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Our Changing World

Dr Claire Concannon follows scientists into the bush, over rivers, back to their labs and many places in-between to cover the most fascinating research being done in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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00:30:07

Using local yeasts to make distinctive NZ beers & wine

Our Changing World ·

2020/02/13

Yeast is one of the key ingredients in beer and wine - and local yeasts could add a distinct Kiwi flavour.

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00:29:54

Our Changing World for 13 February 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/02/13

Peter Griffin and two Wellington entrepreneurs are in search of local yeasts to impart distinctive NZ flavours to craft beers, and the wine indusry is on a similar hunt.

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00:23:55

Psychopathic traits - "everybody has them"

Our Changing World ·

2020/02/06

Sonia Sly is in search of psychopaths. Are they born or are they made? What are the traits that a psychopath exhibits? And is everyone a psychopath to some extent?

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00:23:53

Our Changing World for 6 February 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/02/06

Sonia Sly is in search of the psychopathic mind with psychology researcher Hedwig Eisenbarth, from Victoria University of Wellington.

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00:28:43

The science of wildfires

Our Changing World ·

2020/01/30

Bush fires are growing in severity and frequency. William Ray finds out about the latest research into how fires burn and how people react when flames threaten.

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00:28:42

Our Changing World for 30 January 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/01/30

Fire researchers from Scion talk about the latest wild fire research that is giving new insights into how fires burn and how people behave when flames threaten.

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00:28:31

Rock wren - a little bird in NZ's big mountains

Our Changing World ·

2020/01/23

The tiny rock wren lives year-round in the alpine zone of the South Island mountains and research shows that predator control is important for the species' survival.

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00:28:02

Our Changing World for 23 January 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/01/23

The rock wren is a little bird with several big claims to fame. It belongs to an ancient group of birds and is New Zealand's only truly alpine bird.

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00:11:03

The significance of statistics

Our Changing World ·

2020/01/16

What if there was a magic number that proved you right? There's no such thing, but we do have the p-value which is the probability that your scientific hypothesis is right.

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00:14:30

Controver-seas: reservations about marine reserves

Our Changing World ·

2020/01/07

Science communication student Amy Archer, from the University of Otago, investigates recommendations from the South-East Marine Protection Forum for marine reserves on the Otago coast.

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00:12:33

Zirconium - shape-shifting time capsule

Our Changing World ·

2019/12/22

Zirconium is a shape-shifting tough cookie, that is a tale of gemstones, medical implants and nuclear reactors, says Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 96 of Elemental.

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00:12:30

Zinc - more useful than you realise

Our Changing World ·

2019/12/19

Zinc is a very useful metal that turns up in everything from sunscreen to paint, & galvanised metals to cereals, as well as brass instruments, says Prof Allan Blackman in ep 95 of Elemental.

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00:30:52

Origins - the Big Bang, human evolution & Polynesian...

Our Changing World ·

2019/12/19

Damian Christie is in search of his origins - from the beginning of the universe, to human evolution & Polynesian settlement in the Pacific.

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00:30:12

Our Changing World for 19 December 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/12/19

Damian Christie is in search of origin stories - from the beginning of the universe, the earliest humans and the Polynesian settlement in the Pacific.

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00:08:27

Yttrium - here's that village Ytterby again

Our Changing World ·

2019/12/15

Yttrium is yet another element named after the village of Ytterby and is important in the development of high temperature superconductors, says Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 94 of Elemental.

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00:08:11

Ytterbium - yet another element named after Ytterby

Our Changing World ·

2019/12/12

Ytterbium is yet another lanthanoid named after the Swedish village of Ytterby, says Prof Allan Blackman in ep 93 of Elemental.

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00:24:39

High-rise apartments in earthquake-prone Wellington

Our Changing World ·

2019/12/12

Charlie Dreaver investigates the issues around strengthening apartment buildings to make them more resilient to earthquakes.

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00:30:06

Our Changing World for 12 December 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/12/12

Charlie Dreaver investigates apartments and earthquake resilience in 'Living the high life on shaky ground' & the chemical element vanadium.

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00:09:54

Xenon - a stranger in search of strange particles

Our Changing World ·

2019/12/10

Xenon is a noble gas that turns up in various lights, gets used in xenon ion propulsion systems for spacecraft & plays a key role in the search for dark matter, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 92 of Elemental.

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00:09:32

Vanadium - Model T Fords, big batteries & sea squirts

Our Changing World ·

2019/12/08

Vanadium makes steel stronger & lighter, is being used in what will be the world's largest battery, and sea squirts are full of it, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 91 of Elemental.

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