RNZ: Our Changing World
Summary: Getting out in the field and the lab to bring you New Zealand stories about science, nature and the environment.
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Waikato University researchers are training pet dogs to sniff out pest fish such as koi carp.
Waikato University researchers are training pet dogs to sniff out pest fish that are a problem in Waikato lakes and rivers.
As ethnic and cultural diversity increases in New Zealand, psychologists discuss their work and the challenges posed by this increasing diversity.
Sonia Sly meets three psychologists investigating aspects of cultrual diversity,and discovers that we should look for commonalities rather than differences.
A 100-strong team of researchers from Plant and Food Research have won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Prize for using science to solve the kiwifruit PSA crisis.
A four minute conversation led to a revolutionary tooth decay treatment using silver nanoparticles and a PM's science award for the chemist who worked on it.
Film-maker Damian Christie has won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize to help tell science stories on film.
The 2017 Prime Minister's Science Prizes have been awarded to Plant and Food Research for their work on kiwifruit Psa, a chemist using silver nanoparticles to stop tooth decay, and a science film-maker.
NIWA is testing small 'safe houses' for baby paua, with the idea of boosting the population on the earthquake-damaged Kaikōura coast.
Michél Nieuwoudt uses light to uncover hidden information in different kinds of material, from milk to works of art.
Designing and testing concrete 'safe houses' for baby paua, and using light to detect art forgeries and the properties of milk.
Could chemical camouflage save rare birds by putting predators off the scent? Ecologists are testing the idea in the Mackenzie Basin.
A male stick insect belonging to an all female group of New Zealand stick insects has been discovered for the first time - in the UK.
Chemical camouflage is put to the test in the Mckenzie Basin to see if it can protect nesting shore birds from predators, and the discovery of the first male in an all-female population of stick insects.
How do dogs think? Do they experience emotions such as jealousy? The Clever Canine Lab at the University of Auckland is investigating.
