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Our Changing World

with Veronika Meduna & Dean Williams

Thursdays 9 - 10pm

Audio from Thursday 21 September 2006

Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.

21:06 Cosmologist Beatrice Hill Tinsley (Science)

Beatrice Hill Tinsley was a brilliant astronomer, recognised worldwide as a leading thinker in cosmology. (12′12″)

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21:20 Nanoscale Antifouling Surfaces (Science)

Veronika Meduna explores ways of protecting surfaces from microbial fouling with a team of University of Otago scientists. (12′26″)

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21:35 Dactylanthus - A Native Parasitic Flowering Plant (Environment)

Dean Williams discusses one of NZ's most unusual threatened plants, Dactylanthus taylorii, with Avi Holzapfel from DOC. (13′01″)

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21:46 Breast Cancer Genetics (Health)

We understand little of the biology of breast cancer, although genetic changes are likely to be important. (12′35″)

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The Team

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Alison Ballance

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Ruth Beran

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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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