RNZ : National : Programmes : Our Changing World

Thursday, 2 July 2015

Exercise, weight loss & the SWIFT study, dental technology, marine biodiscovery, liquid water on Mars and the commuting secrets of Antarctic orca

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Thursday, 25 June 2015

Heat, exercise and heart health; measuring pressure on the brain; Healthy Harbour Watchers; and mapping the seafloor near Kapiti Island

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Thursday, 18 June 2015

Protein, exercise and type 2 diabetes; kelp - forest of the sea; brain training; and South Canterbury mudfish

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Thursday, 11 June 2015

Experiencing Marine Reserves, research into fully protected marine reserves at Leigh and the Poor Knights, a study into the health benefits of standing desks, and the Weather at Home project.

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Thursday, 4 June 2015

Uga or coconut crab hunting in Niue, short-tailed bats and a conservation dilemma, a neutrino map of the Universe, how rock pool fish cheat death, Queens Birthday Honours for science and conservation

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Thursday, 28 May 2015

Plant and Food's Hop Lab, a pop-up MRI that uses high temperature superconductors, and Dactylanthus or flower of Hades, New Zealand's only fully parasitic flowering plant

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ExStream - how river life responds to environmental stresses, the impact of a sedentary lifestyle, DNA trafficking between cells, what hair can tell us about diet, megathrust earthquakes below central New Zealand, and the Top Ten New Species for 2015

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Thursday, 14 May 2015

Medicinal maggots for wound healing, Orokonui Ecosanctuary, the long journey to Aotearoa, scientists speaking out on controversial issues

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Thursday, 7 May 2015

Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease, a voyage to explore seabed methane seeps, exercise as the best medicine, and links between language and sensory-motor experience

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Thursday, 30 April 2015

Cutting methane emissions, electrical stimulation and stroke recovery, genes for bulbing in onions, and recording underwater sounds in the Hauraki Gulf

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Thursday, 23 April 2015

Pateke or brown teal on Great Barrier Island; treating tendon injuries with lasers; peat, pumice and archaeology on the Kaptit Coast; and divesting fossil fuel investments

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Thursday, 16 April 2015

Auckland's risk of a volcanic eruption and the DEVORA project, Windy Hill Sanctuary on Great Barrier Island, researching new drugs for lobular breast cancer, and native solitary bees.

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Thursday, 9 April 2015

The book 'Vanishing Nature', Great Barrier Island's 'bird rescue lady', writing and honesty, and sports doping and detecting designer steroids

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Thursday, 2 April 2015

Mead Stream gorge geology field trip, bird tables and native birds, and testing how blood flow to the brain is regulated

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Thursday, 26 March 2015

Black petrels on Great Barrier Island: New Zealand's most at-risk seabird, volunteering for the Department of Conservation, glowing limpets, and a tough gel made of water

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Thursday, 19 March 2015

Measuring gravity using atoms, dating the Waitaha penguin extinction, web-building spiders that talk, and measuring lead levels in urban kaka chicks

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Thursday, 12 March 2015

The Imitation Game and Alan Turing; the amazing diversity of New Zealand's land snails; Tangaroa and food webs in the southern ocean; and Glenfern Sanctuary on Great Barrier Island.

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Thursday, 5 March 2015

Tracking rig sharks, e-cigarettes and quitting smoking, Te Punaha Matatini, a new Centre of Research Excellence, and spotting eagle rays in the inner city.

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