Nights for Thursday 7 February 2013
7:10 Wet and wrinkly
How and why the hands (and feet?) of humans have evolved to get wrinkly if left wet in order to increase grip - with Tom Smulders from the Centre for Behaviour and Evolution at Newcastle University.
7:30 The Strand On Screen (BBC)
8 pm News & Weather
8:15 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.
8:40 Science - Botany
Plant ecologist Bec Stanley from Auckland Botanic Gardens on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us. As New Zealand has no native browsing mammals (our only mammals being bats), our plants have not yet adapted to cope.
Photo: Bec Stanley
9 pm News & Weather
9:06 Our Changing World
Science and environment news from New Zealand and the world.
10 pm News & Weather
10:17 Late Edition
A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11 pm News & Weather
11:06 The Music Mix
Nick Atkinson presents a contemporary music magazine with interviews and music from New Zealand and overseas artists, coverage of new releases, tours, live sessions, music festivals and events.