produced by Ian Woolf,
with technical support from Victoria Bond

Healthy Old Age

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf reports from the Singularity Summit on Gregory Benford's Genescient research into preventing the diseases of old age using genomics and artifical intelligence to produce nutraceuticals that may allow a healthy old age, with discussion from Marc West and Charles Willock.
News by Marc West, Ian Woolf, and Charles Willock
- Gummi bear finger-print hack
- weeds out-evolve Monsanto
- Chatbot argues with climate deniers on twitter
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Herpes, Dengue fever and Marijuana

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Lachlan Whatmore interviews Bill Halford of Southern Illinois University about his cutting edge research on the upcoming Herpes vaccine.
In a similar vein, Victoria Bond tracks Robert Booy down to discuss the ongoing development on the Dengue Fever vaccine, and the impact of this disease worldwide.
Finally, Victoria Bond speaks to Maree Teesson of the National Drug and Alcohol Centre about the relationship between cannabis and schizophrenia.
Hosted by Lachlan Whatmore.
Paneled and produced by Victoria Bond.

Amniotic eggs and SETI doomed by AI

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +1100

On this edition of Diffusion, Ian Woolf brings back grim tidings from the Singularity Summit in Melbourne, Australia.
Newly uncle'd Lachlan Whatmore delves into the evolutionary marvel that are amniotic eggs.
Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond, with support from Patrick Rubie.

Of madness, love, and melted space ships

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Victoria Bond covers this week's news.
Victoria Bond interviews Professor Anthony Harris on attachment theory and the development of healthy relationships.
Marc West keeps slugging through Science Week questions, namely: how close does a space ship have to be to the sun to melt? Hosted and paneled by Marc West, produced by Victoria Bond.

SETI special: our friends in space

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +1100

This is the pre-recorded version of Diffusion that was broadcast on the Community Radio Network. There is a second live 2SER subscriber drive edition for this date.

Marc West discusses Gliese 581 and its prospects for life, and the text messages sent last year from Earth, with Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf.
Ian Woolf explains James Benford's way of rethinking the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence based on thinking about how an alien would build a beacon and what it would look like, 50 years after we started looking. Discussion with Victoria and Marc.
Presented by Marc West. Panelled by Ian Woolf. Produced by Victoria Bond.

Ig Nobels 2010 and Artilects 3

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +1100

This is the pre-recorded version of Diffusion that was broadcast on the Community Radio Network. There is a second live 2SER subscriber drive edition for this date.

Ian Woolf and Marc West discuss the Ig Nobels awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research,
Ian Woolf concludes his interview with Hugo De Garis about his vision of the impending war between those who would build massively intelligent machines and those who would stop them at all costs, at the Singularity Summit Australia, in Melbourne. Discussion with Marc West.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Plankton and the Artilect War

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +1100

Ian Woolf speaks to Hugo De Garis about the implications of being able to build god-like massively super-intelligent machines at the Singularity Summit Australia in Melbourne.
Lachlan Whatmore explains the phytoplankton crisis.
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf

Gene modified salmon and Sexy dancing

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +1100

Victoria Bond reports on the legalisation of genetically modified salmon and its Frankenfish implications, leading a panel discussion with Marc West, Phillipe Perez and Ian Woolf.
Ian Woolf describes the male dance moves that sexually attract women, and discusses the science with Melinda Hall King and Matthew Hall.
Presented by Phillipe Perez, and produced by Ian Woolf.

BSD Sex and Beady-Eyed Agents

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +1100

Lachlan Whatmore reports on the chocolate genome
Marc West and Darren Osborne discuss the science of sex in the pub,
Ian Woolf interviews Dr Michael Georgeff about Rational agents,
Presented by Bonnie Yiu,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Sports at altitude and Jacob Bronowski

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +1100

Victoria Bond presents this week's news.
Marc West interviews Chris Gore about why athletes train at high altitude.
Lachlan Whatmore commemorates the late, great Jacob Bronowski.
Hosted by Marc West, produced by Victoria Bond

Wave energy and the Coming Famine

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 6 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +1100

Victoria Bond coverâs this week's news: helium shortages, revolutionary tuberculosis testing and a suggestion to take a walk and leave the ipod at home.
Joel Werner investigates the newest contender for green energy: wave power!
Victoria Bond spoke to Julian Cribb about his newest book, the Coming Famine, and he explains why we are heading for major food crises within the next 50 years.
Hosted and produced by Victoria Bond, paneled by Jesus Tarbay.

