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What it takes to live a good life
9:07 PM.When it comes to having a 'good life', there are several key elements - strong intimate relationships and time to relax. Read more Audio
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Preparing for the next big quake
9:06 PM.Information from past earthquakes can be used to prepare a more resilient society that will be better able to cope with future shakes. Read more Video, Audio
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Our Changing World for 10 December 2020
9:05 PM.An earthquake engineer talks about modelling strong ground motions in an earthquake and a psychologists talks about what it takes to have a good life. Audio
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All at sea - the surprising reach of river waters
9:07 PM.Two self-driving underwater robots are making surprising discoveries about where river water ends up at sea, far from land. Read more Video, Audio
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Studying the causes of cancer
9:06 PM.Cancer epidemiologist Brian Cox, from the University of Otago, talks about studying the causes of cancer and new research on diet and bowel cancer. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 3 December 2020
9:05 PM.How river water reaches out to sea and an epidemiologist talks about work into the causes of cancer. Audio
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Ozone holes & UV radiation
9:06 PM.NIWA's Richard Querel talks about the ozone hole, including this year's large one, and Ben Liley explains why NZ has such high UV levels. Read more Video, Audio
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Our Changing World for 26 November 2020
9:05 PM.NIWA experts explain the science behind this year's large ozone hole and New Zealand's high UV levels. Audio
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Pua o te Rēinga - return of the Flower of the Underworld
9:06 PM.Iwi representatives & conservationists journey to Zealandia sanctuary to plant seeds of the mysterious parasitic flowering plant Dactylanthus or flower of the underworld. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 19 November 2020
9:05 PM.Returning the mysterious parasitic flowering plant Dactylanthus or pua o te reinga to Zealandia sanctuary, in Wellington. Audio
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Wahakura - a woven cradle to save babies' lives
9:07 PM.The 2020 Tahunui-A-Rangi Award goes to David Tipene Leach for the wahakura, a woven bassinet to address the problem of sudden unexpected death in infancy. Read more Audio
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Award for using DNA to better understand plants & animals
9:07 PM.Geneticist Neil Gemmell has won the 2020 Hutton Medal for using DNA & new genomic technologies to better understant plants & animals. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 12 November 2020
9:05 PM.The invention of a woven bassinet to save babies' lives & a geneticist seeking to understand plants & animals have won awards at the 2020 Research Honours Aotearoa. Audio
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'Academic superstar' wins top research award
9:09 PM.NZ's top research award, the Rutherford Medal, has gone to Brian Boyd, whose work spans Shakespeare to Nabokov to Popper, & weaves arts and sciences together. Read more Audio
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Focus on political economy & Te Ao Māori a winning combination
9:08 PM.Maria Bargh's work on political economies and the environment is focused on Māori communities and has won her the 2020 Te Puāwaitanga Award. Read more Audio
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Colourful plants help young researcher win award
9:07 PM.Unravelling how genes control colour in petunias has won Nick Albert the 2020 Hamilton Award and could help breed more nutritious fruit. Read more Audio
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Climate change - striking a balance
9:06 PM.A group of Dunedin students talk about what they learned making an Otago Museum exhibition about climate change inequality. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 5 November 2020
9:05 PM.The 2020 Research Honours go to a Nabokov expert, a Maori political economist & a colourful plant breeder, and students talk climate change. Audio
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Putting deep sea corals to the test
9:06 PM.Deep sea corals are being put to the test at NIWA to find out how they cope with sediment. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 29 October 2020
9:05 PM.NIWA ecologists have been stress testing deep sea corals to find out they cope with sediment. Audio
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Grass and the science of urban CO2
9:06 PM.Jocelyn Turnbull from GNS Science is measuring how much CO2 we're producing in NZ towns - and she's doing it by cutting the grass. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 22 October 2020
9:05 PM.GNS Science is measuring how much carbon dioxide we're producing in different towns as part of the Carbon Watch NZ project. Audio
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Carbon Watch & 50 years of CO2 measurements in NZ
9:06 PM.Dave Lowe on measuring CO2 in New Zealand for 50 years, and how Carbon Watch NZ is a bird's eye view on our carbon balance. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 15 October 2020
9:05 PM.Fifty years ago Dave Lowe started measuring carbon dioxide in New Zealand's atmosphere. And Gordon Brailsford and Sara Mikaloff Fletcher talk about Carbon Watch NZ project. Audio
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Our Changing World for 8 October 2020
9:05 PM.A replay of a story from May 2018: a citizens' jury on euthanasia. Read more Audio