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Planning for Aotearoa's genomic medicine future
5:00 AM.If the future of healthcare is personalised genomics, how can we ensure that it is used to lessen inequities, rather than strengthen them? This week, Our Changing World speaks to two of the co-leaders… Read more Audio
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Genome sequencing and the pandemic
5:00 AM.Genome sequencing has become a household term during this pandemic. This week, we explore how it became an important tool in the fight against Covid-19. Read more Audio
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Sunfish secrets
5:00 AM.Sunfish are the world's largest bony fish species – and yet scientists know little about their lives. This week, Our Changing World meets a sunfish researcher unravelling mola mysteries and dives into… Read more Audio
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Sunshine science: the power and peril of the sun’s rays
5:00 AM.Summer is on its way, and this week we're exploring both the power and the peril of the sun. First, we visit the Ultrafast Laser Lab to learn about efforts to create better solar panels. Then, we hear… Read more Audio
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What feathers can tell us about the past lives of seabirds
5:00 AM.Behind the scenes at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, a "menagerie" of specimens is a treasure trove for curator Dr Matt Rayner, who is researching how the Hauraki Gulf's seabirds are faring using… Read more Audio
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Why has this river of Antarctic ice stalled?
5:00 AM.How do you drill through 600m of thick Antarctic ice? Using hot water, of course. In this episode from the 2020 series Voices from Antarctica, Alison Ballance joins researchers hoping to solve the… Read more Audio
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Space sounds and jungle noises The otherworldly song of Weddell
5:00 AM.Weddell seals have returned to breed near Scott Base in Antarctica after a decades-long absence. On land, they're blubbery lumps. But underwater, they're graceful dancers and ethereal singers. A team… Read more Audio
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Deep dives and epic journeys: Return of the emperor penguins
5:00 AM.A team of NIWA scientists eagerly awaits the return of 19 emperor penguins carrying high-tech data loggers and video cameras. What will the data captured reveal about the penguins' secret lives at… Read more Audio
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Emperor penguin secrets
5:00 AM.Revisit the frozen continent with us in this mini rerun of the Voices from Antarctica series. This week, Alison visits Cape Crozier to meet a colony of emperor penguins and the team of scientists… Read more Audio
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The prickly prize of ongaonga
5:00 AM.It's spectacularly spiky and delivers a painful or even deadly sting. Why are a team of conservationists growing and planting up Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin with more and more native tree… Read more Audio
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A send-off for SOFIA, the flying observatory
5:00 AM.We're saying farewell to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (aka SOFIA) this month. The mission, which was partially based in Christchurch, wraps up after a decade of observing… Read more Audio
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Future forest industry
5:00 AM.In a future that is free of fossil fuels, where will we source all the products that we get from the petroleum industry? Scientists at the forest research institute Scion think that trees might… Read more Audio
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Fascinating fungi and pesky pathogens
5:00 AM.In a room in the Manaaki Whenua building in Auckland are rows and rows of shelves, with cardboard boxes containing an array of weird and wonderful dried fungi. Claire Concannon visits to learn how and… Read more Audio
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Bringing back nature to Nelson
5:00 AM.Alison Ballance visits the Brook Waimārama sanctuary, and discovers that the old saying "many hands make light work" is particularly true when it comes to community conservation. A relatively new… Read more Audio
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Plasma jet technology and encouraging Pacific students in science
5:00 AM.Claire Concannon catches up with Dr. Taniela Lolohea of Auckland University of Technology. He is researching in the relatively new field of low temperature plasma surface coatings, and explains how it… Read more Video, Audio
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Investigating the virosphere
5:00 AM.While we might have heard all we ever want to know about viruses in the last few years, the truth is, known viruses represent less than zero point one percent of the estimated total of viruses out… Read more Audio
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For the love of seabirds
5:00 AM.Edin Whitehead inherited a love of birds from her father and became captivated by the majesty of seabirds on a trip to the Subantarctic Islands. Now a PhD student at the University of Auckland, she is… Read more Audio
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The Living Laboratories project
5:00 AM.The Auckland University of Technology Living Laboratories project is all about investigating how best to grow back native forest. At Pourewa creek, this collaboration between AUT and Ngāti Whātua… Read more Audio
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Secrets of Antarctic microbes
5:00 AM.The most extreme places in Antarctica give rise to the toughest and weirdest types of life. From creatures living a very different chemical life to ours at underwater methane seeps to the secret tools… Read more Audio
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Why the Tongan volcano triggered a worldwide tsunami
5:00 AM.The eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai in January triggered a tsunami of unprecedented proportions, impacting the entire Pacific. How did this volcanic eruption lead to a tsunami detected across… Read more Video, Audio
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The battling beetle
5:00 AM.With their antler-like mandibles, Helm's stag beetles often get stuck in to one another. But they are fighting a bigger battle too - against predators and habitat loss. PhD student Luna Thomas is… Read more Audio
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Machine learning for environmental data and needle free injections
5:00 AM.The New Zealand data science programme, Taiao, aims to help researchers make sense of environmental data so they can make useful predictions to guide good decisions. Claire Concannon meets the team at… Read more Audio
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The resilience of crayfish in Tauranga Harbour
5:00 AM.PhD student Kiamaia Ellis describes crayfish as a vulnerable taonga species. Local iwi in Tauranga believe the crayfish population is decreasing because of urban, industrial and harvesting pressures… Read more Audio
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Helping seabirds return to Karioi
5:00 AM.Working with the community and local schools, the Karioi Project aims to turn the tide on biodiversity loss in their area. In recent years they've rallied around the grey-faced petrel, or Ōi, who they… Read more Audio
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The promises and perils of chemistry research
5:00 AM.Two stories about the promise and perils of chemistry research. From a team recreating Renaissance beauty recipes in the hopes of rediscovering a 'miracle ingredient', to a researcher investigating… Read more Audio