DIY EMP, Putin and Sunlight

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +1100

Ian Woolf speaks to Leigh Russell at Dorkbot. Leigh explodes a hydrogen filled condom to cause an Electromagnetic pulse that reboots a computer. He moves beads with sound and brings non-Newtonian fluids to life.
Listener question: Is sunlight behind glass just as good as outside? answered by Ian Woolf
News
- President Putin's views on the science of whaling and climate change by Lachlan Whatmore
- How Grapefruit could make you pregnant by Ian Woolf
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Photic sneezing and a naked scientist

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +1100

Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf cover this week's news.
Marc West spoke to Dr. Louis Ptacek for even more about photic sneezing.
Lachlan Whatmore gets down to the bottom of what a breed is, exactly.
Bonnie Yu interviews Chris "The Naked Scientist" Smith about climate
change and its impact on Australia.
Hosted, paneled and produced by Victoria Bond.

2010 Science Festival special

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +1100

The Diffusion Science Week special, coming to you from the Ultimo Science Festival. We tackle the questions you have asked us over the last few weeks.
Why do I sneeze at the Sun?
What would something look like if it was travelling at the speed of light?
Why do sportsmen train at altitude?
Why do previously overweight people have trouble keeping the weight off?
We ask the experts to get the real answers to these questions and more!
Questions answered by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
Produced and hosted by Marc West

Brown science, Solar cells, horse tale

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +1100

Aaron Cook presents this week's juicy news.
Lachlan Whatmore finishes off his trilogy tribute to horse evolution.
Marc West grills Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Green Party, about his party's stand on science in the upcoming election,
Brigid Mullane interviews Rod Seares about the cost effectiveness of solar pannels in Australia.
Panneled, presented and produced by Victoria Bond

Power tool orchestra, self-attraction?

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +1100

Ian Woolf speaks to Fred Rodrigues with his power tools orchestra at Dorkbot Sydney,
Lachlan Whatmore brings us part 2 of the evolution of the horse,
News by Victoria Bond
- Dogs can't help imitating people
- Social networks help you live longer
- are people most attracted to those that look like themselves?
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,
Produced by Ian Woolf with technical support from Victoria Bond

Rare Earth, Horses, Nano-wires

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +1100

Brigid Mullane interviews Dr Matthew James about rare earth minerals from mines to mobiles,
Lachlan Whatmore begins part 1 of the evolution of the horse,
Ian Woolf interviews Professor Matthew Phillips about nano-wires and LEDs
Presented and panelled by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Female physicists and belly button dynamics

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Victoria Bond spoke to Aileen Woo about gender equity at the University of NSW's physics department,
Lachlan Whatmore explores the underwater Hudson Canyon,
Victoria Bond spoke to Robert Booy about the importance of vaccine
compliance, and the downfall of the AVN.
News by Ian Woolf, Marc West, and Victoria Bond
Produced, panelled and presented by Victoria Bond

Beauty and the Geek, and Homeopathy

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore speak to the Australian Beauty and the Geek reality TV show,
Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the UK de-funding of Homeopathic hospitals,
News By Victoria Bond
- bird brains are like ours
- cold, cold antimatter
- addictive romantic rejection
Presented by Ian Woolf
Produced by Lachlan Whatmore and Ian Woolf
Panelled by Marc West

Sexual selection and the bionic eye

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Marc West continues his interview with Professor Rob Brook about sexual selection in evolution.
The latest Bionic Eye development is explained to Ian Woolf by Nanjian Liu and Paulette Lieby of NICTA
Presented and panelled by Ian Woolf,
Produced by Marc West

Sex Evolution and Technological Art

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Marc West interviews Professor Rob Brook about sexual selection in evolution.
Ian Woolf participates in a technological art workshop to build an
interactive sculpture with artist Ian Burns, and talks with participants
Neil McGann, Bharti Patel, Liz O'Reilly and Julie Ashcroft.
Cognitive Bias song by Brad Wray
Presented and panelled by Marc West,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Cognitive Load and Vision Revolution

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Bo Yin about how your voice can betray to software how hard you are concentrating,
The Vision Revolution by Mark Changizi reviewed by Ian Woolf with commentary by Aaron Cooke and Daniel Keogh,
News by Marc West
- Obesity ruins your sexual health
- Whales are carbon negative
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Solar racing and toxoplasma

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Alexandra Bulgakov talks with Ian Woolf about the UNSW Solar powered racing car,
Victoria Bond talk about Toxoplasmosis Gondii,
News by Victoria Bond,
Presented by Marc West,
Produced by Victoria Bond

Trigeneration and Sports networks

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Aaron Cooke reports on Sydney Council's plan for 85% efficient gas trigeneration power plants for Sydney,
Ian Woolf speaks with Lief Hamlin about sports networks from NICTA,
News by Marc West
- Pacific Islands unihabitable but above water in 100 years
- Caffeine alertness is an illusion of addiction
- soil bacteria makes you temporarily smarter
- ultrasound blast to the testicles for contraception
Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf

R.I.P. Martin Gardner and Rover Phoenix

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Diffusion remembers the wondrous Martin Gardner and his contribution to science education.
Aaron Cook commemorates Rover Phoenix after a long slog on Mars.
News by Aaron Cook, Marc West, and Victoria Bond.
Presented by Sarah Bartlett, produced by Victoria Bond.

