Diffusion Science Radio

Ian Woolf

Diffusion Science Radio is broadcast each week from Sydney, Australia.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    Artemis II to the Moon

    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

  2. 25 JAN

    Symbiotica babies

    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

  3. 18 JAN

    Thorium Skepticism

    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

  4. 4 JAN

    Teleporting Quack Echoes

    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

  5. 28/12/2025

    Eternal September and synthehol

    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

  6. 21/12/2025

    Internet Censorship like its 2008

    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

  7. 14/12/2025

    Quiz of Xmas Past

    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

  8. 07/12/2025

    2025 IgNobel Prizes - part 2

    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

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