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Grow your own rocket fuel, by Ian Woolf Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn talks about privacy problems with Australia's national electronic health records. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Has another Earth been discovered? by Ian Woolf Chris Tinney talks about exo-planets - what they are, and how we find them. Why is Earth called Earth? by Fred Watson Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Plants that eat, help you eat wheat by Ian Woolf, Professor Mark Colyvn talks about the fine tuning of the Universe for Life, Science is Real by They Might Be Giants, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Census or privacy? Why can't we have both? by Ian Woolf Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn from the Australian Privacy Foundation talks about the Australian Census. Honest Australian Census advert by The Juice media Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Ian has the flu, so from 2009: Join Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf as we tackle questions in mathematics, biology, popular science and chemistry. Can you do better than the team? Produced and Panelled by Marc West Also starring Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Rat robot stingrays have heart by Ian Woolf, Luke Barnes discusses how finely tuned the Universe is for life, Callisto by the Ephemera Ensemble. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Brain scan bugs by Ian Woolf, Keyna Wilkins talks about creating music inspired by Astronomy, Paul Francis has transcoded radio astronomy signals into haunting sounds. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

CFS identified by gut by Ian Woolf, Tom Crosten talks about building a little satellite for QB50, William Crowe starts a business mapping all the asteroids. Why is Uranus Upside-down? by Fred Watson Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Brendan Clarke talks about why Australia needs the best technology for a National Broadband Network, James Jansson talks about why Australia needs a Space Agency, James Coffey talks about the Energy Policy of the Science Party. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Fair go for CSIRO by Ian Woolf, Tanya Latty talks about applying swarm intelligence, Phil Dooley tells a Physics Fairy Tale at Physics in The Pub. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Autism treated with good guts by Ian Woolf, Mark Febbraio talks about heat shock proteins for longer life, Heather Catchpole recites physics poems in the pub. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

The science policies of seven parties competing in the Australian Federal Election by Ian Woolf - table , Guy Ben-Ary talks about Cellf - a dish of living neurons that jams with human musicians. Cellf in performance with string trio Jon Rose, Clayton Thomas and Darren Moore. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Solar panels reach record high efficiency, but funding will be cut, Universe expanding faster than predicted by Ian Woolf, David LeCouteur talks about healthier ageing through a high carbohydrate diet. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Excitement in the air by Ian Woolf, Camilla Whittington talks about seahorse sex, Seahorse by Jonathan Coulton from jonathancoulton.com, Andrew Whalen talks about Robobuilt smart looms. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Australian science has become a political playground by Ian Woolf, Part 2 of Judy Ford talking about slowing women's ageing, Will Green talks abouyt the Sunswift solar racer. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Giant black hole discovered - announced in Parliament by Ian Woolf, Judy Ford talks about slowing women's ageing part 1, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Carp! by Ian Woolf, A round-up of the Australian Biological Ageing Conference by Ian Woolf - part 2, Jarrah Peddie talks about the RobotX competition and Underwater Autonomous Vehicles at CeBIT, Jake Fountain returns to talks about Tele-presence and tele-soccer, at CeBIT. I Feel Fantastic by Jonathan Coulton, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion...

A round-up of the Australian Biological Ageing Conference, part 1 by Ian Woolf, Jim Palfreyman talks about glitching pulsar discoveries, part 2. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Thought texting in development by Ian Woolf, Part 1 of Jim Palfreyman talking about his research into the Vela pulsar. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Electric gustation by Ian Woolf, Meow Ludo talks about biohacking baby formula with proteins from breast milk. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Robot cars driving blind people, direct to brain bionic eyes, and lithium for long life by Ian Woolf, Chris Reid talks about slime mould and their emergent behaviour. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Its raining innovation by Ian Woolf, Solange Cunin talks about launching QuebRider's STEAM projects, John Barrow talks about Eternal Bubble Multiverses, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Stem cells seeded on apples to make organs for transplant by Ian Woolf, Patrick Catanzariti talks about kids 3D printers, the perils of Internet Barbie, and how to develop for emerging technologies. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

New physics may have been seen at LHC by Ian Woolf, PatCat talks about Artificial Intelligence, Smart watches and Augmented Reality. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

This time for sure! Urine power news by Ian Woolf. Highlights from the Science Spoken Word Spectacular: Ian Bryce "Ode to the Higgs" and "The Bull's Lament", Vanessa Hill "When you wish upon a star", Lou Steer "The Demon Duck of Doom" and "View from a Distant Porthole", Ricky Pannowitz "Science doesn't rhyme with anything". Organised by Rebecca Rose, Jack Peck and Ariel Pavez. Recording by Merran...