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Tomorrow's World

Isla Christensen and Stella Huggins bring you Tomorrow's World - a segment that explores how science affects people and our future on planet Earth. 

On the Monday Wire every fortnight.

Tomorrow's World w/ environmental scientist Elliot Stevens: 27 February, 2023

Tomorrow's World w/ environmental scientist Elliot Stevens: 27 February, 2023 Tomorrow's World w/ environmental scientist Elliot Stevens: 27 February, 2023, 6.17 MB
Mon 27 Feb 2023

When you think of the word 'slash', the guitarist of Guns and Roses may come to mind. Today we are talking about a different type of slash. However, coincidently Slash did release a song last year titled 'The River Is Rising', which is what our slash has to do with. Slash is the name of the forest waste and excess timbre left from harvests.

Isla and Stella chatted with environmental scientist Elliot Stevens about the future direction of slash and catchment management following the events of cyclone Gabrielle which saw slash washed up in flood waters. 

Tomorrow's World - Prescription Cost Research w/ Prof. Pauline Norris: February 13, 2023

Tomorrow's World - Prescription Cost Research w/ Prof. Pauline Norris: February 13, 2023 Pauline Norris: February 13, 2023, 14.8 MB
Mon 13 Feb 2023

Stella and Isla speak to one of the authors of research that shows how removing $5 prescription charges reduces the number of hospital admissions and the length of stays. Professor Pauline Norris from the University of Otago, a specialist in social pharmacy; access to and use of medicines, chats about the nuances of the work.

Menstruation tracking apps w/ Sarah Riley

Menstruation tracking apps w/ Sarah Riley Menstruation tracking apps w/ Sarah Riley, 16.47 MB
Mon 12 Dec 2022

Menstruation tracking apps: who's using them? For what, and when? Do they accommodate a diverse range of experiences and bodies? How do these apps perpetuate a narrow definition of what a 'normal' body is? Sarah Riley from Massey University speaks to Stella about her research on the topic, from a clinical health perspective.

Tomorrow's World: On Eumelanin w/ Justin Hodgkiss

Tomorrow's World: On Eumelanin w/ Justin Hodgkiss Tomorrow's World: On Eumelanin w/ Justin Hodgkiss , 8.6 MB
Mon 14 Nov 2022

This week on Tomorrow's World Stella speaks to the co-director of the Macdiarmid Institute, Justin Hodgkiss, about his research group's new findings on how eumelanin works.

Tomorrow’s World: Looking after our ngahere takes kids, art, science, and you

Tomorrow’s World: Looking after our ngahere takes kids, art, science, and you Tomorrow’s World: Looking after our ngahere takes kids, art, science, and you, 26.24 MB
Mon 31 Oct 2022

Tomorrow's World welcomes their youngest guests yet, students from the Toitū te ngahere: art in schools project. A collaborative research project with researchers from the University of Auckland and years 5 and 6 students from Konini Primary School in Glen Eden, and Kauri Park School in Beachhaven. These students really are tomorrow's world.

Tomorrow's World: Macroscopic Microbes w/ Dr Kim Handley

Tomorrow's World: Macroscopic Microbes w/ Dr Kim Handley Tomorrow's World: Macroscopic Microbes w/ Dr Kim Handley, 16.54 MB
Mon 17 Oct 2022

This year, researchers found a microorganism that became an oxymoron for the term microorganism- a bacterium that could be seen with the naked human eye. On today's episode of Tomorrow's World, Stella chats to Dr Kim Handley, a microbiologist from UoA, about the implications of such a discovery, on the field

Tomorrow's World: Sequence Seashells on the Seashore w/ Kerry Walton

Tomorrow's World: Sequence Seashells on the Seashore w/ Kerry Walton Tomorrow's World: Sequence Seashells on the Seashore w/ Kerry Walton, 20.58 MB
Mon 5 Sep 2022

This week's Tomorrow's World explores a new combination of methodologies that means we can extract DNA from shells! Stella and Isla speak to the PHD candidate who lead the study, Kerry Walton from the University of Otago.

Tomorrow's World: Hormonal Birth Control and the Brain w/ Dr Rachel Sumner

Tomorrow's World: Hormonal Birth Control and the Brain w/ Dr Rachel Sumner Tomorrow's World: Hormonal Birth Control and the Brain w/ Dr Rachel Sumner , 8.94 MB
Mon 22 Aug 2022

Attention, those with uteruses; if you’re taking a hormonal contraceptive pill, you’ll want to tune in to this. Stella and Isla speak to Dr Rachel Sumner from the University of Auckland about her research into hormonal birth control’s impacts on the brain, and the mind. They also include a quick explainer about  how it works. 

Tomorrow's World with Isla Christensen & Stella Huggins: Kauri Dieback

Tomorrow's World with Isla Christensen & Stella Huggins: July 25 2022 Tomorrow's World with Isla Christensen & Stella Huggins: July 25 2022, 22.2 MB
Mon 25 Jul 2022

On this episode of Tomorrow's World Isla and Stella discuss how mātauranga Māori can aid science in the management of kauri dieback. They talk with Dr Amanda Black and Dr Nick Waipara about the cultural significance of kauri and the scope of biosecurity in Aotearoa.

Soilsafe Aotearoa w/ Emma Sharp: July 11, 2022

Soilsafe Aotearoa w/ Emma Sharp: July 11, 2022 Soilsafe Aotearoa w/ Emma Sharp: July 11, 2022 , 19.09 MB
Mon 11 Jul 2022

What's hiding in your soil? This week Stella and Isla work through a written interview with Dr Emma Sharp about the work of Soilsafe Aoteroa. Chatting metal contaminants and citizen science.