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 1,597 episodes available.

Our Changing World episodes:

August 27, 2015 Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam
On 13 March 2015, Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu. It was the worst natural disaster in the nation's history, and four months on, we ask how people are doing.
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12min
August 20, 2015 Building Better Flexi Bridges
Low-damage precast concrete bridges featuring flexible steel tendons and energy dissipators that act as fuses are being tested at Canterbury University
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13min
August 20, 2015 Giving People A Voice
Computer scientist Hamidf Sharifzadeh is regenerating a natural-sounding voice for people who lost the ability to speak
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14min
August 20, 2015 Designing Landscapes with People in Mind
Landscape architect Mick Abbott wants to involve as many people as possible in meaningful ecological restoration projects
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14min
August 20, 2015 Trapdoor spider dinnertime
Vikki Smith introduces Alison Ballance to a trapdoor spider called Sweetheart - and you can hear the amazing sound of a spider chewing a beetle.
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1min
August 20, 2015 To Catch a Trapdoor Spider
Trapdoor spiders live on mud banks in long silk-lined tunnels with a camouflaged trapdoor, and Vikki Smith has developed a cunning way of luring them out
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17min
August 13, 2015 'Air Puffs', Speech and Mobile Phones
Adding air puffs that we produce during speech to mobile phones and hearing aids might make understanding conversations in noisy environments easier
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14min
August 13, 2015 Tracking the Lapita Expansion Across the Pacific
Veronika Meduna joins Pacific archaeologists at the oldest cemetery in the pacific to find out about the Lapita and their epic voyage of discovery.
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52min
August 06, 2015 How Nature is Good for our Well-being
Environmental scientist Lin Roberts argues that nature's ecosystem services are good for our well-being as well as the planet
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16min
August 06, 2015 Making Urban Bushland Better
New Plymouth has more pockets of urban bush than any other NZ city, and ecologists study them to improve the success of ecological restorations
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17min

FAQs about Our Changing World:

How many episodes does Our Changing World have?

The podcast currently has 1,597 episodes available.