Our Changing World for Thursday 17 December 2015
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The Palmy Dirty 30 challenge
9:55 PM.Palmy Dirty 30 is a new parent-led initiative to get children to spend more time outdoors. Read more Audio
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Damselflies - fast blue and slow red
9:46 PM.PhD student Tanya Dann has been investigating the different speed lifestyles that two New Zealand damselfly species have Read more Audio
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The legacy of Riccarton Bush
9:34 PM.Riccarton Bush in Christchurch contains the last remnant of a kahikatea floodplain forest in Canterbury, thanks to the Deans family's early conservation efforts. Read more Audio
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The importance of taxonomy and biological collections
9:20 PM.The report on 'National Taxonomic Collections in New Zealand' recommends more secure funding and greater national coordination for the country's 29 significant biological collections Read more Audio
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A century with Einstein
9:06 PM.2015 marks the centenary of Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, which explains how gravity works on objects, from falling apples to orbiting planets. Read more Audio
