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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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00:27:00

Our Changing World for 25 April 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/25

University of Canterbury's Lava Lab, plans to drill into a volcano's magma chamber and a Curious Mind volcano drilling game for schools.

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00:10:25

Cerium - combustible and confusing

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/21

Cerium is the most abundant rare-earth element and pops up in self-cleaning ovens, cigarette lighter flints and spectacle glass. Find out more with Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 18 of Elemental.

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00:11:45

Carbon - life & times of the 'king of elements'

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/18

Carbon underpins life as we know it, fuels our world and gets its own branch of chemistry, according to AUT professor Allan Blackman, in ep 17 of Elemental.

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00:11:03

Finding DNA in fingerprints

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/18

A new method of finding DNA in fingerprints could take some of the guesswork out of crime scene analysis.

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00:29:46

Our Changing World for 18 April 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/18

ESR is finding DNA from fingerprints and the latest kakapo news, brings chick tally to 75 with three still to hatch.

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00:09:55

Calcium - strength and beauty

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/14

Calcium creates objects that are strong and beautiful, from caves, to teeth and bones, and coral reefs. Find out more in ep 16 of Elemental, with Allan Blackman from AUT.

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00:11:22

Caesium - the time-keeper

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/11

A second, the basic unit of time, is defined by caesium, which is also useful for dating things. Find out more about caesium's role as a timekeeper, in ep 15 of Elemental with Allan Blackman from AUT.

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00:18:56

How enzymes respond to rising temperatures

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/11

Biology professor Vic Arcus is trying to tease out how enzymes are able to speed chemical reactions up.

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00:26:28

Our Changing World for 11 April 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/11

Research into how enzymes are able to speed up reactions as much as they do, and the chemical element cadmium.

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00:08:06

Cadmium - colour and quantum dots

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/07

Cadmium has featured in red traffic lights, rechargeable batteries and now has a role in quantum dots, according to Allan Blackman, from AUT, in ep 14 of Elemental.

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00:09:21

Bromine - the colour purple and poison gas

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/04

The story of bromine is one of the color purple, the Dead Sea and an early poison gas used in the First World War, says Allan Blackman from AUT, in ep 13 of Elemental.

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00:28:40

Science of a 'mega mast' & planning wide-scale...

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/04

This summer has seen a 'mega-mast' mass seeding event in New Zealand's forests and DOC is now planning its largest-ever predator control operation to save rare birds.

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00:27:55

Our Changing World for 4 April 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/04/04

The science of a mega mast year: predicting mass seeding events in New Zealand's forests and how DOC is planning large-scale predator control to save at-risk native birds.

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00:07:10

Boron - made by cosmic rays, useful in the kitchen

Our Changing World ·

2019/03/31

Made by cosmic rays and supernovae, used in ovenproof cookware, and a key ingredient in the strongest acid ever made. Allan Blackman from AUT explores boron in ep 12 of Elemental.

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00:10:09

Bismuth - an unusual heavy metal

Our Changing World ·

2019/03/28

Bismuth is a heavy metal that expands when frozen, and can be used to levitate trains and soothe upset guts, as Allan Blackman from AUT explains in episode 11 of Elemental.

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00:17:51

Caves reveal past climate change

Our Changing World ·

2019/03/28

Caves are a subterranean library of past climate change records, captured as water dripping from above creates flowstones and stalactites.

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00:28:44

Our Changing World for 28 March 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/03/28

Caves hold a record of past climate change captured in flow stones, and the synthetic heavyweight elements at the bottom of the periodic table have only ever existed fleetingly.

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00:05:36

Beryllium - sweet and precious, but deadly

Our Changing World ·

2019/03/24

You'll find beryllium in precious jewels and a space telescope mirror, but just don't inhale the dust - all in episode 10 of Elemental, with AUT's Professor Allan Blackman.

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00:11:59

Berkelium and the synthetic heavyweights

Our Changing World ·

2019/03/21

The heaviest elements on the periodic table have only ever existed fleetingly in the lab, so Allan Blackman from AUT has grouped them all together in episode 9 of Elemental.

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00:26:48

Our Changing World for 21 March 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/03/21

Barium is a chemical element that hates being on its own, and experts from Orana Park and Auckland Zoo are looking after hand-reared kakapo chicks.

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