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Listen to Professor John Mattick explain why Junk DNA is the big misunderstanding of molecular biology. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Dr Renee Goreham talk about her research into applying nanoparticle detection to health, and news of missions to analogue Mars in Armenia. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2006: Ian Woolf reports on fuel from waste, Lachlan Whatmore on the Portuguese Man-of-War, Matt Clarke on Roomba Sumo, Lachlan Whatmore explains how steroids work, and how they mess you up, Ian Woolf reports on magnetic implants, Lachlan Whatmore reports on a gel that protects against AIDS. Hosted by Matt Clarke, Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusi...

Listen how choice blindness can lead to people defending the opposite to their original opinion, whether it be in a taste test, a survey, or in a eyewitness suspect line up, and how to be less likely to be deceived. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

From 2010: Listen to Marc West explain the correlation between sex and housework. Victoria Bond walks into a bar with science comedian Brian Malow. Aaron Cooke reports on starquakes, stroking rats, mosquito attraction, and how green tea fights cancer Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Love songs aren't universally recognised, Music helps students learn maths, Music preferences predict moral values and vice versa Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to Part 2 of the Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, then makes you think, followed by the 24/7 lectures. Hosted by Marc Abrahams from the Annals of Improbable Research. Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

The Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, then makes you think! Hosted by Marc Abrahams from the Annals of Improbable Research. Part 2 next week Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying Merchandise

Listen to part 3 of Ian Woolf's chat with Transhumanist Brendan Clarke on how AI is being abused by people who's values are not aligned with society. The Ignobel Prize 24/7 lectures where a researcher is given 24 seconds to describe their work, and then to explain it in just 7 words that anyone can understand. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diff...

Listen to part 2 of Ian Woolf's chat with Transhumanist Brendan Clarke on how AI gets smarter, and how to change society to help people who lose their jobs as a result. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Listen to Brendan Clarke and Ian Woolf chat about what's happened with artificial intelligence over the last year, and what may happen, and why good parenting is a factor. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Listen to the tale of how humans almost became extinct several times in history. News of rats using their imaginations to move objects and themselves through virtual reality. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Successful face transplant including whole eyeball, News of Cinnamon for longer life and better memory by Ian Woolf, Face recognition by Gina Sartore Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Australian SpIRIT nano-satellite to be launched, How climate change may cause more volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and make them more severe. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Brain writing with bidirectional Brain-Computer-Interfaces, with news of spots before your eyes mapped at Monash, and stimulated in Toronto Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

From 2013: Ian Woolf reports on Vel-negative blood, What are A, B and O, and what is RH negative and positive? Ian Woolf speaks with with Joe Patkes, Red Cell Serologist at the Red Cross Blood Services centre in Alexandria about blood types, blood processing and transfusions. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate l...

From 2015: Asteroid moons Earth, Invisible planets sought by Ian Woolf Kerrie Dougherty describes the beginnings of the Woomera Rocket Range. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

From 2014: Worms uploaded to Lego by Ian Woolf, Kerrie Dougherty tells tales of Rockets delivering mail in Australia before Woomera. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution

2023 Nobel Prizes for attosecond lasers, quantum dots and mRNA vaccines. News of Worms leaping with electric fields. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

New protein causing post-exertional malaise hints at new diagnostic tests and drugs for ME/CFS, Flaws found by critics in the PACE Trials and Cochrane Review recommending graded exercise therapy and Cognitive behavioural therapy for ME/CFS - the Australian clinical guidelines are based on pseudoscience Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by...

Listen to Lachan Gray talk about how auto-immune diseases affect many more females than males, and his research into how the extra X chromosome may be the cause. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution < Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Listen to Luke Turner talk about his project to use Neurofeedback and virtual reality to help people learn more things, more easily. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Luke Turner (right) Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

From 2014: Turn another human into your hand puppet by Ian Woolf, Leonard Lipovich explains non-coding RNA, ENCODE and CHARGE, Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Graphene antenna for more efficient solar power, Flanders and Swan, First and Second Law Controversial graphene circuit claims to extracts energy from random heat fluctuations. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy to treat brain fog from Long COVID, A new anti-COVID drug may protect from all variants and also heal Long COVID lung damage. Michael persinger's God Helmet From 2003, Tim Baynes speaks to Eva Feredoes about using brain magnets to switch off HIS brain functions, during the interview! Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a...