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Dear Science

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/ Allan Blackman: January 26, 2022

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: January 26, 2022 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: January 26, 2022, 37.63 MB
Wed 26 Jan 2022

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.

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: January 19, 2022

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman January 19, 2022 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman January 19, 2022, 35.27 MB
Wed 19 Jan 2022

The first Dear Science of 2022! This week, Christina was joined in studio by AUT Professor Allan Blackman. They discussed the link between cataracts and dementia, the nutritional value of huhu grubs (not for the faint-hearted!), and a hint that life could have previously existed on Mars.

Best of Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman and Marcus Jones: December 15, 2021

Best of Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman and Marcus Jones: December 15, 2021 Best of Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman and Marcus Jones: December 15, 2021, 19.58 MB
Wed 15 Dec 2021

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!

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: December 8, 2021

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: December 8, 2021 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: December 8, 2021, 29.74 MB
Wed 8 Dec 2021

On this week's Dear Science, Allan joined Christina live in the studio! This week, they spoke about the Running of the Bulls being used to study crowd behaviour, and how spaceflight impacts mice and humans.

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: December 1, 2021

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: December 1, 2021 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: December 1, 2021, 8.6 MB
Wed 1 Dec 2021

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.

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: November 24, 2021

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: November 24, 2021 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: November 24, 2021, 12.28 MB
Wed 24 Nov 2021

This week on Dear Science, Christina was joined by AUT professor Allan Blackman. They chatted about a chemical emitted by babies that can affect our behaviour, a spacecraft that can deflect an asteroid (Armageddon style?), and a brand new particle accelerator that can help us better understand atoms.

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: November 17, 2021

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: November 17, 2021 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: November 17, 2021, 12.75 MB
Wed 17 Nov 2021

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.

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: November 10, 2021

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: November 10, 2021 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: November 10, 2021, 38.82 MB
Wed 10 Nov 2021

On this week's segment of Dear Science, Zazi was joined by AUT Professor Allan Blackman. They spoke about making aircraft fuel from sunlight and air, fungus that uses chemicals to trick male flies into mating with infected dead females, and cracking the code of unbreakable phone screens.

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: November 3, 2021

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: November 3, 2021 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: November 3, 2021, 35.09 MB
Wed 3 Nov 2021

This week on Dear Science, Zazi was joined by AUT Professor Marcus Jones, chatting all things COVID! Marcus talks about the current search for people who never get COVID, what COVID vaccines for young kids could mean for the pandemic, as well as the common antidepressant that slashes the risk of COVID-19 deaths.

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: October 27, 2021

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: October 27, 2021 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: October 27, 2021, 11.87 MB
Wed 27 Oct 2021

On this week's segment of Dear Science Frances was joined by AUT Professor Allan Blackman. They spoke about the exciting discovery of ammonia synthesis in a ball mill, one thousand year old vikings in North America and what happened in the world of synthetic fibres on October 27th in 1938…