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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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00:15:09

Silencing science

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/12

Shaun Hendy, the director of the centre of research excellence The Pūnaha Matatini, discusses his latest book, Silencing Science, in which he tackles the issue of why scientists are often reluctant to speak out publicly.

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00:09:17

The swallowing robot

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/12

A soft, swallowing robot that mimics the human oesophagus is being developed as a tool that food technologists could use to design better food for people with swallowing difficulties

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00:14:32

Shedding light on Māori health

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/12

Victoria University molecular geneticist Geoff Chambers is challenging the one-size-fits-all approach to healthcare, arguing that genes linked to the immune system of Māori and Pasifika people differ from those of Pākehā.

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00:13:16

Whitebait mysteries – unravelling the lives of baby...

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/05

Baby native fish are in the spotlight as freshwater biologists unravel the mysteries of where these tiny creatures go in the first weeks of their lives.

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00:14:52

Tim Flannery: an atmosphere of hope

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/05

Tim Flannery discusses his latest book, Atmosphere of Hope, and why he is hopeful that we will tackle climate change.

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00:14:50

Genetic impacts of crop domestication

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/05

Scientists at Te Papa Tongarewa are using some of New Zealand's endemic plants and DNA sequencing tools to track how genetic diversity changes during of the process of crop domestication.

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00:14:02

Flicking the switch for electric cars

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/28

A switch to electric transport could go a long way towards reducing New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. Veronika Meduna takes a road trip with other electric car owners.

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00:31:51

Acting on climate change - Royal Society of NZ report

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/28

In its latest report on climate change, the Royal Society of New Zealand lays out options for how we coudl reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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00:14:46

Thar she goes! On the tail of the Kermadec humpback...

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/28

Satellite tagging has revealed that humpback whales that breed in Oceania socialise at Raoul Island in the Kermadecs and has shown where in Antarctica they go to feed.

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00:06:20

Nematodes from the deep

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/28

Sediment samples collected from 6,000 - 9,000m deep in the Kermadec Trench were teeming with tiny nematode worms – over 100 new species were collected from just four samples.

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00:13:13

Survivors - New Zealand's tiny native frogs

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/28

After 35 years of counting threatened Archey's frog on the Coromandel Peninsula, Ben Bell has seen their numbers crash due to the chytrid fungal disease, and the population slowly recover.

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00:17:38

Points, lines and polygons - the art of making maps

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/21

The 451 topographic maps that cover the length and breadth of New Zealand are a testament to the skills of a team of map makers at LINZ.

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00:09:11

Marine maternity ward

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/21

Staff at the Island Bay Marine Education Centre have played midwife to baby carpet sharks that hatched almost a year after a female shark deposited the egg cases in a tank.

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00:14:09

Shy fish, bold fish - insights into the lives of...

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/21

To understand the food webs of ponds and lakes you need to understand the personalities and lives of individual fish

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00:19:03

Report brings climate change home

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/21

A new report published by the Royal Society of New Zealand highlights six key climate change implications for New Zealand.

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00:16:10

An ode to mangroves

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/14

Mangroves have a mixed reputation, with some people thinking of them as weeds while others, including writer Kennedy Warne, value them for their ecosystem function and as a natural breakwater.

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00:07:07

Yellow-eyed penguin numbers hit new low

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/14

Yellow-eyed penguins have hit their lowest numbers on mainland New Zealand since the early 1990s, and it's the result of a number of issues in the marine environment

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00:06:02

Long live the tapeworm - why parasites are a good idea

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/14

In a novel extension of the 'hygeine hypothesis', biologists argue we should save the parasites of endangered species for the sake of their host's immune system.

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00:14:51

Preventing dementia

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/14

Dementia researchers are looking for people with mild cognitive impairment for a longitudinal study to explore how Alzheimer's Disease develops from early stages of memory loss.

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00:14:18

Good for your joints - a smart device to improve how...

Our Changing World ·

2016/04/14

Smart socks and an ankle bracelet that uses small vibration motors might help us to retrain how we walk and stave off joint surgery

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