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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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00:15:43

The 1769 Garden

Our Changing World ·

2017/11/16

The 1769 Garden commemorates the first encounter between Maori and the crew of the Endeavour, under the command of Captain James Cook, at Gisborne in October 1769.

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00:34:46

Our Changing World for 16 November 2017

Our Changing World ·

2017/11/16

Protecting nature on private land with the QEII Trust, and creating the 1769 Garden to mark the first encounter between Maori and Captain Cook.

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00:32:12

Our Changing World for 9 November 2017

Our Changing World ·

2017/11/09

New discoveries from New Zealand's ancient past, and mapping the gut's electrical signals.

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00:19:20

Mapping the gut

Our Changing World ·

2017/11/09

A flexible tool to measure electrical signals in our gut could detect serious medical conditions.

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00:13:37

The New Zealand fossil revolution

Our Changing World ·

2017/11/09

In the last few years there's been a revolution in our understanding of New Zealand's ancient animals - there were once crocodiles as well as small land mammals.

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00:13:46

Big award for studying small lake critters

Our Changing World ·

2017/11/02

The 2017 Marsden Medal is awarded to Carolyn Burns for her internationally renowned research into New Zealand's deep southern lakes.

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00:09:46

Using noble metals to kill cancer

Our Changing World ·

2017/11/02

The winner of the 2017 Hill Tinsley Medal is developing anti-cancer drugs based on noble metals such as platinum and iridium.

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00:11:00

The physics of blood spatter

Our Changing World ·

2017/11/02

Engineer Mark Jermy has been helping forensics investigators understand the science behind blood spatter evidence at crime scenes.

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00:32:59

Our Changing World for 2 November 2017

Our Changing World ·

2017/11/02

Engineer looks at the physics of blood splatter, chemist wins 2017 Hill Tinsley Award for new drugs made with metals, and freshwater biologist wins 2017 Marsden Medal.

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00:10:12

Inherited heart disease: you're not doomed by your DNA

Our Changing World ·

2017/10/26

Anna Pilbrow says that a complex interaction of genetic factors underpin our risk of getting heart disease - and leading a healhy lifestyle lowers the risk.

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00:14:34

Understanding our immune system

Our Changing World ·

2017/10/26

Bruce Beutler received the 2011 Nobel Prize for discoveries about the innate immune system in mammals.

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00:08:48

It's a microbial world

Our Changing World ·

2017/10/26

Science writer Ed Yong investigates the complex world of microbes in his book "I Contain Multitudes."

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00:23:30

Touchstone - a community project for Lake Wanaka

Our Changing World ·

2017/10/19

Lake swimmers, the local primary school and neighbouring farmers have joined together to look after water quality in Lake Wanaka.

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00:15:49

Top science award goes to a 'supervolcanologist'

Our Changing World ·

2017/10/12

The 2017 Rutherford Prize has been awarded to Victoria University of Wellington geologist Colin Wilson for his work on supervolcanoes such as Taupo.

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00:10:47

ECLIPSE - getting ready for a supervolcano eruption

Our Changing World ·

2017/10/12

An $8-million research programme to better understand the Taupo supervolcano and prepare the community for an eruption has just begun.

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00:10:47

Drug discoverer recognised with a top science honour

Our Changing World ·

2017/10/12

The 2017 MacDiarmid Medal has been awarded to chemist Peter Tyler, for his work designing and creating new drugs to treat diseases such as cancer.

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00:13:05

Moa footprints - a rocky tale

Our Changing World ·

2017/10/05

After twenty years of puzzling, geologist Bruce Hayward reckons he has identified some mysterious patterns in a west Auckland roadside cutting as moa footprints.

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00:12:40

Designing nanoparticles to move medication around...

Our Changing World ·

2017/10/05

Arlene McDowell is designing nanoparticles that will hold medication and deliver it exactly to its intended destination in the body.

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00:11:33

Celebrating the night sky on Great Barrier Island

Our Changing World ·

2017/09/28

Great Barrier Island has become the world's third International Dark Sky Sanctuary, in recognition of its outstanding star-filled night skies.

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00:29:33

SOFIA - a flying telescope with a unique view of space

Our Changing World ·

2017/09/21

NASA's SOFIA observatory is a 2.5m telescope mounted in the back of a plane. It observes the birth and death of stars and the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.

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