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Our Changing World
Stories about science and nature from out in the field and inside the labs across Aotearoa New Zealand. Winner 2022 New Zealand Radio Awards Best Factual Podcast - Episodic
Thursdays 7:30pm, repeated 1:15am Sundays. One feature plays 3:35pm Wednesdays.
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A send-off for SOFIA, the flying observatory
22 Sep 2022We're saying farewell to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (aka SOFIA) this month. The mission, which was partially based in Christchurch, wraps up after a decade of observing… Read more Audio
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Future forest industry
15 Sep 2022In a future that is free of fossil fuels, where will we source all the products that we get from the petroleum industry? Scientists at the forest research institute Scion think that trees might… Read more Audio
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Fascinating fungi and pesky pathogens
In a room in the Manaaki Whenua building in Auckland are rows and rows of shelves, with cardboard boxes containing an array of weird and wonderful dried fungi. Claire Concannon visits to learn how and… Read more Audio
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Bringing back nature to Nelson
1 Sep 2022Alison Ballance visits the Brook Waimārama sanctuary, and discovers that the old saying "many hands make light work" is particularly true when it comes to community conservation. A relatively new… Read more Audio
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Plasma jet technology and encouraging Pacific students in science
Claire Concannon catches up with Dr. Taniela Lolohea of Auckland University of Technology. He is researching in the relatively new field of low temperature plasma surface coatings, and explains how it… Read more Video, Audio
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Investigating the virosphere
18 Aug 2022While we might have heard all we ever want to know about viruses in the last few years, the truth is, known viruses represent less than zero point one percent of the estimated total of viruses out… Read more Audio
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For the love of seabirds
11 Aug 2022Edin Whitehead inherited a love of birds from her father and became captivated by the majesty of seabirds on a trip to the Subantarctic Islands. Now a PhD student at the University of Auckland, she is… Read more Audio
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The Living Laboratories project
4 Aug 2022The Auckland University of Technology Living Laboratories project is all about investigating how best to grow back native forest. At Pourewa creek, this collaboration between AUT and Ngāti Whātua… Read more Audio
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Secrets of Antarctic microbes
28 Jul 2022The most extreme places in Antarctica give rise to the toughest and weirdest types of life. From creatures living a very different chemical life to ours at underwater methane seeps to the secret tools… Read more Audio
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Why the Tongan volcano triggered a worldwide tsunami
21 Jul 2022The eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai in January triggered a tsunami of unprecedented proportions, impacting the entire Pacific. How did this volcanic eruption lead to a tsunami detected across… Read more Video, Audio
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The battling beetle
14 Jul 2022With their antler-like mandibles, Helm's stag beetles often get stuck in to one another. But they are fighting a bigger battle too - against predators and habitat loss. PhD student Luna Thomas is… Read more Audio
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Machine learning for environmental data and needle free injections
7 Jul 2022The New Zealand data science programme, Taiao, aims to help researchers make sense of environmental data so they can make useful predictions to guide good decisions. Claire Concannon meets the team at… Read more Audio
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