Our Changing World

By RNZ

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.... more

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The podcast currently has 1,596 episodes available.

Our Changing World episodes:

September 29, 2016 Takahē - back from the brink
Joan Watson was there when takahē were rediscoverd in 1948, and DOC ranger Glen Greaves says the population of the giant flightless bird has just reached 300.
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26min
September 22, 2016 Bad air is bad for health
Air pollution is the world's leading environmental risk factor for disease, and it causes early deaths even in clean countries such as New Zealand.
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12min
September 22, 2016 How is the air up there?
Households in Rangiora are being wired up, inside and out, with small devices that measure wood smoke.
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11min
September 15, 2016 Community conservation on the Kapiti Coast
Residents on the Kapiti coast north of Wellington are working together to improve biodiversity and create thriving ecosystems in their local neighbourhoods.
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26min
September 08, 2016 The chemistry of disease
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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8min
September 08, 2016 Beatrice Hill Tinsley Medal
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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3min
September 08, 2016 Science communication - the art of listening
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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5min
September 08, 2016 Copying nature to find new drugs
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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10min
September 08, 2016 P53: the gene that causes - and cures - cancer
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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8min
September 01, 2016 Restoring the trees above and the fungi below
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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16min

FAQs about Our Changing World:

How many episodes does Our Changing World have?

The podcast currently has 1,596 episodes available.