All episodes
Thursday, 26 October 2006
Mathematically modelling the risk of asteroids smashing into Earth; new optical techniques that allow engineers to use visible light to produce patterns on a nano-scale; sustainable harvests of honey in Cambodia; Manukau Institute of Technology’s new Bachelor of Nursing degree
Full episodeThursday, 19 October 2006
1996 Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Dougherty and his concerns about a future influenza pandemic;mussel farming; biodiversity in Cambodia; the new National Institute for Health Innovation
Full episodeThursday, 12 October 2006
Using raman spectroscopy to image minute quantities, often as little as a few molecules; the unique geothermal activity of Raoul Island; the ecological role of fungi; speech language therapy
Full episodeThursday, 5 October 2006
Nano-particles that could help with the early detection of cancer tumours; the projectile vomiting snow petrel; the Fungal Herbarium at Landcare Research in Auckland; the efficacy of asthma medication
Full episodeThursday, 28 September 2006
Using digital technology to help preserve biodiversity; Mike Treder on the pros and cons of nanotechnology; translocating North Island kokako; laproscopy and gall stones
Full episodeThursday, 21 September 2006
Biography of cosmologist Beatrice Hill Tinsley; protecting surfaces from microbial fouling; Dactylanthus taylorii, one of New Zealand’s most unusual threatened plants; genetic changes and breast cancer
Full episodeThursday, 14 September 2006
How microbes evades detection; photogrammetry and virtual globes; computer modelling deep-sea bottom trawling areas; cellulite
Full episodeThursday, 7 September 2006
Dava Sobel, science writer and author; the bovine genome project; catchment management; proposed Centre of Compassion in Healthcare
Full episodeThursday, 31 August 2006
The Maurice Wilkins Centre at the University of Auckland; ocean acidification; sequencing the potato genome; behaviour of black stilts in the McKenzie Basin; free radicals in vegetables
Full episodeThursday, 24 August 2006
Conserving reproductive material from endangered fauna through cryopreservation; early settlers of Auckland Islands; wind generated electricity; new research into treatments for Multiple Sclerosis
Full episodeThursday, 17 August 2006
New fragrances for foods and cosmetics; avian malaria and blood parasites; making bio-plastics from waste; developments and challenges in the healthcare sector
Full episodeThursday, 10 August 2006
Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse, on cancer research and stem cells; European discovery of the subantarctic Auckland Islands; Conservation Week
Full episodeThursday, 3 August 2006
Winner of the annual GenEthics essay competition; Auckland University’s Centre for Advanced Composite Materials; stranded Green Turtle; new research programme for Multiple Sclerosis
Full episodeThursday, 27 July 2006
Gary Wilson, geologist; the world’s most autonomous car; Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Morgan Williams, and his report on economic tools in waste management; newly-formed step families
Full episodeThursday, 20 July 2006
Lakes under Antarctica’s ice cap; survival techniques and antifreeze in Antarctic fish; lobster populations in a partially protected marine park; treatment for feet
Full episodeThursday, 13 July 2006
SETI, and the search for extraterrestrial life; Royal Society Big Science Adventure - Leigh Marine Laboratory; the new Green Building Council; diet and nutrition
Full episodeThursday, 6 July 2006
Priorities in funding science; Royal Society Big Science Adventure - Chatham Islands; new research into marine reserves; effective settlement of young refugees and migrants
Full episodeThursday, 29 June 2006
Life inside the cosmic egg; Jupiter’s majestic cloud patterns and storms; Little Barrier Island (part 3); paediatric dentistry capacity in Cambodia
Full episodeThursday, 22 June 2006
Tuatara biology on Stephen’s Island; the rare Chatham Island taiko; Little Barrier Island (part 2); palliative care at St Christopher's hospice in London
Full episodeThursday, 15 June 2006
Zonta Winners 2006; the mathematics of origami; Little Barrier Island (part 1); World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and health correspondent Louise Wallace spoke to Graham Davison, a geriatrician at Auckland Hospital
Full episodeThursday, 8 June 2006
The evolution of eukaryotes; Claire French, 2006 MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year; the annual World Conservation Union Red List of Threatened Species; dealing with stress
Full episodeThursday, 1 June 2006
Underwater soundscapes; the Scientific Revolution in 17th and 18th-century Europe; six months of self-sufficiency; Joan Skinner, pioneering midwife
Full episodeThursday, 25 May 2006
The science of wine; Are Angels OK?, a science-art collaboration between some of New Zealand’s best writers and physicists; a fishing competition with a difference; cultural and linguistic identity for Maori deaf
Full episodeThursday, 18 May 2006
Rates of evolution in trees; the vertebrate nervous system; the nutritional composition of kakapo supplementary food; the National Addiction Centre
Full episodeThursday, 11 May 2006
diverse groups have with land and resources; the impact of landscapes and citiscapes on people; treatment for gout
Full episodeThe microscope image featured in the logo is of the mineral labradorite, taken by Peregrin Hyde – www.perescope.co.nz.
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