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On todays segment of Dear Science with AUT's Allan Blackman, we talk about a Nazi warship during WW2 damaging the growth of Norweigan trees using chemical smokescreens. Allan takes us into the fascinating world of chemical recycling using enzymes, bacteria and some awesome science. And finally Will thinks its Einsteins birthday anniversary but alas its the anniversary of the day he died, Allan is quite sad about this.

In June this year, the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Brussels will reopen after five years closed for renovation. The re opening marks a shift away from historic colonial era white supremacist exhibits and towards a fairer, more accurate representation of Africa. Conor Knell dives into the history behind the museum and explores the new changes being made

Following on from last weeks piece about plastic bags, Producer Leonard Powell chats to Brigitte Sistig from The Grey Lynn 2030 Trust about their upcoming Trash to Trade competition. Sistig explains what the Trust is about and how it got started, and gives all of the interesting information about the competiton that takes place on April the 29th. 

Late on Friday, the US, UK and France launched an airstrike in Syria, following a suspected chemical attack in the town of Douma. There has been praise for Trump following these airstrikes, and he tweeted about how proud he is of this action. With midterms coming up in November, Mary-Margaret Slack asked Professor Stephen Hoadley how much of the move is meaningful, and how much of the move is connected to the Administration’s image in the media.