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Our Changing World for Thursday 31 January 2019

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 24 January 2019
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  • Squishy drug delivery

    science health
    Chemists Eng Tan and Sean Mackay, in the lab at the University of Otago.

    9:06 PM.An octopus squeezing through a small space and a squishy ball have inspired a new way of delivering drugs through the skin that is being developed at the University of Otago. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 31 January 2019

    science environment

    9:05 PM.How to squish drugs through the skin using nanotechnology, and keeping up with the kakapo. Audio

  • The Kākāpō Files: Full House

    science environment
    Sinbad was fathered by the last remaining Fiordland kākāpō male, Richard Henry, and is important for the genetic diversity of the species.

    4:00 PM.Forty eight out of fifty kākāpō females on the southern islands have mated, nesting is well underway and the first AI has been carried out, all in episode 6 of the Kākāpō Files. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 24 January 2019
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 7 February 2019
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