Our Changing World for Thursday 8 August 2019
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Our Changing World for 8 August 2019
9:05 PM.Gadget is a conservation detector dog, trained to sniff out rats, and the chemical element neon is not just found in neon signs. Audio
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Detector Gadget the conservation dog
9:06 PM.Detector Gadget is a dog with a job. She is a conservation dog trained by her handler Sandy King to sniff out rodents on predator-free islands. Read more Audio
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Neon - the red of neon lights
8:00 AM.There are no known compounds of the noble gas neon, which does however produce the brilliant crimson of red - and only red - neon lights. Ep 51 of Elemental with Prof Allan Blackman from AUT. Read more Audio
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Nickel - more than just a 5 cent coin
8:00 AM.The chemical element nickel is named after a German word for Satan or the Devil, but nickel is now more usually thought of as a North American five cent piece, says Allan Blackman in ep 52 of… Read more Audio
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Kākāpō chicks growing up
4:00 PM.The kākāpō chicks are graduating to being juveniles and only seven birds are still sick with aspergillosis, in ep 23 of the Kākāpō Files. Read more Audio