Sexy Greys and super-planes

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf, Dan Keogh and Aaron Cook discuss: - 3G planes that take advantage of physics to save 50% fuel by Aaron Cook, - Male Topy antelopes decieve females into staying by faking predator warnings by Aaron Cook, - the $100 tablet PC and its consequences by Ian Woolf, - choosing sexually attractive human body shapes for science at the UNSW online bodylab by Ian Woolf, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Trigeneration and Sports networks

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf interviews Melissa Neighbor about Project Survival Pacific and disappearing landmass in the Pacific islands
Aaron Cook talks about the link between singing and cricket balls
Jon Bale breathes new life in the science of sighs
Victoria Bond discusses the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and peak oil
Presented and produced by Victoria Bond

Electric spaceships and domesticating dogs

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Marc West interviews Alan Wilton about the history of dog domestification
Aaron Cooke reports
- how dementia caring puts carers at risk of dementia,
- how some countries will be uninhabitable by humans in 2100
Jon Bale tells us about
- NASA's electric spaceships,
- how HIV immunity works,
- killer whales are actually three different species
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Pill's 50th twitter box office hits

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Jon Bale covers the news with water-recycling cacti
Marc West interviews Sitaram Asur about predicting box office hits on Twitter
Victoria Bond celebrates the Pill's very special 50th birthday
Produced and presented by Victoria Bond

Quolls,laser planes, anosmic flies

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Pluto demoted again? It's been some fall from grace for Pluto. This week sees a possible new definition of dwarf-planet, and it seems Pluto is hardly special at all. Charles Lineweaver explains to Marc West
Ian Woolf tackles grey hair and baldness, and rats solving the long-standing mathematical conundrum, the prisoners' dilemma.
Produced and presented by Victoria Bond

Dwarf planets and cooperating rats

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Doc Oc, Element 117, and Nikola Tesla

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Aaron Cook reports on Element 117-- Ununseptium
Marc West speaks with "Doctor Boob" about super-villain Doc Oc
Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the life and legend of Nikola Tesla
Presented by Ian Woolf,
Produced by Victoria Bond,
with technical support by Ian Woolf

Australian Pirate Party, and LHC restarted

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:30:00 +1100

The Australian Pirate Party's Simon Frew explains how the party is for online civil liberties to Ian Woolf.
Victoria Bond reports that the Large Hadron Collider didn't destroy the world,
the brain has a moral centre that can be switched off with giant magnets,
and the courts rule that human genes can't be patented.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Glowing sperm and syphilis handshakes

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Aaron Cook talks glow in the dark sperm with Scott Pitnick
Marc West and Victoria Bond demonstrate how to check for syphilis
Iam Woolf discusses Man Flu
Presented and produced by Victoria Bond, with technical help from Ian Woolf

Beneath your feet, pharmacegemnomics

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Aaron Cooke asks Geophysicist Hrvoje Tkalcic whats happening inside the Earth,
Ollie Barrand, Marc West and Ian Woolf discuss Pharmacogenomics and Gattaca,
Ian Woolf and Aaron Cooke discuss forbidden words and the healing powers of marmite.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Solar Gem, and Wolverine bones

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Ian Woolf interviews Khimji Vaghjiani of Solar Gem about affordable solar powered lighting,
Marc West interviews Dr Chris Pettigrew about splicing metal to Wolverine's bones,
and Marc's correlation of the week: are aetheists and liberals smarter than everyone else?
Hosted by Marc West
Produced by Marc West

GAY MUMS, TELOMERES, TRANSSEXUAL CLOWNFISH

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Special International Women's Day edition!
Victoria Bond talks about transsexuality in clownfish
Catherine Beehag explains the science behind nobel-prize winning telomeres
News by Victoria Bond and Catherine Beehag
Presented by Catherine Beehag,
Produced by Victoria Bond

G-spot, wealth and nanotechnology

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Can we vaccinate cows against producing methane?
Is the G-spot a myth? by Ollie Barrand.
The correlation between wealth and orgasms By Marc West.
Nanotechnology hypothetical reported by Ian Woolf and discussed by Marc West and Ollie Barrand.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Luna Park, ant martyrs, dopamine bees rave

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew bring us part 2 of Wolverine science,
Ant martyrs by Victoria Bond
Hot stuff at the RHIC with Olli Barrand
King Tut's diagnosis by Catherine Beehag
CSIRO's fleck nano tags your stuff by Catherine Beehag
Bees dance to bee dopamine in lab raves by Ollie Barrand
Lunar reserve created to protect the lunar landing site by Ollie Barrand
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Dr Rachie vs anti-vax, and DSM psycho

