Ian Woolf

Diffusion Science radio

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If you like a good, broad mix of Science - new science, hard science, pop science, historical science and very silly science, listen to Diffusion. Broadcast from Sydney, Australia every Monday 6:30pm. Hosted by Ian Woolf. email: science@diffusionradio.com

Author

Ian Woolf

Category

Science

Podcast website

www.diffusionradio.com

Latest episode

Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

Tiny Targeted Plastic 28.02.2022

Professor Martina Stenzel talks about using polymer nanotechnology to deliver drugs to fight cancer with less side effects. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Printed livers and woven TVs 21.02.2022

3D printed livers, Animated t-shirts by Ian Woolf BA.2 - time for a new letter? by Ian Woolf From 2010: Victoria Bond spoke to Robert Booy about the importance of vaccine compliance, and the downfall of the Australian Vaccination Network Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

When viruses collude 14.02.2022

When COVID and herpes viruses team up by Ian Woolf From 2018: Brett Lidbury talks about diagnostic tests for Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Desiderosmia 07.02.2022

Chewing gum against COVID19, Assange appeals the appeal, Xenotransplantation by Ian Woolf Desiderosmia - a personal story by Justine Hamilton Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Nuclear waste: Safe for 240 000 years? 31.01.2022

This show was first broadcast in 2007. The science is still valid, and the technology hasn't improved We asked experts about the breakdown of nuclear waste storage materials with time, and the problems associated with cleanup of the Maralinga nuclear test site. Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to Charles Willock about possibly significant errors in estimates of nuclear waste storage t...

Nuclear windmill synaesthesia - in memory of Charles Willock 24.01.2022

In memory of my dear friend and long time Diffusioneer Charles Willock: Nuclear waste physics by Charles Willock, Scientists in Politics by Charles Willock, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf, Tilting at Windmills by Charles Willock, Fire-eating at the Sydney Olympics by Charles Willock, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf, Synaesthesia and websites by Charles Willock, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support...

Physics of the Internet 17.01.2022

This show was first broadcast in 2017: Nuclear diamond batteries by Ian Woolf, Ben Eggleton explains the physics behind the internet. Production checked by Charles Willock, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

New Year New Behaviour 10.01.2022

From the Singularity University Summit 2019: Shelley Laslett talks about the neuroscience of changing your behaviour, Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Plagued - part 2 revisited 03.01.2022

Ingenuity 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

Plagued - part 1 revisited 27.12.2021

From 2021-04-12 Dr John Froude talks about plagues past, present and future - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

IgNobel Prizes 2021 20.12.2021

A specially edited version of the Ig Nobel Award ceremony, for science that first makes you laugh and then makes you think, hosted by Marc Abrams. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Precognition Revolution 13.12.2021

Julian Assange had a stroke and still lost his extradition trial by Ian Woolf, UFOs and precognition for better science, the story of how Daryl Bem broke the scientific method. by Ian Woolf Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Sarcastic Multi-dimensional Octopus 06.12.2021

Sarcasm detector invented, Touchable 3-D audio-visual display by Ian Woolf, From 2008: Patrick Rubie looks at the nice and the nasty side of mistletoe. Victoria Bond and Jaime Leclerc quiz you on infectious diseases. Ian Woolf tells a tale of eight-tentacled fury at the Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

2021 Trivia Special 29.11.2021

Treatment for Long Covid and ME/CFS, 2021 Science Trivia game, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Gut bugs! 22.11.2021

Gut bugs reverse aging - in mice, Gut bacteria make larks and owls, Grapes help your guts, CRISPR kills bacteria by Ian Woolf, Professor Michael Archer explains horizontal gene transfer - little naughties in the dark - to Marion Curruthers and Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Transhuman and Transhumanitarian 15.11.2021

Vaccines against aging, Vaccines against asthma by Ian Woolf from 2009: Dr Victoria Bond explains how vaccines work and how they are made to Marc West and Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Vaccination explanation 08.11.2021

Vaccines against aging, Vaccines against asthma by Ian Woolf from 2009: Dr Victoria Bond explains how vaccines work and how they are made to Marc West and Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Guitar engineering 01.11.2021

From 2009, Lachlan Whatmore pays tribute to guitar pioneer Les Paul, from 2018, Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Hydrogen greenwash 25.10.2021

US Justice Department caught lying, cheating, stealing, and killing by Ian Woolf Hydrogen greenwash by Ian Woolf, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Talking ducks and extra limbs 18.10.2021

Australian Musk ducks can talk, Third thumb protheses by Ian Woolf Stelarc talks about his transhuman performance art at the Singularity Summit Australia in 2011, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 3 11.10.2021

2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for complexity and climate modelling by Ian Woolf, Steven Hoffman, author of The Five Forces That Change Everything talks about automating farming and everything else, preserving the Earth, and self-aware robots - part 3 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 2 04.10.2021

2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine for touch and heat receptors by Ian Woolf, Steven Hoffman, author of The Five Forces That Change Everything talks about irresistibly intelligent assistants, biohackers and new species of humans - part 2, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

The Five Forces That Change Everything - part 1 27.09.2021

Mini dentists by Ian Woolf, Steven Hoffman, author of The Five Forces That Change Everything talks about reading and writing thoughts, and networked unconscious collaboration - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Quick Tests and Cognitive Biases 20.09.2021

Quicker COVID19 tests by Ian Woolf, From 2011 Peter Bowditch, of ratbags.com, discusses "Confirmation bias, denialism and Morton's Demon", The Ig Nobel 24/7 lectures by Marc Abrams Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Horizontal Memory Transfer 13.09.2021

The bizarre story of horizontal memory transfer in worms by Ian Woolf, The Ig Nobel 24/7 lectures by Marc Abrams Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

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