Dear Science

Another week of Dear Science featuring AUT Professor Blackman! This week, Allan and Christina dove into some rather perspective-bending numbers and statistics. They discussed the scale of the Tonga eruption, how your great-granddad's smoking habits could be the cause of your excess body fat, and how a 150-year-old maths problem related to chess has finally been solved.

On the final Wednesday Wire for 2021, we rounded up some of the coolest stories from Dear Science this year! 

James spoke to AUT Professor Allan Blackman about how sustainable electric vehicles really are, and a new plastic that contains enzymes that can break it down.

Frances spoke to AUT professor Marcus Jones about how homosexuality may have evolved. She also spoke to Allan about how cows can be potty-trained, just like toddlers!

On this week's Dear Science, Christina caught up with AUT Professor Marcus Jones. They spoke about the new variant of Covid-19 spreading around, the surge of new researchers using the Hubble telescope, and the unfortunate side effect of anti-flood barriers in Venice.

This week on Dear Science, Christina Huang was joined by AUT Professor Marcus Jones. This week, they discuss a new Pfizer antiviral to fight Covid-19, the recent Glasgow Climate Pact, and how nonsense words can make us think of specific shapes.