Laurie Winkless
Science: Carbon sinks turn into source, cancer dyes and storm
Physicist Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn for an update on the world of science. Audio
Science: Methane's fast rise, Kakapo colour-change
Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn with three fascinating recent studies into methane emissions, kākāpō feathers and how gold nuggets are made. Audio
Science: More extreme weather, 'fast fashion' fix
Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn with three new studies: the first focuses on what climate change is set to do to New Zealand's weather patterns in the coming years. Researchers in… Audio
Science: Hottest summer, internal adhesive, Venus volcanoes
Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about new research that's used tree rings to confirm last year's northern hemisphere summer was the hottest in 2000 years. Audio
Science: Climate change and timekeeping, 4000-year old teeth
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
Science: Traffic & blood pressure, 200-year-old geology mystery
Science correspondent Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to look at a new study into the effect sitting in traffic can have on your blood pressure - but it's not what you think. Inhaling unfiltered air… Audio
Science: Dust and dinosaurs, ultra-water repellence,
Science correspondent Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about the role dust played in the demise of the dinosaurs, research that could have implications for self-cleaning kitchens and menopause in… Audio
El Niño stops carbon sink, water drag, new 'odour map'
Science correspondent Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn with three new fascinating studies. The first is into the effect extreme El Niño weather had on forest carbon sinks across South America -… Audio
Science: Atlantic current shutdown, less polluting engines
Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about research suggesting a key system of ocean currents could collapse in the next 25 years, plus cookware from 2000 years ago. Audio
Why turbulence is getting worse, sewer bots destroy mozzies
Science correspondent Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about why severe air turbulence is getting worse. A new study from the University of Reading took 40 years of observations from aircraft and… Audio
Science: Who's at highest risk of the flu? Penguin poo's vital role
Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about a global view of who is most at risk of severe flu symptoms and even death. University of Melbourne did a meta-analysis of studies… Audio
Science commentator Laurie Winkless
Science commentator Laurie Winkless looks at how planting more trees in cities can save lives, the new layer of partially-molten rock discovered under the Earth's crust and why putting decals on your… Audio
Science: Bedtime procrastination, 'splash-free' urinal
Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn with three quirky recent studies: procrastinating before bedtime might be bad for you, the tiny jelly-fish relative that jets through water and… Audio
Science: Air pollution + poor health
Science correspondent Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about a new study which has looked at the effects of air pollution on the health of New Zealanders and calculated the 'social cost' of… Audio
The campaign to get 'Inferior' in NZ secondary schools
Wellington-based physicist and author Laurie Winkless is on a mission to get a copy of Angela Saini's 2017 book Inferior in to every secondary school in New Zealand. Audio
Laurie Winkless: the physicist-turned-science writer
Laurie Winkless is an Irish born physicist-turned-science-writer looking at how cities are built and the interesting ways around the world of keeping up with population growth. Audio
Dropping gender stereotyping in toys
Gender stereotypes in children's toys are "ridiculous, silly and out of date" says Laurie Winkless, a science writer and campaigner for Let Toys Be Toys. Video, Audio