This week, or last week as the case may be at this point in time, Sunday Best was chopped down to make way for the kids show extravaganza, however Angus Thunder still found time for a few choice cuts. Listen out for an inspired News and Editorial departments This Weeks Bits, where News and Editorial Director Ximena Smith forges a new lens of media analysis - necessary of course to deal with the constant stream of shit coming out of the USA..
AUT’s Allan Blackman joins us again live in the studio for Dear Science. This week, he talks to Ximena about how police have uncovered a new way that methamphetamine is being smuggled into New Zealand, new discoveries in finding the maximum speed of cooling, and also news that researchers in Poland have replicated the infamous Milgram Experiment, where a shockingly high number of participants were found willing to electrocute an innocent person.
AUT’s Allan Blackman joins us again live in the studio for Dear Science. Today he talks to Ximena about how scientists have found a way to reverse the ageing process, how scientists in Germany have switched on the world’s largest “artificial Sun” for the first time, and also about how the University of Melbourne has removed the name of a controversial professor from one of its buildings on campus.
Researchers from the University of Otago are well on their way to developing new biomaterials that will help grow new teeth. The research offers huge potential for people with dental health problems, and has just received an explorer grant from the Health Research Council. Ximena caught up with researchers Azam Ali and Karl Lyons to talk about the biomaterials, how they work & why this research is so significant.
New Zealand’s rivers and lakes are under increasing pressure, according to the latest national report from the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ about the state of freshwater.
bFM’s Harry Willis speaks to Forest and Bird’s, Annabeth Cohen about the report, the problems with the way data was presented, and how the report is shifting our focus from Agricultural to urban land although urban environments make up at 1% of land use and pastoral use is at 40%.
Today on the show, Ximena chats to Tracey about Labour’s immigration policy announced earlier this week, which unmistakably echoes New Zealand First’s approach to immigration in more ways than one. They also talk about David Seymour’s controversial euthanasia bill that was drawn from the ballot last week.
Just what constitutes the 'it' in 'it girl'? Charisma? Aesthetics? Intelligence? Pennie talks to Mike about the concept of 'the muse', and how they've worn their way through history. (With special reference to the recently departed Anita Pallenberg. R.I.P.)
The ways in which Maori deal with palliative care, or known as end of life care, has many cultural and economic differences, I began by asking why this research was important to wider New Zealand.
Mike talks to Dr. Gerhard Sundborn about the perils of too much sugar. As sugary drinks are the largest contributor of sugar to the diets of NZ adults and children, what can be done to change these habits? And just what are the main obstacles standing in the way?
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