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Our Changing World for 2 July 2020
9:05 PM.Winners of the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prizes include a team studying melting ice and rising seas, a maths teacher and a young inventor. Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 5: Waiting for Emperors
8:16 PM.Emperor penguin researchers are waiting for tagged birds to return, and an elderly radar system sheds light on a very windy part of the atmosphere. Read more Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 4: Best journey in the world
9:06 PM.Alison Ballance meets a colony of Emperor penguins and their NIWA researchers, and finds out about making water on the frozen continent Read more Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 3: Flags to physics
9:06 PM.Keeping Scott Base warm and well-lit no matter the weather outside, and a physics experiment that eavesdrops on messages to submarines. Read more Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 2: Scott Base
9:06 PM.Alison Ballance has her first day at New Zealand's Antarctic station, Scott Base, and visits the historic Hillary's Hut. Read more Video, Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 1: Ice Flight
9:06 PM.Alison Ballance dons her extreme cold weather clothing for a trip to Antarctica - but getting to the frozen continent can take time. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 21 May 2020
8:15 PM.Two gems from Our Changing World's Antarctic archive - restoring Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds and hunting for extremophile microbes high on Mt Erebus. Audio
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Little bit of sea-level rise = lots more coastal flooding
9:06 PM.Scientists warn that a small amount of sea-level rise could have big consequences for some low-lying parts of New Zealand. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 14 May 2020
9:05 PM.Experts discuss the findings from a recent NIWA report that shows a small amount of sea-level rise will cause more coastal flooding. Audio
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Probing the hidden continent of Zealandia
9:06 PM.Ocean floor rock cores drilled into the sunken continent of Zealandia are revolutionising our understanding of Earth's history and how continents form. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 7 May 2020
9:05 PM.Geologists are probing the secrets of the hidden continent of Zealandia, and ants and viruses from the archives. Audio
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Aussie bushfire smoke goes stratospheric
9:07 PM.More than four months after it formed, a large blob of sooty dust from Australia's massive bushfires is still circling the southern hemisphere. Read more Audio
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On yer bike – how cyclists, pedestrians & cars share city streets
9:06 PM.There is a fine art to how pedestrians, cyclists, and cars and buses navigate the shared thoroughfares of our towns and cities. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 30 April 2020
9:05 PM.Dust from Australia's bush fires is still circling the globe in the stratosphere, and studies into cyclists and their use of city streets. Audio
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100-year moth project – in the footsteps of George Vernon Hudson
9:06 PM.Modern-day citizen scientists are following in the footsteps of a well-known Wellington naturalist, collecting moths to document a century of change. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 23 April 2020
9:05 PM.Wellington naturalist George Vernon Hudson collected thousands of moths and a century later a group of citizen scientists are following in his footsteps in Zealandia sanctuary. Audio
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Maths, models & insights into the coronavirus pandemic
9:06 PM.Mathematician Alex James, from Te Pūnaha Matatini & the University of Canterbury, explains the art and science of modelling the coronavirus pandemic. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 16 April 2020
9:05 PM.Alison Ballance chats with mathematician Alex James, who has been helping model the coronavirus pandemic in New Zealand. Audio
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Our immune system vs coronavirus: ‘I think of it as an orchestra'
9:06 PM.The human immune system is a complex system where T cells, B cells and antibodies battle invaders such as bacteria and viruses such as the one that causes COVID-19. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 9 April 2020
9:05 PM.Immunologist Jo Kirman introduces us to our immune system and how it fights viruses such as the one that causes COVID-19. Audio
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Conservation and Covid-19
8:00 AM.Is New Zealand’s environment benefiting from the lockdown? Read more Audio
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Virus 101 - the science of viruses
9:06 PM.Virus expert Kurt Krause, from the University of Otago, gives us the lowdown on viruses, and on coronaviruses in particular. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 2 April 2020
9:05 PM.Virus expert Kurt Krause, from the University of Otago, gives us the lowdown on viruses, and we hear about a rare plant and the viruses that are killing it. Audio
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Air pollution - the invisible killer
9:06 PM.GNS Science monitors levels of air pollution around New Zealand, especially small particles that can have severe health effects. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 26 March 2020
9:05 PM.GNS Science monitors levels of air pollution around New Zealand, and why soap is the ultimate coronavirus buster. Audio