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Dr Rachel 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
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Safflower insulin, and sperm spit protons

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Sperm fire proton torpedoes by Aaron Cooke
News by Victoria Bond
- SIDS and serotonin,
- Iran launches animals to space
- Primordial soup challenged
- spray-on on liquid glass,
- insulin from safflower seeds,
- the last link between vaccination and autism is withdrawn,
and the author is charged with unethical behaviour
Presented by Ian Woolf
Panelled by Marc West
Produced by Victoria Bond

Earworms and cultured meat

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Ever had a song that you just can't get out of your head? Patrick Rubie explains Earworms,
News by Ian Woolf
- Cultured meat
- 2 million years without sex
- Cola powered phones
Presented by Aaron Cooke,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Wolverine, snails of steel, and you

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew try to recreate Wolverine in the lab.
Marc West, Aaron Cooke and Ian Woolf discuss the science of superheroes.
Ian Woolf challenges you to read his mind in a Diffusion listener experiment!
Be ready to email your result to diffusion@2ser.com
News by Aaron Cooke
- Snails of steel
- sun disinfection
- sticky cookware
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Housework, sex and comedy

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Marc West examines the correlation between sex and housework,
Victoria Bond walks into a bar with science comedian Brian Malow,
News by. Aaron Cooke
- starquakes
- stroking rats
- mosquito attraction
- how green tea fights cancer
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Drinking with Aliens

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:30:00 +1100

The ordinary guy talks to Dr Ali Ford from Monash University , Australia about life in space,
Patrick Rubie talks to Joe Duncan, co-owner of the Bowral Brewing Company and Pigs Fly Beer, and Graduate in Wine Science from Charles Sturt University , Australia about the science of beer and wine
News by Patrick Rubie
- Oldest DNA
- Recreating light
- Sneaky plant viruses
Presented by Ian Woolf,
Produced by Patrick Rubie

Cancer alternative and Santa's role

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:30:00 +1100

Cancer Alternative by John August,
Santa sets a bad role model by Patrick Rubie
News by Ian Woolf
- kanagaroo cream to prevent skin cancer
- testosterone does not produce aggression in humans
- Methuselah Foundation's top 5 longevity discoveries for 2009
Presented by Patric Rubie
Produced by Ian Woolf

Diffusion from ten years ago in 2000

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:30:00 +1100

The ghost of Diffusion past - the Xmas show from 2000 in 20Kbs:
Myths and facts of the great Aussie Beer Gut by Nick Perkins,
Anthropomorphisation by Lachlan Whatmore,
Weird science by Gina Sartore
- GM Potato glows when it needs water
- why penguins waddle
- Santa suits banned in Mexico News by Nick Perkins
- I'm Not Dead Yet gene doubles lifespan
- Cell phones don't cause brain cancer
- Big backside print may prove Big Foot?
Presented by Adam Mark,
Produced by Lachlan Whatmore
Panelled by Ian Woolf

Lung flutes, leg growing and Science circuses

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:30:00 +1100

Pahia Cooper picks her favourite inventions of 2009: the Lung flute, greensulate mushroom packaging, and the Mindflex.
Aaron Cook interviews Pahia Cooper about her experiences travelling in the Questacon Science Circus.
News by Aaron Cook
- how to grow a new leg,
- an 8 legged handy-man,
- What is the scientific speed to pull off band-aids?
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

ET, choice mathematics and farts on Mars

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:30:00 +1100

ET won't go home by Marc West and Darren Osborne, the beer drinking scientists,
The Science of Choice is explored as Ian Woolf interviews Dr Stephen Bush of the Centre for the Study of Choice, at the University of Technology, Sydney.
News by Aaron Cook
- More Hadron Collider
- Massive Iceberg heads for Oz
- Whoâs been farting on Mars?
Presented by Ian Woolf
Panelled and produced by Patrick Rubie

Portable forensics and ET in the pub

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:30:00 +1100

Dr Alsion Beavis talks to Ian Woolf about portable crime scene investigation labs,
Marc West and Darren Osborne talk to pub-goers about Extra-Terrestrials,
Aaron Cook reports on Kiwis in space, crustaceans combat climate change, and male contraceptive hormones.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Global Warming's Evil Twin

diffusion@2ser.com (The 2SER Diffusion Science Team) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +1100

Dr Ross Hill explains to Ian Woolf how the acidification of the oceans is causing osteoporosis in tropical reefs.
Lachlan Whatmore reports on Apple's lemon, and the mangrove invasion of fresh-water wetlands.
Ian Woolf reports on Locked-in syndrome and facilitated communication, chemical sensors and microscope attachments for phones.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf