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Favourite plants
28 Oct 2021Claire Concannon hears how the the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network's favourite plant competition is shaping up, while Katy Gosset learns about research to improve the quality and growth…
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The details behind the data
21 Oct 2021This week on Our Changing World, Aotearoa Science Agency's Damian Christie speaks to three scientists about the world of data.
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Using bioengineering to enhance healthcare
7 Oct 2021Stories about the potential of bioengineering to transform health care. A new tracheostomy kit design that has halved the time for emergency operations and 3D bioprinting of tissues to help healing.
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Physics on ice
30 Sep 2021Stories of physics research in Antarctica - into, under, and from within the ice. Claire finds out about measuring sea ice thickness and supercooling. Katy Gosset learns how scientists detect…
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Brain stories - Parkinsons disease & perceiving masked emotions
23 Sep 2021Claire Concannon learns about experiments aimed at slowing Parkinson's Disease progression. Sonia Yee explores research into our perception of emotions in a mask-filled world.
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The kaka's return
16 Sep 2021The return of South Island kākā to the the Ōtepoti Dunedin area has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride. Claire Concannon hears about the tragedies and the triumphs, and the plans for what comes next.
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Wading into mangrove research
9 Sep 2021Native mangroves in Aotearoa are expanding, putting them in conflict with some local communities & councils. A wade into the research about the value of mangroves & how they are managed.
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Caring for the forest
2 Sep 2021Katy Gosset finds out how researchers investigate the plant penetration powers of myrtle rust. Claire Concannon speaks with the caretaker of a tropical forest and hundreds of butterflies.
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Surveying the skies
26 Aug 2021Two stories of looking to the skies. Claire Concannon joins a hunt for planets outside of our solar system. Katy Gosset reveals the results of the annual New Zealand Garden Birds Survey.
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A new way to make vaccines
This week, how information flows in the cell from DNA to proteins, and how scientists have tapped into this to enable a new way to make vaccines using messenger RNA.
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Forty feathered needles in a forest haystack
12 Aug 2021How do you find a tiny robin in a whole lot of forest? Researchers have been tracking the movements of forty North Island robins, or toutouwai, that have been reintroduced to a large reserve area near…
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Mind Games
How do you get in the zone to achieve your very best in an activity? And does a cheering crowd help? This week, two stories about the psychology of performance - the advantages of being at home, and…
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Running low on energy
Researchers from the University of Waikato talk about Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) – a condition in which athletes don't take in the right amount of calories to do the exercise they are…
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The spectrum of research
22 Jul 2021Scientific research can be thought as on a spectrum from blue sky to applied - this week, two stories that span this. Claire Concannon learns about a blue-sky research project on bacterial evolution…
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Breaking down bird song
15 Jul 2021On this week's Our Changing World – how songbirds learn their song, and how researchers in the Southern Hemisphere are trying to correct a long-standing male bias in the songbird world.
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Crafty Mathematics
8 Jul 2021Mathematical equations can help us get new perspectives, but sometimes can be difficult to understand. This week, one story about how maths has helped the understanding of a enigmatic quirk of heart…
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Designing a pressure sensor for the brain
1 Jul 2021Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute are working on what they hope will be the first New Zealand designed Class 3 medical device - a pressure sensor for the brain, to help people with…
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Conservation communities
24 Jun 2021Two stories of Aotearoa New Zealand conservation communities who are caring for the flora and fauna in their backyards. Claire learns about the Catlins Bats on the Map project while Katy learns about…
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When disease research gets personal
17 Jun 2021Claire Concannon meets a group of researchers who are determined to do the best science they can, to try to help the people they love.
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The winding paths of science
10 Jun 2021Two stories about science pathways - Katy Gosset heads to the University of Canterbury STEM careers fair to find out what the future might be for science students, while Claire Concannon learns about…
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3: Battle / Predator Free 2050 & Māori
24 May 2021Community-led projects are leading the charge to halt biodiversity decline, while researchers make break-throughs in their quest to remove predators and protect borders from reinvasion.
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4: Hope / What’s in It for Us?
31 May 2021In the series finale, Hope, we get a glimpse of what a predator-free Aotearoa could look like, and look at the breakthrough technologies and innovations taking us towards that goal.
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2: Defiance / Remove and Protect
17 May 2021New Zealander’s have drawn a line in the sand, announcing they will rid the nation of rats, stoats and possums by 2050, but what will it take to get there?
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1: Loss / Dealing with Loss
10 May 2021Loss looks at the devastating effect introduced mammals have had on New Zealand's unique wildlife.
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