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The Tuesday Wire's weekly dive into the wide world of science.

Featuring a rotating cast of smart people including Chemist Professor Allan Blackman and Physicist Dr Cushla McGoverin. 

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 2 December, 2025

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 2 December, 2025 Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 2 December, 2025, 21.15 MB
Tue 2 Dec 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about food waste and strategies for limiting food waste and E.coli being used to create rainbow dye.

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

Christmas Lights at MOTAT - experience Auckland’s most magical Christmas lights - heritage trams, festive music, Santa visits, and thousands of sparkling lights Tickets at motat.nz 

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 25 November, 2025

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 25 November, 2025 Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 25 November, 2025, 40.97 MB
Tue 25 Nov 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about moss in space, a use for mosquitos, and how turtles detect magnetic fields.

Christmas Lights at MOTAT - experience Auckland’s most magical Christmas lights - heritage trams, festive music, Santa visits, and thousands of sparkling lights Tickets at MOTAT.NZ

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 18 November, 2025

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 18 November, 2025 Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 18 November, 2025, 47.09 MB
Tue 18 Nov 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about human endurance, the benefits of speaking multiple languages, and risks of methanol poisoning

Christmas Lights at MOTAT - experience Auckland’s most magical Christmas lights - heritage trams, festive music, Santa visits, and thousands of sparkling lights Tickets at MOTAT.NZ

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 11 November, 2025

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 11 November, 2025 Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 11 November, 2025, 39.28 MB
Tue 11 Nov 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin about the world’s biggest spiderweb, bacteria movement, and the Marsden Fund Awards for 2025

Journey into MOTAT this Sunday 16 November to celebrate all things train, tram and track with LIVE DAY: Rail!

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 4 November 2025

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 4 November 2025 Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 4 November 2025, 39.13 MB
Tue 4 Nov 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about ice variations, the international space station, and a problem in the atmosphere.

Journey into MOTAT next Sunday 16 November to celebrate all things train, tram and track with LIVE DAY: Rail!

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 28 October, 2025

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 28 October, 2025 Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 28 October, 2025, 39.48 MB
Tue 28 Oct 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about Napoleon’s army, pill-sized bioprinters, and mushroom memory chips

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 21 October, 2025

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 21 October, 2025 Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 21 October, 2025, 41.43 MB
Tue 21 Oct 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman talks about Alfred Nobel, stalagmites, and a high resolution telescope accomplishment.

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 14 October, 2025

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 14 October, 2025 Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 14 October, 2025, 54.35 MB
Tue 14 Oct 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin talks with us about the Nobel prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry, and Physics.

Love all things trams? LIVE Day: Trams is on at MOTAT this Sunday 19 October! Check out their impressive collection and catch a ride on one of the steam trains.

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 07 October, 2025

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 07 October, 2025 Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 07 October, 2025, 38.15 MB
Tue 7 Oct 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert,Professor Allan Blackman about Dame Jane Goodall, discoveries in Bearded Vulture’s nests and fresh clues of a new planet.

Love all things trams? LIVE Day: Trams is on at MOTAT next Sunday 19 October! Check out their impressive collection and catch a ride on one of the steam trains.

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 30 September, 2025

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 30 September, 2025 Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 30 September, 2025 , 40 MB
Tue 30 Sep 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin speaks with us about a crafty way to fix broken bones, an unusual surgery to restore vision, and a long extinct New Zealand penguin species.

These School Holidays at MOTAT, test your communication skills, become a Pilot of the Future and see automatic tech take off!

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!