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From 2001: Dr Victoria I. Lytle spoke with Matt Whitfort about her Antarctic sea ice sheet research and 7 expeditions, with the Antarctic CRC and Australian Antarctic Division. Lachlan Whatmore reviews the science of 1992 medical movie Lorenzo's Oil,and the science of Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), News of Religious experience helmets, our second brain, sunscreen gender-bending, and Purring heals by Ian Woolf, Produced by Christine Brown with technical support from Lachlan Whatmore Upscaled by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2003: News of tasty virtual reality, vegetarian robots, and sugar power by Ian Woolf, Dr Robin Burns speaks with Christine Baker on how scientists live remotely, Marian Carruthers looks in a cup of Red Wine. Black Holes with Tim Baynes. Hosted by Jaquie Zill, Produced by Chris Stewart, Upscaled by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to the facts behind the media feeding frenzy over K-mart Smart Glasses, and news of Elon Musk-style waste disposal. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2001: Bush fires interview with John Winter from NSW Royal Fire Brigade by Deanna Coleman, Bionic ears Angelique Hutchison Maths as a political weapon CSIRO's Lianne Scott spoke with Maths Activist Professor Marilyn Frankenstein News of noisy nets and EBCT by Tim Baynes Presented by Tim Baynes. Produced by Gina Sartore with Technical support from Lachlan Whatmore. Upscaled by Ian Woolf in 2026. Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2001, listen to Science Theatre by Lachlan Whatmore, Handedness by Adam Mark. News of stem cells from skin, basking sharks, prostate cancer genes, and wearable stimulation by Branwen Morgan. Presented by Tim Baynes. Produced by Adam Mark with technical support by Ben Cole. Upscaled by Ian Woolf in 2026. Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

The US plans to return to the Moon in 2028, but China might beat them if Space companies can't meet the deadline. Claude AI has an ethics attack and throws a tantrum, News that a new ChatGPT model hacks out of its test environment and into another company's computer. produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to Jack, Riley and Flynn talk about their new way way to lift water ten metres using a tiny fraction of the power of a mechanical pump, using bubbles. produced and hosted by Ian Wool Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to ChatGPT's obsession with Goblins. News of AI being banned, unbanned, and data centre deals. produced and hosted by Ian Wool Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From the 2000 archives: Craniometry by Lachlan Whatmore, How to catch Cricket Balls by Adam Mark, Australian native stingless honey bees by Gina Sartore, Male Mobile phone lekking by Tim Baynes, Electronic noses by Gina Sartore, News by Adam Mark: vaccine therapy for Alzheimers zero gravity beer membranes artifical DJs Presented by Lachlan Whatmore,Produced by Ian Woolf, with technical support by Gina Sartore Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From the 2000 archives: listen to how we recognise ourselves by Gina Sartore, Ian Woolf interviews Robert Robinson about the replacement reactor at Lucas Heights, Mad Cow disease by Adam Mark, News of coral, children's view of scientists, and Iridium, by Ben Cole. Presented by Deanna Coleman. Produced by Gina Sartore and panelled by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2002: Listen to Adam Mark reporting on the latest in ejaculation research. Chris Stewart presents part 1 of What's Up With Gravity. News of Mexican wave maths, Euro corrosion, and artificial rabbit penises by Chris Stewart. Hosted by Adam Mark. Produced and panelled by Lachlan Whatmore Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2000: Listen to Adam Mark speak with Candice Webb about the Fijian Crested Iguana, The Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, and a Panel discussion about the Federal government attack on the ABC. Hosted by Ian Woolf Produced by Chris Brown and Deanna Coleman Panelled by anonymous Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2002: Tim Baynes interviews Dr Virgina Shepherd about Fungi. Gina Sartore reports on research on methamphetamines and the immune system of cats, and the effect on the researcher, and then opens the microphone to discussion on the subject with Tim and Chris. Presented by Chris Stewart. Produced by Tim Baynes, and panelled by Gina Sartore. Edited by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2002: Presented by Tim Baynes. News by Tim. Gina Sartore reports from the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, about how life events affect health. Lachlan Whatmore gives a guided tour of the insides and outsides of sea sponges. Produced by Lachlan Whatmore with technical support by Gina Sartore. (Music originally broadcast in the show, removed for copyright reasons)

Listen to the science of Andes hantavirus, how it spreads, and why its important not to confuse it with other hantaviruses.In Budget news, CSIRO gets more money but cuts more scientists and research. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2007 in memory of Charles Willock and Darren Osborne: Identity Card Special Edition Presented by Darren Osborne, Synthetic interview with Anna Johnston about privacy concerns, Aras Vaichas speaks with Ian Woolf about RFID, Interview with Professor Graham Greenleaf about Access and Cyberlaw Produced by Ian Woolf and Charles Willock

