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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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00:07:35

The chemistry of disease

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/08

Guy Jameson has been awarded the Beatrice Hill Tinsley Medal for his work understanding the chemical structure of proteins that are important in diseases such as Parkinson's.

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00:02:08

Beatrice Hill Tinsley Medal

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/08

The New Zealand Association of Scientists has renamed their Research Medal to the Beatrice Hill Tinsley Medal, the first New Zealand science award named after a woman.

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00:04:03

Science communication - the art of listening

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/08

Geneticist Jean Fleming has won the NZAS Science Communicator Award, and she says that good science communication is about listening as well as talking.

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00:09:48

Copying nature to find new drugs

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/08

Margaret Brimble has been awarded the Marsden Medal for developing new drugs from natural bioactive substances. One of her new drugs is being fast-tracked in clinical trials.

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00:07:47

P53: the gene that causes - and cures - cancer

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/08

P53 is a cancer gene with a Jekyll and Hyde personality. It stops cancer tumours growing, but mutant versions of the gene actually cause cancer.

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00:15:03

Restoring the trees above and the fungi below

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/01

Ecologists are investigating the best ways to replant native plants to restore lost forests and wetlands, and are finding out if underground fungi play a role.

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00:10:01

Fish-friendly city streams

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/01

Environment Waikato is helping native fish commute up urban streams by providing aids such as ropes running through culverts and pipes.

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00:06:32

Solving the penguin housing crisis - one home at a time

Our Changing World ·

2016/08/25

Conservation groups are replanting native vegetation around Wellington's Miramar Peninsula to provide safe homes for little blue penguins and food for other native birds.

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00:02:07

'Dimorphism' - a poem by Janis Freegard

Our Changing World ·

2016/08/25

Poet Janis Freegard reads 'Dimorphism', from her poetry book The Glass Rooster, comparing divaricating plants to cushion plants.

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00:13:35

Glow in the dark - firefly squid and bioluminescence

Our Changing World ·

2016/08/25

Miriam Sharpe and Kurt Krause are investigating the proteins that glow worms and firefly squid use to glow in the dark.

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00:11:53

Online dating and the game of love: a psychologist’s...

Our Changing World ·

2016/08/18

Online dating is a popular way of meeting people, and Sonia Sly finds out some of the benefits and pitfalls of starting relationships online.

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00:17:14

When the ground starts shaking - GeoNet turns 15

Our Changing World ·

2016/08/18

There are about 57 earthquakes every day in New Zealand - and over 15 years GeoNet has recorded more than 314,000 of them.

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00:25:00

Looking to the future with biologist Corey Bradshaw

Our Changing World ·

2016/08/11

Biologist Corey Bradshaw spends his time considering the future of humanity and the natural world in the face of rapid environmental change.

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00:02:45

Speaking out for science

Our Changing World ·

2016/08/11

The Royal Society of NZ has released guidelines for scientists on public engagement. The NZ Association of Scientists President responds.

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00:08:37

'Milk on a disc'

Our Changing World ·

2016/08/11

Shining a light on milk to reveal its secrets will allow 'point of cow diagnostics' about the quality of milk and the health of individual dairy cows.

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00:29:55

A conservation summit on Predator Free NZ 2050

Our Changing World ·

2016/08/04

Three leading eradication experts talk about Predator Free New Zealand 2050, including the social aspects of engaging communities and the need to develop new tools to better control rats, stoats and possums.

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00:10:41

Climate Kit - when technology meets climate action

Our Changing World ·

2016/08/04

Sara Dean and Beth Ferguson are American designers whose projects include using Twitter to help Jakarta residents know about floods, and creating accessible solar charging stations.

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00:05:27

Rogue waves

Our Changing World ·

2016/07/28

Rogue waves are rare, massive waves and Craig Stevens explains that although 'we know one when we see one' we don't understand how they form.

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00:04:20

Inspired by Science

Our Changing World ·

2016/07/28

Year-6 students Ava Beens and Eilish Cassidy take part in the 2016 International Science Festival in Dunedin, and give a 2-minute speech on what inspires them about science.

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00:11:17

Project Activate - swimming in a flume

Our Changing World ·

2016/07/28

Project Activate involved a group of 12-year-old Pacific Island students learning about healthy living and science - and it included a swim in a research flume pool.

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