Diffusion Science radio

Diffusion Science radio

If you like a good, broad mix of Science - new science, hard science, pop science, historical science and very silly science, listen to Diffusion.

Episodes

The Quantum Age - part 2

August 17, 2025
Listen to James Vandeleau talk about the history of Quantum physics, what it means and a demonstration with polarised sunglasses. News of scientists sacked, and eSafety failed.
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The Quantum Age - part 1

August 10, 2025
Listen to James Vandeleau talk about the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology - part 1.
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Censored searches - part 3

August 3, 2025
Listen to the final part of John Pane talking about privacy rights online, from social media bubbles, to how kids need to practice socializing safely online, just as they do in the real world.
News of Senate voting against the censorship, and then for it the next day.
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Censored searches - part 2

July 28, 2025
Listen to the second part of John Pane talking about privacy rights online, from your private interactions with AI, to the dangers of manipulation by social media companies even if you don't have a social media account.
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Censored searches - part 1

July 20, 2025
Listen to John Pane, Chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia talk about the executive order from Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, requiring photo ID age verification for using an uncensored search engine in Australia by December 2025
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Youth cocktail and B6 toxicity

July 13, 2025
Listen to the risks of vitamin B6 poisoning that can damage your nerves and make you fall,
and news of a cocktail that makes worms and mice younger.
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Trivia and Scary worms

July 6, 2025
From 2009: "Worms worms worms" by Lachlan Whatmore
"Science Trivia" hosted by Victoria Bond.
"The number 30" by Patrick Rubie
News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf
Evolutionary Leap, Hadron Collider and space drive,Placebo Effects, and Global Melting
Presented by Lachlan Whatmore
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Produced by Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf
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Anomalies, blood and tornadoes

June 29, 2025
Listen to John August from 2009 talk about travelling in tornadoes.
News of mystery radio signals, a hole in the magnetosphere, and artificial blood.
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Change Your Behaviour

June 22, 2025
From the Singularity University Summit 2019:
Shelley Laslett talks about the neuroscience of changing your behaviour,
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Narcissome Bioethics

June 15, 2025
From 2017: Listen to Dr Ainsley Newson talk about bioethics and personal genomics.
News of Gut bacteria for longer life
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Tales of Evolution and Quantum Computing

June 8, 2025
From 2017: From 2017: Professor Stuart Kauffman reads from The surprizing story of Patrick, Rupert, Sly and Gus - evolutionary niches and complexity.
News of flashing lights to treat Alzheimer's mice.
Quantum computing made simple!
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Is Life Inevitable?

June 1, 2025
From 2017: Listen to Professor Stuart Kauffman talk about the origin of life.
News that weight lifting is good for your brain.
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Chocolate cultured, whole, and traditional

May 25, 2025
News of healthier, more sustainable chocolate, and chocolate cultured in a bioreactor. Listen to chef and biochemist Galit Segev from 2011, talk about the science of tempering chocolate.
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After AI take our jobs again

May 18, 2025
From 2017: Paul Mason talks about bots talking jobs, and the future of society.
News of vampires switching to human blood.
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Frontiers of Science Forum 2025 Q and A - part 2

May 11, 2025
Listen to part 2 of the audience Question and Answer session of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Forum. Physicist Benjamin Pope, Science Educator Helen Georgiou, Micro-biologist Liz Harry and Chemist Vipul Agarwal answer the audiences' questions.
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Frontiers of Science Forum 2025 Q and A - part 1

May 4, 2025
Listen to part 1 of the audience Q and A session of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Forum. Physicist Benjamin Pope, Science Educator Helen Georgiou, Micro-biologist Liz Harry and Chemist Vipul Agarwal answer the audience's questions.
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The Science of Teaching Science

April 27, 2025
Listen to Associate Professor Helen Georgiou talk about her research into the best ways to teach science at schools.
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Recycling and healing plastic - part 3

April 20, 2025
Listen to Vipul Agarwal continue our conversation about his new plastic recycling technology, polymer spinal implants and re-usable rapid tests - part 3
2025 Australian Federal Election Science funding policies
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Recycling and healing plastic - part 2

April 13, 2025
Listen to Vipul Agarwal continue our conversation about his new plastic recycling technology, polymer spinal implants and plastic anti-fouling paint for ships and submarines - part 2
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Recycling and healing plastic - part 1

April 6, 2025
Listen to Vipul Agarwal from UNSW talk about his new plastic recycling technology - part 1
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