Listen to news of self-watering fungi, and a fruit fly brain copied into a computer, hooked up to a pretend body, living in a simulated world. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2008: Listen to Nanotechnologist Michael Ford explain how to make matter do whatever you wish, Marc West goes on a pub crawl of science-related pubs in London, News of a PhD theses interprative dances competition, and make your brain grow. Presented by Nick Evershed, Produced by Ian Woolf. Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to news of 3D printed brain interfaces, Neural computers, brain-computer-interface speech, AI gets its own computer, and night-time solar power. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2008: Victoria Bond finds out if the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world, Ian Woolf talks to Professor Mike Cortie about zapping gold nanoparticles to cure mind-control parasites, News by Patrick Rubie: King Tut's foetuses, solar power at night, smart bricks, dandelion rubber Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to the second part of the Question and Answer session with the audience and scientists from the 2026 Frontiers of Science Forum. Answering the questions were the speakers Professor Dane McCamey talking about quantum electronics, Dr Eliza Middleton talking about science across the disciplines, Professor Noushin Nasiri talking about nanotechnology, and Professor James Brown talking about population. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to part 1 of the Question and Answer session with the audience and scientists from the 2026 Frontiers of Science Forum. Answering the questions were the speakers Professor Dane McCamey talking about quantum electronics, Dr Eliza Middleton talking about science across the disciplines, Professor Noushin Nasiri talking about nanotechnology, and Professor James Brown talking about population statistics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to Dr Marsilea Booth talk about wearable medical sensors at Nutromics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to Dr Cuhananthan Sathiyajith talk about his startup to commercialise a new medical tool that can both diagnose and treat cancer at the same time in a paradignm called Radiotheranostics - Therpeutic diagnostics. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to the second part of my interview with Professor Noushin Nasiri talk about nanotechnology - very small things with very big effects. News of E-safety censorship. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to nanotechnologist Noushin Nasiri talk about how she works at the smallest scale, for the biggest impact. - Part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to part 2 of Dr Eliza Middleton chatting about the benefits of communicating with people from different professions who think differently to you. News of blinding tattoos and fattening exercise Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to Dr Eliza Middleton discuss the advantages of speaking with people from completely different disciplines than your own - Part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to Professor Judith Dawes talk about creating random lasers to sense molecules in 2021, Kachina Allen explains the dangers of Power Dressing Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

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 Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

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 Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

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 Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to Ian Woolf's 2023 stand-up comedy act on Ciguatera, his 2013 Jobs From Hell story, and a song about fixing the world. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

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. Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

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 Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

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, Presented by Monica Sharma and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

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 Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

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 Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think - part 1, hosted by Marc Abrahams produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to a deep dive into the restructuring of CSIRO and the endless budget cuts driving the firing of 1150 more scientists. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to a deep dive of the Coal-lition's rejection of Net Zero carbon dioxide emissions, and the bi-partisan introduction of Net Zero human rights for Australians online. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

A 30 second promotional trailer on why you should listen to Diffusion Science Radio Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska from the Queensland University of Technology won the 2025 Prime Minister's Prize for Science. I spoke with her in 2021 about how we can improve indoor air quality to reduce the transmission of COVID19, and other airborne diseases. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2009: Listen to Marc West ask Dr Chris Pettigrew how Mystique's disguise super-powers might really work, Charles Willock reports on the distribution of sin in the USA, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss lesser known side effects of the contraceptive pill News by Victoria Bond: - protons re-introduced to the LHC - Swine flu is nothing to sneeze at - rebuilding glaciers - electric field therapy kills cancer Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2010: Listen to part 2 of Wolverine science from Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew, Ant martyrs by Victoria Bond Hot stuff at the RHIC with Olli Barrand King Tut's diagnosis by Catherine Beehag CSIRO's fleck nano tags your stuff by Catherine Beehag, Bees dance to bee dopamine in lab raves by Ollie Barrand, Lunar reserve created to protect the Tranquility lunar landing site by Ollie Barrand Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to the 2025 Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded for the discovery of regulatory T-cells calming the immune system and stopping it from attacking the body. News of YouTube and GitHub banned for kids, and perhaps Wikipedia. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

The 2025 Nobel prizes were won for quantum tunneling and quantisation in a macroscopic circuit, and for the discovery of metal organic framework molecules to create new materials with novel properties. Lets find out what they achieved! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

From 2010:Listen to the science of Wolverine with Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew, Marc West, Aaron Cooke and Ian Woolf discuss the science of superheroes. News by Aaron Cooke; - solar disinfectant - Snails of Steel - sticky cookware Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Associate Professor Suszanna Dancso talk about the biology, anthropology and beauty of knots. News of automated democracy! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Associate Professor Suszanna Dancso talk about how knitting and neural networks are just complicated knots, and how imagining a donut shaped world gives us applications in the real world. All the age verification news! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise