95bFM: Dear Science

TRIGGER WARNING: This piece contains discussions around suicide that may cause stress to some listeners

On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we talk about tracking phone use in an attempt to anticipate and stop suicide attempts, Machu Pichu and the helium shortage

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On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk french postmen and their testicles, the number 42, and deadly sinky sludge

On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we talk about potentially dumping radioactive water into the pacific, biological age reversal, and the discovery of a genome belonging to a 5000 year old woman!

On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about a controversial study linking fluoride to a lower IQ, and Pluto potentially becoming a planet once again!

On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we talk deforestation in Brazil as the Amazon fires continue, harnessing solar energy and optimism and life expectancy.

On Dear Science today we talk about successful Ebola drug treatments, the damage from e-cigarettes, and why cats eat grass. 

On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about rogue molecules, less money for glyphosate cancer rulings and an allegedly boring element

On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we talk about drug-resistant HIV, warm and cold periods in the preindustrial Common Era and poo transplants!

On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about permanent liquid magnets, storing data in music, and new research showing a possible link between spicy food and dementia!

Today we talk about uranium enrichment, energy protons and a historical timeline of lead deposits in the arctic.