Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
13 February 2012 - 1:58 am NZ time
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Our Changing World
with Veronika Meduna & Dean Williams
Thursdays 9-10pm, repeated at 1:05am Sundays. Two features play at 3:35pm on Mondays and Thursdays.
Audio from Thursday 9 March 2006
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
- 21:06 Visual Skills of Insects (Science)
Professor of visual sciences Mandyam V. Srinivasan, talks about the visual skills of insects and machine vision. (12′39″)
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- 21:20 Biofuels (Environment)
Dean Williams looks at biofuel and the potential for crops that can be processed into transport fuel. (11′36″)
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- 21:35 Climate Change and Hurricanes - Kevin Trenberth (Science)
Climate scientist Kevin Trenberth, who's based at the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research, argues that there is a link between the devastating hurricanes the US has been experiencing and global warming. (12′38″)
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- 21:46 Hepatitis B and C (Health)
Louise Wallace talks to specialist physician Toby Rose about the dangers of Hepatitis B and C, both prevalent in NZ. (12′24″)
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The Team
Presenters:
Alison Ballance
Ruth Beran
Veronika Meduna
About Our Changing World
A mix of in depth interviews, packages and sound rich features, Our Changing World covers topics across all scientific disciplines, natural history and environmental issues, and developments in health as well as exploring the human side of science and the personalities behind it.
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