Our Changing World for Thursday 13 June 2019
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Our Changing World for 13 June 2019
9:05 PM.Behind-the-scenes at Auckland Zoo with sick kākāpō, and the chemical element holmium. Audio
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Hafnium - helped land the first astronauts on the moon
8:00 AM.Hafnium is named after Copenhagen and as it has a very high melting point it was used in the thruster nozzles of the Apollo Lunar modules, according to Elemental's Allan Blackman from AUT. Read more Audio
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Helium - rare on earth but universally abundant
8:00 AM.Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe and possibly the most unreactive element on the periodic table, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT, in ep 34 of Elemental. Read more Audio
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Holmium - obscure, but an important surgical laser
8:00 AM.Holmium has interesting magnetic properties and is an important part of precise surgical lasers known as the 'Swiss Army knife' of lasers, according to Prof Allan Backman from AUT, in ep 35 of… Read more Audio
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Behind-the-scenes of the kākāpō health crisis
5:00 PM.Kākāpō death toll from aspergillosis rises by one to seven, while nine birds have been given a clean bill of health. Sad and positive news from the frontline of the fight to save kākāpō, in ep 20 of… Read more Video, Audio
