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Patrick Rubie reports the news: - left handed sports - zebra fish heart stem cells - adventurers matched with scientists Ian Woolf reports on Augmented Reality contact lenses and the EyeRing, Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Fiona Clissold about temperature and metabolism in insects Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Therese Chen reports on the intelligence gene and life on Mars, On "Creature Features" Julie-Anne Popple talks about glow-worms and their brightly glowing bottoms, For this weeks "In the name of science" Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Lindsay Popple about Digging for Cicadas. Presented and produced by Julie-Anne Popple

Larissa Savvas reports on Smart sand and breast cancer detection. Julie-Anne Popple reports on the Royal Society's Science and the Media Forum. Ian Woolf reports on the emergence of wearable cameras and computers from science fiction to reality, Ian Woolf spoke with Wallace Thornhill about his Electric Universe paradigm. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf

Therese Chen reports on zooplankton resistance, talking corn, Ian Woolf reports on fracking versus carbon capture. Ian Woolf speaks with Max Ott from NICTA about mobile video, Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dave McElroy about sea star sperm and climate change. Presented and Produced by Ian Woolf

Victoria Bond reports on a super vaccine against cancer. Julie-Anne Popple reports on meat ice-cream and Free-loving Flipper. On this weeks 'In the name of science', Julie-Anne Popple interviews Dr Trevor Wilson about staring at plant genitals. Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dr Jerome Buhl of the University of Sydney about the plight of the humble bee. Presented and produced by Julie-Anne Popple

Therese Chen reports on fattening air,and deep voices, Ian Woolf reports on baldness, prostate protection, and hard games. Ian Woolf speaks with Geoff Batty of NICTA about peer to peer research into Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf

Julie-Anne Popple reports on new humans, Dr Frog, and Lego bones. Ian Woolf interviews Kevin Elphinstone and Gerwin Klein from the Validated computing project at NICTA, Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Jerome Buhl of the University of Sydney about ants and make-up. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf

Julie-Anne Popple visits the Coral Art Life Science Exhibition at he University of Sydney and speaks with: science inspired artist Carmel Wallance, and Dr Adrienne Grant about her research into copper and corals. Ian Woolf continues his series from the NICTA research group, speaking with: Nick Grant about software for the Bionic Eye that shows what's important, Geoff Wang about the N.TV social tel...

Larissa Savvas reports on nerve regeneration, Ian Woolf speaks with Dr Maia Sauren about mobile phone safety, Julie-Anne Popple asks Melissa Slarp about teaching kindergarten science, Ian Woolf spoke with Geoff MacIntyre about DNA reading chips at the NICTA techfest. A Little Bit, by MJ Hibbert and the Validators Produced and Presented by Ian Woolf, with technical support from Julie-Anne Popple

Julie-Anne Popple talks about when ants go to war, Larissa Savass vtalks about kindly cultured burgers, Ian Woolf reports on the NICTA Techfest 2012, interviewing: James Laird about electronic pain management, Leif Hamlen about health data mining, Leonid Ryzhyk about software writing software to control hardware Julie-Anne Popple interviews Rick Shine about snake fishing. Presented by Larissa Savv...

In this Cryonics special edition Ian Woolf speaks with immortalist Matt Fisher about freezing people after death for future resuscitation, and the state of Cryonics in Australia. "Our Cryonic World" written and sung by Charlie Kam. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Larissa Savvas reports on the prospect of having 3 parents, Therese Chen reports on the suggestion of introducing megafauna to Australia, Julie-Anne Popple reports on Cybernetics in the service of insect spies and augmenting people, Ian Woolf interviews Ian Bryce about his Skeptical inquiries into Rossi's E-Cat power generator. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf

Larrissa Savas reports on Rett's Sydnrome, Ian Woolf reports on the Tricorder X Prize, Victoria Bond and Marc West discuss the History of Nearly Everything, and the scientific boycott of Elsevier publications. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

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

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

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

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

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 s...

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 scienc...

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

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

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

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

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

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