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Our Changing World for Thursday 10 March 2016

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  • The 'smarts' behind a smart motorway

    technology science
    Traffic cameras in the Johnsonville traffic control centre

    9:46 PM.Bluetooth signals from passing cars and a world-first predictive traffic model that generates travel times and optimum driving speeds are just some of the technology behind the new Wellington smart… Read more Audio

  • The CRISPR dilemma

    science health
    CRISPR is a high-precision gene editing tool.

    9:34 PM.CRISPR is the new buzzword in genetics, and University of Otago geneticists Peter Dearden and Neil Gemmell discuss the potential benefits and risks of the new gene editing tool. Read more Audio

  • Truffle-like fungi: what their genes can tell us

    science environment
    Cortinarius beeverorum (truffle-like fungus)

    9:20 PM.Truffle-like fungi are related to mushrooms but look like truffles, and geneticists around the world are studying their genomes to understand how they have all co-evolved. Read more Audio

  • Survival of the oldest

    science environment
    Palaeontologists James Crampton, left, and Roger Cooper with a slab of shale with several graptolites.

    9:06 PM.Palaeontologists studying an ancient group of extinct marine plankton find surprising results about which species are vulnerable to extinction. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 3 March 2016
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 17 March 2016
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