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Our Changing World headlines with summaries.
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Mapping the world's sea floor
28 Jun 2018Seabed 2030 is an international collaboration to map the world's sea floor, much of which is unmapped.
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Asteroids, dinosaurs and international tension
28 Jun 2018Astronomer Duncan Steel is an expert in detecting asteroids and comets, and in defending the earth from potential impacts.
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Wasp genomes revealed
21 Jun 2018Wasps are a big problem in New Zealand, and scientists hope that knowing the genomes of common and German wasps will help them find novel ways of controlling the pests.
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Antarctica's ice is melting
21 Jun 2018Research reveals new evidence about past, present and future impacts of climate change on Antarctica's ice.
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Havre - the world's largest deep ocean volcanic eruption
14 Jun 2018Geologists have discovered that the 2012 eruption of Havre volcano, on the Kermadec Arc, was the world's largest submarine volcanic eruption.
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Finding new drugs from the sea
Michele Prinsep is a 'drug hunter' - she looks for potential pharmaceuticals in marine organisms and cyanobacteria.
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Exercise and a special video game boost kids' brains
Psychologist David Moreau is working with New Zealand schools to find out if exercise combined with a computer game aimed at brain training could help improve kids' brains.
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Edible bioplastic - food wrap of the future?
University of Otago researchers are developing the ultimate heat-and-eat: an edible bioplastic food wrap, using waste from the corn and shellfish industries.
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A citizens' jury on euthanasia
Fifteen Dunedin citizens took part in a University of Otago citizens' jury to discuss legalising euthanasia and assisted dying.
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Understanding New Zealand's largest fault
17 May 2018New Zealand's first underwater observatories are recording the 'creaks and groans' of our largest fault to better understand slow-slip earthquakes.
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Mistletoe rescue mission
17 May 2018Botanists have banded together to bring native mistletoes back to Wellington city, using seeds rescued from a plant growing on a dying tree.
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Book charts changing face of Otago Peninsula
10 May 2018An environmental historian charts the transformation of the Otago Peninsula from rich forest to grassy pasture in the book "The Face of Nature."
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World-first probe into an active submarine volcano
10 May 2018Geologists on board the JOIDES Resolution research ship are attempting to drill into the flanks of the submarine hydrothermal Brothers Volcano.
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Quit or persist - it's all in the brain
Blake Porter is investigating what happens in our brain when we decide to quit something that is good for us or persist with something that is bad us.
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'My favourite insect is a cicada'
3 May 2018Olly Hills, aged 11, is a big fan of insects, and author of the field guide 'Cicadas of New Zealand.'
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Caring for waterlogged waka
26 Apr 2018Dilys Johns is an archaeologist who specialises in conserving waterlogged Māori taonga such as ancient waka and wooden gardening tools.
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Wallaby vs shark: a toothy quirk of nature
26 Apr 2018One of Australia's smallest wallabies - the nabarlek - shares an unlikely dental similarity with sharks: the ability to continually replace its teeth.
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Myrtle rust - its impact in NZ and Australia
19 Apr 2018Myrtle rust is having a profound impact on native plants and ecosystems in Australia - what will its effect be on New Zealand forests?
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Seabird hotspot - the Poor Knights Islands
12 Apr 2018A team of seabird experts experience the joys and challenges of counting Buller's shearwaters on the predator-free Poor Knights Islands.
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N=1 - an artist's microbiome
5 Apr 2018A 46-year-old art work has revealed how the gut microbiome of artist Billy Apple has changed during his adult life.
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Isotopes reveal where marine animals travel
5 Apr 2018Tiny samples collected from the teeth, tissue and even whiskers of marine animals can reveal where they feed and travel.
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Superconductor sandwiches
29 Mar 2018High temperature superconductor research in New Zealand includes new nano-scale superconductor sandwiches.
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Dragonflies - masters of flight
29 Mar 2018Dragonflies are precision flying machines, and Ruary Mackenzie Dodds says they are an indicator of clean water.
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Spy in the water - Wellington Harbour's smart buoy
22 Mar 2018A smart buoy in Wellington harbour is phoning in information about sea conditions and how muddy water from the Hutt River moves around the harbour.
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