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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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00:19:49

Archey's frogs thriving in the King Country

Our Changing World ·

2019/02/07

The King Country population of the highly threatened Archey's frog is thriving, thanks to years of rat control.

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00:26:27

Our Changing World for 7 February 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/02/07

Archey's frogs are thriving thanks to rat control, and the first kakapo chicks have hatched and their mothers are mating again.

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00:16:35

Squishy drug delivery

Our Changing World ·

2019/01/31

An octopus squeezing through a small space and a squishy ball have inspired a new way of delivering drugs through the skin that is being developed at the University of Otago.

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00:29:02

Our Changing World for 31 January 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/01/31

How to squish drugs through the skin using nanotechnology, and keeping up with the kakapo.

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00:16:27

'Fish ear bones are like a diary'

Our Changing World ·

2019/01/24

Fish ear bones are tiny treasure troves of information about a fish's life, its environment and even local weather.

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00:24:40

Our Changing World for 24 January 2019

Our Changing World ·

2019/01/24

Fish earbones are tiny treasure troves of information about a fish's life and where it lives, and catching up on all the kakapo breeding action in the first month of the Kakapo Files podcast.

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00:13:18

Our relationship with urban green spaces

Our Changing World ·

2019/01/16

Otago University science communication student Karthic Sivanandham investigates urban nature and how we relate to it.

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00:00:29

Sounds of science - a new Our Changing World theme

Our Changing World ·

2019/01/14

Our brand-new 2019 opening theme is made from 20 eclectic sounds of science & nature that have featured on Our Changing World, ranging from birds to robots.

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00:14:23

Woof Woof the talking tui

Our Changing World ·

2019/01/09

Woof Woof the talking tui inspired University of Otago student Joel Zwartz to find out how birds and people talk.

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00:10:59

Never ask a boy 'why?'

Our Changing World ·

2018/12/27

Science communication student Mary Rabbidge takes a look at the brains of teenage boys, to find out why they behave the way they do.

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00:16:23

Salps - a surprising jelly-like relative

Our Changing World ·

2018/12/20

The 'jelly soup' that many New Zealanders experienced at the beach last summer was caused by blooms of salps.

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00:12:49

NZ tree nettle ongaonga could offer pain relief for...

Our Changing World ·

2018/12/20

An accidental encounter with the tree nettle, ongaonga, and some self experimentation may lead to a new pain treatment.

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00:30:00

Our Changing World for 20 December 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/12/20

Salps are a little known but important part of the ocean's plankton, and self-experimenting with the painful stinging nettle, ongaonga.

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00:24:04

NZ falcons thriving in logged pine plantations

Our Changing World ·

2018/12/13

Rare native New Zealand falcons are thriving in some unexpected places, including recently logged pine forests.

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00:24:02

Our Changing World for 13 December 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/12/13

Rare native New Zealand falcons are thriving in some unexpected places, including recently logged pine forests.

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00:15:33

Muscle wasting and 'skinny fat' in old age

Our Changing World ·

2018/12/06

Our muscles lose strength and mass as we age, and old age expert Debra Waters says we should do resistance training so we won't develop sarcopenia.

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00:06:38

Place names tell a story about lost species

Our Changing World ·

2018/12/06

Place names turn out to be a good record of where plants and animals once occurred and where they have been lost.

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00:21:24

Our Changing World for 6 December 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/12/06

Resistance training is the best way to keep muscles strong as we age, and what place names tell us about plants and animals that used to be found there.

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00:17:28

Giant willow aphids - a sticky invasive nuisance

Our Changing World ·

2018/11/29

Scion entomologists are trialling a parasitic wasp that they hope will control a growing nuisance: the giant willow aphid.

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00:13:39

Eavesdropping on noisy seaweeds

Our Changing World ·

2018/11/29

Tiny, noisy gas bubbles produced by a tropical seaweed are part of the soundscape of a coral reef.

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