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Diffusion Science radio Episodes - | 'Popular and polarising science' | 'Rock radar and solar cells' (The ATSE Clunies Ross Awards: part 1) - Amy Bullen interviews two award-winning scientists, David Noon and Stuart Wenham on their inventions'A tribute to David Attenborough' by Victoria Bond and Martin FaciniDiscussion forum on Richard Dawkins''Enemy of Reason'News by Ian Woolf- Safe sex science- Design your own phone Presented and Produced by Patrick RubieSample of 'It's a scientific fact' by Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans in outro | to send to friends | Download 'Popular and polarising science' | Play in Popup.
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| War goats, rat studs, and smart beds | Goat sacrifices of the military by Ian Woolf,
Wired Beds by Tilly Boleyn and Evan Shapiro,
Junk DNA points the way by Patrick Rubie,
Female rats prefer males with recent sexual experience by Patrick Rubie,
Jacqui Hayes interviews Chris Lauf of the Cycling Scientists and their travelling energy show,
http://www.cyclingscientists.com
Presented by Patrick Rubie,
Produced by Ian Woolf. | to send to friends | Download War goats, rat studs, and smart beds | Play in Popup.
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| Zombie Sex Change Lizard Medical Myth | Free will or zombie-hood explored by Amy Bullen,
Medical myths dispelled by Michelle Kovacevic,
Hot sex changing lizards get cool with Jacqui Hayes,
Michelle Kovacevic, Amy Bullen, and Patrick Rubie.
News by Patrick Rubie:
- Virgin Galactic spaceship 2,
- Upsizing dimensions with Artificial Intelligence,
- Searching and rewarding the searching and rewarding area of the brain
- Aztecs sacrificed young boys
Presented by Jacqui Hayes,
Produced by Ian Woolf. | to send to friends | Download Zombie Sex Change Lizard Medical Myth | Play in Popup.
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| Robot Love, Nuclear Power, Safe? | A Diffusion Science Nuclear Special (Part II).
Instead of looking only at CO2, we look at the
other important issues surrounding nuclear power
generation. This week: the risks of proliferation.
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
Panelled by: Ian Woolf
Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf
Musical Clips:
Randy Newman: Political Science ("Let's drop the big one now")
Tom Lehrer: That Was The Year That Was ("Who's_Next?"). | to send to friends | Download Robot Love, Nuclear Power, Safe? | Play in Popup.
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| Nuclear Waste: Safe for 240,000 years? | A Diffusion Science Nuclear Special. We look at the breakdown of
nuclear waste storage materials with time, and the problems
associated with cleanup of the Maralinga nuclear test site.
Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to Charles Willock about
possibly significant errors in estimates of nuclear waste storage times.
Alan Parkinson, nuclear engineer, talks with Charles Willock about
the mishandling of nuclear waste at Maralinga.
Presented by: Emily Fearn
Panelled by: Celine Steinfeld
Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf
assisted by Patrick Rubie
Music:
"The Elements" Tom Lehrer/Sir Arthur Sullivan
"It's a scientific fact" Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans
(by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer) | to send to friends | Download Nuclear Waste: Safe for 240,000 years? | Play in Popup.
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| Brain music and Smelly science | Mind Listening to the Mind Listening by Ian Woolf,
Smells like Science by Patrick Rubie,
News by Patrick Rubie - taking the urine,
- holograph testing
- synthetic life
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