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Bringing back lizards in Central Otago
Conservationists are bringing endangered skinks back to the dryland wilderness of Central Otago.
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Our Changing World: Top 10 listens for 2024
26 Dec 2024From the puzzles of our mind to the deep sea and the far-flung subantarctic islands, these podcast episodes have explored our changing world in 2024.
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What methane seeping from Antarctic might mean
19 Dec 2024Methane is escaping from below the seafloor in Antarctica - what are the potential implications for further warming of the planet?
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The bacterial world inside New Zealand's 'living fossil'
12 Dec 2024Tuatara have changed little since their ancestors hung out with dinosaurs, but what about their gut bacteria?
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The glass sponges of Antarctica
6 Dec 2024Underneath the flat white expanse of sea ice, the Antarctic seafloor is a world of colour, structures and life, with mysterious giant glass sponges at the centre of it all.
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Bringing back ngutukākā from the brink
21 Nov 2024A community of conservationists is turning State Highway 35 into a Crimson Highway by rewilding the iconic and critically endangered kākābeak.
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A tricky trap for redback spiders
14 Nov 2024Researchers are spinning a web of perfumed lies to trap invasive redback spiders.
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The Mātai Medical Institute looks to the future
7 Nov 2024The Mātai Medical Institute has already made waves with its MRI research, but if they have their way, this is just the beginning.
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The fight for the forest and the fernbird
31 Oct 2024A trip to the Tautuku ecology restoration project to learn about ongoing efforts to help the forest and its inhabitants.
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Lead bullets - a health risk to humans and kea
24 Oct 2024New research shows lead-based bullets used to shoot wild game contaminate the meat, posing a health risk to humans and wildlife.
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Bird nest design in a changing climate
17 Oct 2024Claire Concannon learns about variations in bird nest design, and why some species may be better able to cope with rapid change.
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Keeping an eye on the ozone hole
10 Oct 2024Claire Concannon visits a Central Otago NIWA research station to learn how and why they continue to monitor ozone.
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The science behind dog welfare
A dog is a man's best friend, they say, but have we been holding up our end of the bargain?
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Anxiety and the brain-body connection
26 Sep 2024Anxiety starts with thoughts in the brain that then trigger physical symptoms. Researchers are exploring this brain-body connection and how treatments can help in different ways.
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The teamwork that solved a life-and-death puzzle
19 Sep 2024It's been almost 30 years since a team joined forces to investigate a type of stomach cancer, and they have helped saved thousands of lives along the way.
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The 'science donut' across the ditch
5 Sep 2024Scientists at the Australian Synchrotron use intense beams of light to answer research questions
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Some of the light we cannot see
12 Sep 2024New Zealand researchers are using light from a high-tech synchrotron to investigate advanced materials that could help with next generation computing and combatting climate change.
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