Episodes

  • Artemis II to the Moon

    Artemis II to the Moon
    Feb 1 2026
    Listen to news of NASA's Artemis II crewed mission around the dark side of the Moon launches next week - what is planned and the wet launch rehearsal this week. Mining the Moon from 2007, and a song about Transhumanitarianism.
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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  • Symbiotica babies

    Symbiotica babies
    Jan 25 2026
    Listen to news of a notorious genetic engineer returning,
    from 2016 Symbiotica Director Oron Catts talks about frog leg steak art, and what industry can learn from biology, then Guy Ben-Ary talks about Cellf - a dish of living neurons that jams with human musicians.
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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  • Thorium Skepticism

    Thorium Skepticism
    Jan 18 2026
    Listen to the latest news of Chinese thorium power technology, a 2012 Thorium talk from SkeptiCamp, a 2012 interview with Thorium expert Dr Massimo Salvadore, and 2014 Thorium powered cars
    Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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  • Teleporting Quack Echoes

    Teleporting Quack Echoes
    Jan 4 2026
    Dr Boob ponders the ethical and technological implication of teleportation.
    Ian Woolf looks at the physics of the duck's quack. News of high heels helping prosthetic design with Julie-Anne Popple,
    Ian Woolf discusses Harvard's journal boycott, and Therese Chen looks at Harry Potter style blood testing.
    Hosted and produced by Julie-Anne Popple.
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  • Eternal September and synthehol

    Eternal September and synthehol
    Dec 28 2025
    From 2014: Mind reading apps for Google glass,
    Alcohol without the harm? by Ian Woolf
    Skyrmions explained by John August,
    Tales of the internet before the web by Ian Woolf
    Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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  • Internet Censorship like its 2008

    Internet Censorship like its 2008
    Dec 21 2025
    From 2008: Ian Woolf interviews Crikey tech writer Stilgherrian about the Australian Government's plan to censor the internet.
    Patrick Rubie tells about heart-powered pacemakers, and why looks matter more at speed dating sessions,
    Caitlin Howlett pleads the case of whales versus the US Navy,
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  • Quiz of Xmas Past

    Quiz of Xmas Past
    Dec 14 2025

    The 2006 Diffusion Christmas Quiz:
    Schrodinger's Cats vs Pavlov's Dogs
    in a Winner-Takes-All contest.
    Hosted by Chris Stewart,
    with Tilly Boleyn, Vanessa Gardos,
    Shona Blair, Catherine Beehag,
    Celine Steinfeld, Jacqui Pfeffer,
    Jacqui Hayes, Ian Woolf, Darren Osbourne,
    Derek Muller, Charles Willock.
    Hosted by Chris Stewart
    Produced by Ian Woolf
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  • 2025 IgNobel Prizes - part 2

    2025 IgNobel Prizes - part 2
    Dec 7 2025
    The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think - part 2, hosted by Marc Abrahams
    produced by Ian Woolf
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