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Our Changing World for Thursday 5 May 2016

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 28 April 2016
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  • Whitebait mysteries – unravelling the lives of baby native fish

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    Native fish

    9:46 PM.Baby native fish are in the spotlight as freshwater biologists unravel the mysteries of where these tiny creatures go in the first weeks of their lives. Read more Video, Audio

  • Tim Flannery: an atmosphere of hope

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    Tim Flannery visited New Zealand for Wanaka's Aspiring Conversations festival last month.

    9:20 PM.Tim Flannery discusses his latest book, Atmosphere of Hope, and why he is hopeful that we will tackle climate change. Read more Audio

  • Measuring Dante's Hell

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    Infographic of levels in Dante's hell

    9:16 PM.Len Fisher reveals how - and why - Galileo calculated the dimensions of the roof of Dante's Hell, and how this led to his discovery of the laws of mechanics that engineers use to this day. Read more

  • Genetic impacts of crop domestication

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    Lara Shepherd uses DNA sequencing to study the impact of domestication on genetic diversity.

    9:06 PM.Scientists at Te Papa Tongarewa are using some of New Zealand's endemic plants and DNA sequencing tools to track how genetic diversity changes during of the process of crop domestication. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 28 April 2016
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 12 May 2016
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