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Listen to part 1 of the audience Q and A session of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Forum. Physicist Benjamin Pope, Science Educator Helen Georgiou, Micro-biologist Liz Harry and Chemist Vipul Agarwal answer the audience's questions. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Associate Professor Helen Georgiou talk about her research into the best ways to teach science at schools. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Vipul Agarwal continue our conversation about his new plastic recycling technology, polymer spinal implants and re-usable rapid tests - part 3 2025 Australian Federal Election Science funding policies Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Vipul Agarwal continue our conversation about his new plastic recycling technology, polymer spinal implants and plastic anti-fouling paint for ships and submarines - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Vipul Agarwal from UNSW talk about his new plastic recycling technology - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Professor Liz Harry talk about the secret life of bacteria, and leadership in science - part 3, and from 2018, Daniel Bouzho talks about bacteria and honey. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Professor Liz Harry talk about the secret life of bacteria, and the social side of doing science - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Professor Liz Harry talk about the secret life of bacteria - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2019: Listen to Calvin Eiber investigate the basic science of vision, News of Blood test for ME/CFS, Safe alcohol replacement drink, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to a critical analysis of very flawed research into ME/CFS by the National Institutes of Health. The study has been criticized by experts for ethical and methodological issues, including biased patient selection, ignoring severe cases, and overemphasizing psychological explanations for ME symptoms. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion...

From 2019: Bioengineering Innovation Outreach Challenge 2019 prize winners by Ian Woolf,<br/> Professor Hala Zrieqat talks about the ARC Bioengineering Innovation Centre,<br/> Dr Gavinda Singh talks about his research in cancer cures and his mentorship,<br/> Team Team from Sydney Girls High School talk about their Epilepsy brainwave monitoring solution,<br/> Team Biochis fr...

Listen to Associate Professor Benjamin Pope talk about improving images from the James Webb telescope with statistics - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Associate Professor Benjamin Pope talk about enhancing astronomy with statistics - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2019: Listen to Professor Martin Wegener talks about nano 3D Printing of working retinas to cure blindness. News of Feeling hands, and incriminating handshakes Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

News of smart glasses for macular degeneration, DeepSeek AI, Virus therapy, Carrot Therapy and Brain chips! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

From 2019: Alex Kelly talks about economics, automation, investment, and how to change things for a better society. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

Listen to the Ig Nobel Award 24/7 lectures, with news of compulsory Naval nuclear waste dumps and the Fram2Ham space mission. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to the 34th First annual Ig Nobel Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think, edited down to 22 minutes. Hosted by Marc Abrahams, Edited by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Special Guests Dr Sue Wareham OAM of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, and A/Prof Tilman Ruff, Australian Chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons talk with Charles Willock about nuclear proliferation. Jaroon Descartes is Jacqui Pfeffer's Special Guest in Part II of "Relationships with Robots". Presented by: Lachlan Whatmore News: Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf...

From 2007, but the science is still valid, and the technology hasn't improved: Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to Charles Willock about large errors in estimates of nuclear waste storage times. Alan Parkinson, nuclear engineer, talks with Charles Willock about the mishandling of nuclear waste at the Maralinga weapons testing site in South Australia. Presented by: Emily Fearn Panelled...

From 2018: Llamas fight flu by Ian Woolf, Steven Freeland talks about the US Space Force Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2018: Lizzie O'Shea talks about the anti-privacy Assistance and Access Bill, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Dr Alexia Maddox talk about the planned ban on Australians under 16 using social media - part 2 News of childrens human rights being violated by a social media ban Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Dr Alexia Maddox talk about the planned ban on Australians under 16 using social media - part 1 Stewart Baker, former General Counsel of the NSA talking about the Cycle of Moral Panics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2018: CRISPR babies update by Ian Woolf, Transhumanism and emerging technologies by Peter Xing, Engineering Cat-girls by Meow Ludo Meow Meow. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise