Ready Steady Learn

Dr. Morreale, from the School of Music at the University of Auckland, joins us in studio to talk about human-computer interaction with music technology. Fabio chats to Rachel about augmented instruments, the Magpick and whether the countless apps promising to teach people how to play musical instruments actually work? Check out his website here.

Prof. Kathy Campbell, an astrobiologist, came up to the studio to talk about all things planets and space. Is there another life form? Can we move to other planets? Are we even real? What is life? Kathy helps us answer these existential questions bright and early on your Tuesday morning.

University of Auckland PhD student, Luling Lin, pops up to Breakfast to chat with Rachel about her research into paediatrics, focusing on early nutrition for preterm babies at the Liggins Institute at Auckland University. She’ll be talking about her research at a free public lecture at the Liggins Institute in Grafton tomorrow evening, Better brains or life-long health – is there a trade-off for at-risk babies?

Dr. Rebecca Deed from the University of Auckland's School of Chemical and School of Biological Sciences joins Rachel to talk wine, a mysterious and magical union of compounds. Dr. Rebecca's talk at Raising the Bar, From rotten eggs to passionfruit – the pungent world of wine sulfur compounds, will help you figure out why your wines might smell like beautiful berries or stinky asparagus.