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Passionate maths teacher wins a PM’s Science Prize
2 Jul 2020Michelle Dalrymple, winner of the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Teacher's Prize, says being mathematically literate is an important life skill.
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‘Melting ice & rising seas’ team wins PM Science Prize
2 Jul 2020A team finding links between melting ice sheets in Antarctica and rising sea levels in NZ has won the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prize.
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Voices from Antarctica 5: Waiting for Emperors
25 Jun 2020Emperor penguin researchers are waiting for tagged birds to return, and an elderly radar system sheds light on a very windy part of the atmosphere.
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Voices from Antarctica 4: Best journey in the world
18 Jun 2020Alison Ballance meets a colony of Emperor penguins and their NIWA researchers, and finds out about making water on the frozen continent
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Voices from Antarctica 3: Flags to physics
11 Jun 2020Keeping Scott Base warm and well-lit no matter the weather outside, and a physics experiment that eavesdrops on messages to submarines.
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Voices from Antarctica 2: Scott Base
4 Jun 2020Alison Ballance has her first day at New Zealand's Antarctic station, Scott Base, and visits the historic Hillary's Hut.
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Voices from Antarctica 1: Ice Flight
28 May 2020Alison Ballance dons her extreme cold weather clothing for a trip to Antarctica - but getting to the frozen continent can take time.
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Little bit of sea-level rise = lots more coastal flooding
14 May 2020Scientists warn that a small amount of sea-level rise could have big consequences for some low-lying parts of New Zealand.
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Probing the hidden continent of Zealandia
7 May 2020Ocean floor rock cores drilled into the sunken continent of Zealandia are revolutionising our understanding of Earth's history and how continents form.
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On yer bike – how cyclists, pedestrians & cars share city streets
There is a fine art to how pedestrians, cyclists, and cars and buses navigate the shared thoroughfares of our towns and cities.
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Aussie bushfire smoke goes stratospheric
30 Apr 2020More than four months after it formed, a large blob of sooty dust from Australia's massive bushfires is still circling the southern hemisphere.
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100-year moth project – in the footsteps of George Vernon Hudson
23 Apr 2020Modern-day citizen scientists are following in the footsteps of a well-known Wellington naturalist, collecting moths to document a century of change.
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Maths, models & insights into the coronavirus pandemic
Mathematician Alex James, from Te Pūnaha Matatini & the University of Canterbury, explains the art and science of modelling the coronavirus pandemic.
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Our immune system vs coronavirus: ‘I think of it as an orchestra'
The human immune system is a complex system where T cells, B cells and antibodies battle invaders such as bacteria and viruses such as the one that causes COVID-19.
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Conservation and Covid-19
3 Apr 2020Is New Zealand’s environment benefiting from the lockdown?
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Virus 101 - the science of viruses
2 Apr 2020Virus expert Kurt Krause, from the University of Otago, gives us the lowdown on viruses, and on coronaviruses in particular.
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Air pollution - the invisible killer
26 Mar 2020GNS Science monitors levels of air pollution around New Zealand, especially small particles that can have severe health effects.
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Covid-19: the science of soap
23 Mar 2020When it comes to virus-busting, soap is an oldie but a goodie - because it turns out that soap is particularly effective against coronaviruses such as the one that causes Covid-19.
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Voice of the Kākāpō 8: Success
19 Mar 2020The 2019 kākāpō chicks are becoming independent and birds sent to be scanned for aspergillosis are getting clean bills of health, in part 8 of Voice of the Kākāpō.
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Voice of the Kākāpō 7: Dark days
17 Mar 2020A deadly fungal disease strikes the kākāpō population on Whenua Hou and the Kākāpō Recovery team calls on New Zealand wildlife vets to help, in part 7 of Voice of the Kākāpō..
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Voice of the Kākāpō 6: Kākāpō chicks
12 Mar 2020The kākāpō eggs are hatching, and chicks are being hand-reared or returned to their mother's nest ... but not every chick is thriving, in part 6 of Voice of the Kākāpō .
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Voice of the Kākāpō 5: Kākāpō sperm takes to the air
10 Mar 2020The tally of infertile eggs is climbing and the kākāpō team is using artificial insemination - and a drone - to try and counter the problem, in part 5 of Voice of the Kākāpō.
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Voice of the Kākāpō 4: Promise
5 Mar 2020Most of the female kākāpō have bred and the team is carrying precious fertile eggs to the 'egg room' for incubation, in part 4 of Voice of the Kākāpō .
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Voice of the Kākāpō 3: Nest checks
3 Mar 2020Kākāpō breeding is in full swing after an early start, and DOC's Deidre Vercoe and Andrew Digby are checking to see if eggs are fertile, in part 3 of Voice of the Kākāpō.
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