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The Week in Detail: From craft beer to Barbie
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: From craft beer to Barbie
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioAbandoned rocket 'hits the Moon' - scientists
A discarded part of a rocket is believed to have crashed into the Moon's far side by now, say scientists who were expecting the impact at 1.25am this morning (12:25 GMT).
Why Homo sapiens are doomed to go extinct
In his new book, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, British palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist Dr Henry Gee offers a rather blunt assessment of why humanity might already be a dead… Audio
$5-billion asteroid Nereus to fly by this morning
The asteroid 4660 Nereus did a flyby of the earth earlier this morning. Planetary astronomer Dr Michele Bannister, from Canterbury University's School of Physical & Chemical Sciences, discusses 4660… Audio
Why you'll need to quarantine before going to Mars
Writer and podcaster Nicola Twilley's latest book, co-authored with husband Geoff Manaugh, is Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine. She joins the show to discuss the importance of… Audio
The upcoming moon wobble and what we can expect
The 'Moon Wobble' made headlines this past week after a US study looked at it's impact on high tides and flooding. Climate scientist Professor David Noone explains it all to Jesse. Audio
Early Māori astronomers predicted year ahead by stars of Matariki
By this time next year we would have already celebrated our very first Matariki holiday in New Zealand. Stardome astronomy educator and astro-photographer Josh Kirkley joins the show to discuss the… Audio
Music feature: Songs about the moon
Today we're celebrating the moon with an eclectic range of songs about this celestial beauty. We put the request out to listeners for their favourite moon-related songs and received a big response… Audio
Water on the moon: what does this mean?
We're looking at the significance of NASA's recent discovery that there's water on the sunlit side of the moon. Water is a key ingredient to venture into deep space and is a catalyst for future… Audio
The strange effects the moon could be having on our health
The idea that the lunar cycle can influence our behaviour and wellbeing dates back thousands of years. In her new book, The Human Cosmos, science writer Jo Marchant re-examines the effects that the… Audio
Eid al-Fitr: Muslims mark the end of Ramadan amid restrictions
The fasting month of Ramadan ends this weekend with the appearance of the new moon. Auckland University student Zainab Baba discusses how her family will be celebrating Eid and how the lockdown has… Audio
Why Christmas songs could be bad for your mental health
People who claim hearing Christmas music - especially well in advance of December - does their head in mightn't be that far off the mark. Dr. Linda Blair joins the show to explain why these tunes… Audio
Mining the moon
Companies are clamoring to be the first to reach the moon to mine with robots Audio
Moon mission 2024. Yes it's rocket science
NASA Senior Engineer Tim Atkins talks to Kathryn Ryan about the future of deep space exploration and the progress made to date by the space agency in putting humans back on the moon by 2024. He's in… Audio, Gallery
Auckland's Moon Festival illuminates best of Asian culture
More than 20,000 people attended Auckland's first Moon Festival, a three-day event celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival popular in Asian countries.
'13 Minutes to the Moon': the moon landing reconsidered
Almost 50 years ago, in July 1969, the US astronauts Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong went to the Moon on Apollo 11 and then all safely came back to Earth again. A new BBC series called… Audio
The Moon in closeup for the first time
An exhibition of those early black and white images are going on show as part of Wellington's Photival Photography Festival. Simon Morris talks to Art historian Geoffrey Batchen and to Senior Science… Audio, Gallery
First Moon seedling dies one day after sprouting
Just 24 hours after sprouting, the first plant grown on the Moon has died.
Six classical tunes for an out of this world proposal
From 2022 you’ll be able to literally love someone to the moon and back by popping the big question while circling the moon in a private self-contained autonomous spacecraft.
To help set a romantic… Video
