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  • Science: Climate change and timekeeping, 4000-year old teeth

    Audio 3 Apr 2024
    Alarm clock hiding in tall grass. (Photo by CAIA IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / NEW / Science Photo Library via AFP)

    Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about how we measure time and a new paper which suggests melting water from polar regions could be affecting the Earth's rotation - what… Audio

  • 'Commonsense' win as fish exports to US given all-clear

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    3 Apr 2024
    Maui's dolphin.

    The government has welcomed the end of a ban on some fish exports to the United States, prompted by concern for the endangered Maui's dolphin.

    'Commonsense' win as fish exports to US given all-clear
  • GNS scientist wants greenhouse growers to consider geothermal heat

    Audio 3 Apr 2024
    More than 90 percent of tomatoes, capsicum and cucumber in New Zealand are grown as covered crops, according to GNS.

    GNS Science modeller John Burnell wants greenhouse growers to consider using low-temperature geothermal heat instead of natural gas for heat. Audio

  • Pacific, Māori leaders seek legal personhood for whales

    News
    New Zealand Te Ao Māori
    2 Apr 2024

    Kiingi Tuheitia and a Cook Islands leader are inviting other Polynesian countries to get behind the proposal.

    Pacific, Māori leaders seek legal personhood for whales
  • Pacific news in brief for April 2

    News
    Pacific
    2 Apr 2024
    CHOGM Samoa 2024 logo

    A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Guam's efforts to curb sex crimes on the island by implementing of its long un-enforced chemical castration law.

    Pacific news in brief for April 2
  • Luxon's new 36-point to-do list

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    2 Apr 2024
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

    Goodbye 100-day plan - The government has a new list of big promises for the next three months. Audio

    Prime Minister lays out his priority list for next three months
  • 3 Body Problem: Lawyer sentenced to death for murder of 'billionaire millennial'

    News
    World court
    2 Apr 2024
    The headquarter building of the video game developer and publisher of browser and mobile games YOOZOO Games, Shanghai, China, 28 December 2020. (Photo by Stringer / Imaginechina via AFP)

    While Netflix's new series 3 Body Problem rakes in the views, one of the key players behind the adaptation was sentenced to death a day after the show's release.

    3 Body Problem: Lawyer sentenced to death for Lin Qi murder
  • Motatau students make a splash with their underwater robotics

    News
    New Zealand technology
    2 Apr 2024
    Motatau 12-year-olds Te Maioha Tipene, left, and Zacchaeus Tua test their aquabot in the school pool.

    It's a long way from Motatau to America - but it's a journey a group of kids from this remote Northland valley are determined to make to compete with the best in underwater robotics.

    Motatau students make a splash with their underwater robotics
  • Sustainable replacement for polystyrene developed in NZ

    Audio
    technology science
    2 Apr 2024
    Polystyrene detail

    A sustainable replacement for polystyrene developed here in New Zealand is going commercial.

    The new technology, ZealaFoam, relies on starch derived from plants like maize, cassava and sugar cane.

    … Audio

  • What we're watching: Tales from the Loop

    News
    New Zealand life and society
    1 Apr 2024
    Jan Thijs in a scene from Tales From The Loop.

    A science-fiction series that doesn't involve the end of the world or a battle for the fate of the universe? Dan Slevin explains why Tales from the Loop is worth a watch.

    What to watch: Tales from the Loop
  • Seagulls 'charismatic' not 'criminal', scientists say

    News
    World science
    1 Apr 2024
    Red-billed gull (tarāpunga) in flight

    The next time a seagull steals your chips, see it as a sign of their smartness, expert says.

    Seagulls 'charismatic' not 'criminal', scientists say
  • AI photos show people with cancer their lost future

    News
    World technology
    31 Mar 2024
    Helena Awuakye - People with incurable cancer have been given a glimpse of a future they know they may not see, in a Gallery of Hope created using photography and artificial intelligence.

    People with incurable cancer have been given a glimpse of a future they know they may not see in a Gallery of Hope, created using photography and artificial intelligence.

    AI photos show people with secondary breast cancer their lost future
  • 'We can do it!' - New Zealander of the Year Dr Jim Salinger on battling climate change

    News 31 Mar 2024
    Climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger has been named the 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa.

