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Our Changing World for Thursday 11 February 2016

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  • LIGO 'sees' gravitational waves

    science
    Researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) are expected to announce that they have spotted gravitational waves.

    9:55 PM.Researchers at the LIGO observatory have announced the direct observation of gravitational waves, which have been predicted by Albert Einstein just over a century ago. Read more Audio

  • Could Alzheimers disease be preventable?

    science health
    During Alzheimer's Disease, brain cells are gradually lost.

    9:50 PM.Alzheimers Disease and other forms of dementia may not be an inevitable part of ageing but preventable with some simple lifestyle changes, according to Oxford University emeritus professor David… Read more Audio

  • Ecoblitz

    science environment
    Students watching entomologist Rob Cruikshank

    9:20 PM.An Ecoblitz combines measuring ecological diversity with enthusing high school students about science and their local environment Read more Audio, Gallery

  • In pursuit of the yellow octopus

    science environment
    Although the yellow octopus is large and probably quite abundant, very little is known about it.

    9:10 PM.NIWA fisheries scientists are surveying the prey species of the New Zealand sea lion, including the elusive yellow octopus, to find out how hard the endagered marine mammals have to work for their… Read more Audio

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