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Thursday, 27 August 2015
Vanuatu post Cyclone Pam, volcanic hazards for Taranaki, residents of the Bug Hotels, and blackcurrants are good news for our brains
Full episodeThursday, 20 August 2015
Trapdoor spiders, landscape architect and nature designer Mick Abbott, the technology behind a bionic voice, and testing low-damage precast bridges
Full episodeThursday, 13 August 2015
Lapita peoples and archaeological evidence in Vanuatu and the Pacific, and using 'air puffs' in speech to design phones that work better in nosiy environments
Full episodeThursday, 6 August 2015
Testing volcanic ballistics with a catapult and cannon, nature and well-being, and restoring New Plymouth's urban bush
Full episodeThursday, 30 July 2015
New Plymouth museum Puke Ariki and its collections, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on upcoming Paris climate summit, and Blueskin Resilient Communities Trust
Full episodeThursday, 23 July 2015
Breeding and farming King salmon; sea urchins and their 'landscape of fear'; and sleep apnoea
Full episodeThursday, 16 July 2015
Sea Cleaners Trust and cleaning up NZ waterways; marine science round-up: colossal squid, Antarctic under-ice algae, NZ sea lions, new fishing net design & marine biosecurity; children, food and screen time
Full episodeThursday, 9 July 2015
Spinetail devil rays, chimaeras - deep sea sharks, using MRI to develop better stents, and the sshhmute – a practice mute for brass instruments
Full episodeThursday, 2 July 2015
Exercise, weight loss & the SWIFT study, dental technology, marine biodiscovery, liquid water on Mars and the commuting secrets of Antarctic orca
Full episodeThursday, 25 June 2015
Heat, exercise and heart health; measuring pressure on the brain; Healthy Harbour Watchers; and mapping the seafloor near Kapiti Island
Full episodeThursday, 18 June 2015
Protein, exercise and type 2 diabetes; kelp - forest of the sea; brain training; and South Canterbury mudfish
Full episodeThursday, 11 June 2015
Experiencing Marine Reserves, research into fully protected marine reserves at Leigh and the Poor Knights, a study into the health benefits of standing desks, and the Weather at Home project.
Full episodeThursday, 4 June 2015
Uga or coconut crab hunting in Niue, short-tailed bats and a conservation dilemma, a neutrino map of the Universe, how rock pool fish cheat death, Queens Birthday Honours for science and conservation
Full episodeThursday, 28 May 2015
Plant and Food's Hop Lab, a pop-up MRI that uses high temperature superconductors, and Dactylanthus or flower of Hades, New Zealand's only fully parasitic flowering plant
Full episodeThursday, 21 May 2015
ExStream - how river life responds to environmental stresses, the impact of a sedentary lifestyle, DNA trafficking between cells, what hair can tell us about diet, megathrust earthquakes below central New Zealand, and the Top Ten New Species for 2015
Full episodeThursday, 14 May 2015
Medicinal maggots for wound healing, Orokonui Ecosanctuary, the long journey to Aotearoa, scientists speaking out on controversial issues
Full episodeThursday, 7 May 2015
Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease, a voyage to explore seabed methane seeps, exercise as the best medicine, and links between language and sensory-motor experience
Full episodeThursday, 30 April 2015
Cutting methane emissions, electrical stimulation and stroke recovery, genes for bulbing in onions, and recording underwater sounds in the Hauraki Gulf
Full episodeThursday, 23 April 2015
Pateke or brown teal on Great Barrier Island; treating tendon injuries with lasers; peat, pumice and archaeology on the Kaptit Coast; and divesting fossil fuel investments
Full episodeThursday, 16 April 2015
Auckland's risk of a volcanic eruption and the DEVORA project, Windy Hill Sanctuary on Great Barrier Island, researching new drugs for lobular breast cancer, and native solitary bees.
Full episodeThursday, 9 April 2015
The book 'Vanishing Nature', Great Barrier Island's 'bird rescue lady', writing and honesty, and sports doping and detecting designer steroids
Full episodeThursday, 2 April 2015
Mead Stream gorge geology field trip, bird tables and native birds, and testing how blood flow to the brain is regulated
Full episodeThursday, 26 March 2015
Black petrels on Great Barrier Island: New Zealand's most at-risk seabird, volunteering for the Department of Conservation, glowing limpets, and a tough gel made of water
Full episodeThursday, 19 March 2015
Measuring gravity using atoms, dating the Waitaha penguin extinction, web-building spiders that talk, and measuring lead levels in urban kaka chicks
Full episodeThursday, 12 March 2015
The Imitation Game and Alan Turing; the amazing diversity of New Zealand's land snails; Tangaroa and food webs in the southern ocean; and Glenfern Sanctuary on Great Barrier Island.
Full episodeThe microscope image featured in the logo is of the mineral labradorite, taken by Peregrin Hyde – www.perescope.co.nz.
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