RNZ : National : Programmes : Our Changing World

Thursday, 17 July 2014

High altitude training for athletes, gravity and bone, green chemistry, and fish and warming temperatures

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Thursday, 10 July 2014

NZ International Science Festival, Auti interactive toy, sedentary behaviour and catching gravity waves.

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Thursday, 3 July 2014

Inanga habitat restoration, potential biocontrol microbes for brassicas, James Piercy on his recovery from severe brain injury, and house spiders.

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Thursday, 26 June 2014

Deep ocean Argo floats; and health of the Hauraki Gulf and the Sea Change marine spatial plan project

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Thursday, 19 June 2014

A tribute to 'Dinosaur lady' Joan Wiffen, deploying marine buoys in the Kaipara Harbour, a proposed global ranking for invasive species and a sight-singing app.

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Thursday, 12 June 2014

Biominerals and 3D printing bones; tsunami hazards; laser gas detector; and measuring winds to improve the building code

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Thursday, 5 June 2014

Spotlighting for Pacific geckos in Shakespear open sanctuary, frozen methane and gas seeps off North Island's east coast, mobile app for the visually impaired, kiwi evolutionary history.

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Thursday, 29 May 2014

Wilding pines in the Wakatipu Basin, studying cyanobacteria in New Zealand's most toxic lake, and hip revision surgery.

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Thursday, 22 May 2014

Releasing wetapunga on predator-free islands in the Hauraki Gulf, melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and the Kopuatai peat bog.

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Thursday, 15 May 2014

Ecology of an Auckland urban stream, antipsychotic drugs as possible MS treatment, wine awards and perception of quality, and measuring weather with a Helikite.

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Thursday, 8 May 2014

Counting cockles in Pauatahanui Inlet, testing the performance of elite athletes, the silicon centipede and vanishing Monarch butterflies.

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Thursday, 1 May 2014

A 3D printed robot, the genetics of leukemia and a household waste minimisation study.

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Thursday, 24 April 2014

Conservation of rowi (Okarito kiwi), early childhood memories, and saving kakabeak

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Thursday, 17 April 2014

UAVs and spatial ecology, Marcus Chown and the big stuff, chemicals that mimic estrogen, and insecticides that target genes.

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Thursday, 10 April 2014

Mapping humanity's journey across the Pacific, Matukituki Charitable Trust stoat trapping, the Space Camp un-conference, and youth drinking and social media.

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Thursday, 3 April 2014

Ultraviolet light and plant growth, analysing accents, Wellington lizard hunt and a visit to New Zealand's dinosaur fossil site.

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Thursday, 27 March 2014

Preview of IPCC's 2014 climate change inmpacts report, counting pollen, brain stimulation to treat depression, and measuring nitrogen and urine output in dairy cows.

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Thursday, 20 March 2014

Drilling into Rangitoto's volcanic history, using biobeads as vaccines, Gerry McSweeney on forest conservation, and treating depression with ketamine

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Thursday, 13 March 2014

Using forestry waste to create 'green' coke for steel smelting; testing water quality in the Hutt River; and a play about Tom Crean, forgotten Antarctic hero.

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Thursday, 6 March 2014

Technology meets conservation in Abel Tasman National Park, testing for Legionnaires' disease, and marine reserves,

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Thursday, 27 February 2014

The effects of a pregnant mother's obesity on the brain of her foetus, fruit flies and long-term memory, and where urban cats wander and what they catch.

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