    After nearly 50 years of climate science, Dr Jim Salinger has been recognised as New Zealander of the Year. He talks about taking achievable steps in response to global warming. Audio

    'We can do it!' - New Zealander of the Year Dr Jim Salinger on battling climate change
  • Asbestos exposure register should be continued - researcher

    News
    New Zealand science
    31 Mar 2024
    Chair Solutions which suffered a fire in July has asbestos in the roof and now workers in the are angry after recieving a positive test for asbestos coating their work vechiles.

    WorkSafe has pulled the plug on a national asbestos exposure register but a researcher says it should be reintroduced to help support those diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases.

    Asbestos exposure register should be continued - researcher
  • New Zealander of the Year: Fast Favourites with Dr Jim Salinger

    Audio 31 Mar 2024
    Climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger has been named the 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa.

    Dr Jim Salinger has been recognised this week as Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa for 2024. 

    Dr Salinger is recognised as one of the first scientists to address global… Audio

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  • Search and rescue: the science of how lost people behave in the wild

    Audio 31 Mar 2024
    Volunteers with Land Search and Rescue New Zealand

    With steep mountains, wild rivers, and swift weather changes, Aotearoa is a place where people can easily get lost. Although Kiwis are fortunate to have NZ Search and Rescue, these skilled and brave… Audio

  • How better urban planning can avoid environmental risks

    News
    New Zealand infrastructure
    31 Mar 2024
    No caption

    Developers, planners, and landowners need to interact with each other with regard to zoning and climate change, urban planning experts say.

    Better urban planning could avoid future environmental risks - professor
  • Sighting of second 'bolshy' myna bird sparks hunt

    News
    New Zealand conservation
    31 Mar 2024
    A hunt is underway for these two myna birds spotted in Christchurch's redzone in New Brighton in March 2024.

    A hunt will soon get under way in Christchurch's red zone for a pair of invasive myna birds.

    Sighting of second 'bolshy' myna bird in Christchurch sparks hunt
  • Meteor lights up Aotearoa, footage sought

    News
    New Zealand technology
    30 Mar 2024
    Meteorite

    Space enthusiasts are asking for security footage of what could have been a meteor crashing through the atmosphere last night.

    Watch the skies - Have your cameras captured a meteor?
  • The ancient Roman alternative to daylight savings time

    News
    World
    30 Mar 2024
    Sundial in the Forum or marketplace of Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen (Photo by Manuel Cohen / Manuel Cohen / Manuel Cohen via AFP)

    In ancient Rome, an hour was not a consistent unit of time - it stretched or shrank depending on the season.

    The ancient Roman alternative to daylight savings time
  • Louis Gossett Jr: First black man to win supporting actor Oscar dies

    News
    World arts
    30 Mar 2024
    BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 22: Louis Gossett Jr. during American Black Film Festival Honors Awards Ceremony

    The actor won the Academy Award for An Officer and a Gentleman and also appeared in Roots and the 2023 remake ofThe Color Purple.

    Louis Gossett Jr: First black man to win supporting actor Oscar dies
  • Climate change could affect how we keep time, study says

    News
    World Environment
    29 Mar 2024
    Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on iceberg, Larsen C ice shelf, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
Sergio Pitamitz / Biosphoto / Biosphoto via AFP

    Melting ice caps are slowing the Earth's rotation. Here's what that means for us.

    Climate change could affect how we keep time, study says
  • Harvard University removes human skin binding from book

    News
    World
    29 Mar 2024
    CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 23: The Harvard University campus is shown on March 23, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Students were required to be out of their dorms no later than March 15 and finish the rest of the semester online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.   Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Maddie Meyer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    The binding no longer belongs in the university's collections "due to the ethically fraught nature of the book's origins".

    Harvard University removes human skin binding from book
  • Enhanced Games: The story behind the 'doped Olympics'

    News
    Sport
    29 Mar 2024
    no caption

    The Enhanced Games has put million-dollar bounties on world records: move fast, break records and you can earn big.

    Enhanced Games: The story behind the 'doped Olympics'
  • Oral Questions for Thursday 28 March 2024

    Audio 28 Mar 2024

    Questions to Ministers MILES ANDERSON to the Minister of Finance: What recent announcements has she made about the Budget operating allowance? Hon PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN to the Minister for Disability… Audio

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