Today on Dear Science, Allan Blackman joins Milly and Casper via telephone to discuss some watery topics, including the maximum glasses of water a day which turns out to be quite an arbitrary number as well as a new form of ice amazing scientists at the versatility of water molecules. A new Dwarf planet also has scientists scratching thier heads about planetary rings and the rules they follow.
Earlier this week the government announced a major policy overhaul, they called it a reshuffle, which included dropping some of the less popular or seemingly viable intitaitives like the TVNZ/RNZ merger to focus more on ‘bread and butter’ issues.
Also announced was a $1.50 hike to the minimum wage, a delay to the income insurance scheme and hate speech reform, the scrapping of the biofuel mandate, and ambiguous future changes to three waters.
Casper had a chat with National MP Dr Shane Reti about the announcement and how it’s been received by National.
To get a sense of what’s driving the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle and what makes in an unprecedented weather event, Casper talked to Dr Dáithí Stone, climate scientist at NIWA.
For this week's Tuesday Wire, Allan Blackman joined Casper and Milly over the phone for Dear Science. Casper spoke to National’s Shane Reti about the government’s policy reshuffle announced this week and Dáithí Stone, climate scientist at NIWA about what’s driving Cyclone Gabrielle.
Milly speaks to Assad Shamseldin from the University of Auckland about improving our stormwater infrastructure. And Milly also spoke to epidemiologist Michael Baker about the new measles case identified in New Zealand.
In the wake of Aucklands recent severe weather events, Milly speaks to Asaad Shamseldin from Auckland University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering about the Auckland Stormwater System and why it has failed in some areas, as well as the plans for the city's stormwater going forward.
Recently an imported case of measles has been detected in New Zealand, Milly speaks to epidemiologist Michael Baker from the University of Otago regarding the risks of an outbreak and what we can do to stop the spread of measles, which has mostly been eliminated in New Zealand.
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