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Listen to ChatGPT's obsession with Goblins. News of AI being banned, unbanned, and data centre deals. produced and hosted by Ian Wool Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2001: Quantum history by David Blank, Martian meteorites by Ian Woolf, Well-bred prawns by Tim Baynes, Rats keep their hair on by Deanna Coleman, Solar eruptions by Tim Baynes, Asian gpsy moths by Gina Sartore, Lunar illusion by Tim Baynes, News of dry ants, Encounter 2001, and tarantulas for your heart by Deanna Coleman Presented by Tim Baynes, co-produced by Deanna Coleman and Gina Sartore,...

From the 2000 archives: listen to how we recognise ourselves by Gina Sartore, Ian Woolf interviews Robert Robinson about the replacement reactor at Lucas Heights, Mad Cow disease by Adam Mark, News of coral, children's view of scientists, and Iridium, by Ben Cole. Presented by Deanna Coleman. Produced by Gina Sartore and panelled by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diff...

From 2002: Listen to Adam Mark reporting on the latest in sleep research. Chris Stewart presents part 2 of What's Up With Gravity. News of Antimatter and blooming genes by Amada Hamilton, News of cancer connections and medium black holes by Gina Sartore Presented by Gina Sartore. Produced Chris Stewart and panelled by Lachlan Whatmore Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by...

From 2000: Listen to Adam Mark speak with Candice Webb about the Fijian Crested Iguana, The Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, and a Panel discussion about the Federal government attack on the ABC. Hosted by Ian Woolf Produced by Chris Brown and Deanna Coleman Panelled by anonymous Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2002: Tim Baynes interviews Dr Virgina Shepherd about Fungi. Gina Sartore reports on research on methamphetamines and the immune system of cats, and the effect on the researcher, and then opens the microphone to discussion on the subject with Tim and Chris. Presented by Chris Stewart. Produced by Tim Baynes, and panelled by Gina Sartore. Edited by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contr...

From 2002: Presented by Tim Baynes. News by Tim. Gina Sartore reports from the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, about how life events affect health. Lachlan Whatmore gives a guided tour of the insides and outsides of sea sponges. Produced by Lachlan Whatmore with technical support by Gina Sartore. (Music originally broadcast in the show, removed for copyright reasons)

Listen to the science of Andes hantavirus, how it spreads, and why its important not to confuse it with other hantaviruses. In Budget news, CSIRO gets more money but cuts more scientists and research. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2007 in memory of Charles Willock and Darren Osborne: Identity Card Special Edition Presented by Darren Osborne, Synthetic interview with Anna Johnston about privacy concerns, Aras Vaichas speaks with Ian Woolf about RFID, Interview with Professor Graham Greenleaf about Access and Cyberlaw Produced by Ian Woolf and Charles Willock

Listen to news of self-watering fungi, and a fruit fly brain copied into a computer, hooked up to a pretend body, living in a simulated world. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2008: Listen to Nanotechnologist Michael Ford explain how to make matter do whatever you wish, Marc West goes on a pub crawl of science-related pubs in London, News of a PhD theses interprative dances competition, and make your brain grow. Presented by Nick Evershed, Produced by Ian Woolf. Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to news of 3D printed brain interfaces, Neural computers, brain-computer-interface speech, AI gets its own computer, and night-time solar power. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2008: Victoria Bond finds out if the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world, Ian Woolf talks to Professor Mike Cortie about zapping gold nanoparticles to cure mind-control parasites, News by Patrick Rubie: King Tut's foetuses, solar power at night, smart bricks, dandelion rubber Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus fl...

Listen to the second part of the Question and Answer session with the audience and scientists from the 2026 Frontiers of Science Forum. Answering the questions were the speakers Professor Dane McCamey talking about quantum electronics, Dr Eliza Middleton talking about science across the disciplines, Professor Noushin Nasiri talking about nanotechnology, and Professor James Brown talking about popu...

Listen to part 1 of the Question and Answer session with the audience and scientists from the 2026 Frontiers of Science Forum. Answering the questions were the speakers Professor Dane McCamey talking about quantum electronics, Dr Eliza Middleton talking about science across the disciplines, Professor Noushin Nasiri talking about nanotechnology, and Professor James Brown talking about population st...

Listen to Dr Marsilea Booth talk about wearable medical sensors at Nutromics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to Dr Cuhananthan Sathiyajith talk about his startup to commercialise a new medical tool that can both diagnose and treat cancer at the same time in a paradignm called Radiotheranostics - Therpeutic diagnostics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to the second part of my interview with Professor Noushin Nasiri talk about nanotechnology - very small things with very big effects. News of E-safety censorship. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to nanotechnologist Noushin Nasiri talk about how she works at the smallest scale, for the biggest impact. - Part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to part 2 of Dr Eliza Middleton chatting about the benefits of communicating with people from different professions who think differently to you. News of blinding tattoos and fattening exercise Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to Dr Eliza Middleton discuss the advantages of speaking with people from completely different disciplines than your own - Part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to Professor Judith Dawes talk about creating random lasers to sense molecules in 2021, Kachina Allen explains the dangers of Power Dressing Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to news of NASA's Artemis II crewed mission around the dark side of the Moon launches next week - what is planned and the wet launch rehearsal this week. Mining the Moon from 2007, and a song about Transhumanitarianism. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to news of a notorious genetic engineer returning, from 2016 Symbiotica Director Oron Catts talks about frog leg steak art, and what industry can learn from biology, then Guy Ben-Ary talks about Cellf - a dish of living neurons that jams with human musicians. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to the latest news of Chinese thorium power technology, a 2012 Thorium talk from SkeptiCamp, a 2012 interview with Thorium expert Dr Massimo Salvadore, and 2014 Thorium powered cars Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts