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Science Express - July 2011 - Can Organics Feed the World? Steffan Browning has persistently raised the profile of organics here in New Zealand. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - August 2011 - Coal, Kyoto, and inconvenient truths Coal is abundant and cheap. It fuelled the industrial revolution – and still underpins 21st-century industry. The difficulties and costs of moving to a low coal/low carbon economy are underappreciated and understated. Mission control, we have a problem ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - March 2011 - Understanding Autism - Professor Jeff Sigafoos Autism Spectrum Disorders include a range of life-long developmental disabilities affecting social and communication skills. People with ASD may also have learning disabilities, but whatever their general level of intelligence, everyone with the condition has difficulty making sense of the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - November 2010 - Challenging our ideas of healthy eating - Professor Richard Faull The study of nutrition has traditionally focused on the biochemical substances that constitute an adequate diet for humans and animals. In practice, this means reducing whole foods to their constituent nutrients to understand their biological functions Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - October 2010 - Lloyd Geering Christian fundamentalists reject evolution, and militant evolutionists reject religion. Catholic priest Teilhard de Chardin embraced both. How did he do it? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website National Services – United we stand: opportunities for museums worldwide – Nick Poole In October 2010 we toured Nick Poole (UK), Chief Executive of the Collections Trust to Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin for a series of free public talks, 'United we stand: opportunities for museums worldwide'. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - September 2010 - The Challenge of the Human Brain - Professor Richard Faull The brain is the most complex and marvellous organ in the human body. Recent research has shown that, contrary to our previous understanding, the adult human brain contains stem cells and can repair itself throughout life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - August 2010 - The Long Way Down – From prospect to mine - Dr Tony Christie and Michelle van Kampen Mineral exploration is a high-risk, low-yield venture. In fact, only one in a thousand prospects turns into a mine. What’s the process for taking a mineral prospect through to the mining proposal stage? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - July 2010 - The mystery of Earth’s magnetism - Gillian Turner What’s the mysterious force that points compass needles toward the poles? What guides birds, fish, and whales in their migrations across the world's oceans? And what shields us from the lethal onslaught of the solar wind and other cosmic radiation? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - June 2010 - Nanotechnology – the tiny way towards a bigger future - Dr Richard Tilley of Victoria University Delve into the fascinating world of the ultra-small with Dr Richard Tilley of Victoria University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - April 2010 - Forecasting seasonal climate – can we beat a coin-toss? Atmospheric scientist James Renwick takes you under the bonnet of the climate system. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - May 2010 - High Temperature Superconductivity - Dr Jeff Tallon and Dr Bob Buckley Explore the revolutionary technology of superconductors with Dr Jeff Tallon and Dr Bob Buckley, world leaders in superconductor research, and recent winners of the inaugural Prime Minister's Science Prize. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - March 2010 - The Evolution of New Zealand Birds - David Penny and Gillian Gibb Come and hear the latest research findings from scientists David Penny and Gillian Gibb. Their studies on the moa, seabirds, and song birds challenge historical theories on the evolution of New Zealand birds. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - November 2009 - The Large Hadron Collider - Marcus Wilson Come and listen to physicist Marcus Wilson as he separates the popular myths from the scientific facts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - September 2009 - Swine flu – what’s all the fuss about? - Dr Lance Jennings Join Dr Lance Jennings, one of New Zealand’s leading virologists, as he discusses swine flu. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - August 2009 - Collapse on Easter Island - Troy Baisden Scientist Troy Baisden talks about his time on Easter Island, and discusses how the indigenous people there view recent research into the collapse of civilisations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Meet Audrey Eagle, Botanical Artist - 2 October 2009 Te Papa Press Publisher Claire Murdoch talks to botanical artist Audrey Eagle, author of the Montana medal-wining Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, about her remarkable life and work. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - April 2009 - Rocket science - Peter Beck Peter Beck, the head of local rocket science company Rocket Lab, discusses New Zealand’s role in the global space industry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - June 2009 - Dark energy - Matt Visser Join Professor Matt Visser for a discussion about dark energy and the acceleration of the universe. How good is the data, and are the alternatives any better? Proudly supported by GNS Science and the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington Branch. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - April 2009 - Is Science Just Mysticism in a Lab Coat? - Bernard Beckett Are we living in an era when we believe everything scientists tell us? How do stories influence science, and vice versa? Explore these issues with award-winning author Bernard Beckett. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Donna Williams - 25 June 2009 Find out how to attract a more ethnically diverse audience, with a broader range of ages, to your museum. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art After Dark - September 2008 - Rita in Writing Join Jill Trevelyan, author of Rita Angus: An artist’s life and co-curator of the exhibition, Philip Norman, Montana Award winning biographer of Douglas Lilburn, and Gordon Ogilvie, writer of the acclaimed Denis Glover: his life, in a discussion chaired by Lydia Wevers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rita Angus Symposium - Rita and Theo: background to a portrait - Emeritus Professor Michael Dunn This presentation looks into the relationship between Rita Angus and Theo Schoon, focusing especially on the portrait of Theo Schoon that Rita Angus painted in the 1940s. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rita Angus Symposium - Angus and modernism - Wystan Curnow In the 1960s, the destiny of modern art in New Zealand art appeared to rest with McCahon, Woollaston and Angus. This paper re-examines that view from the perspective of the present. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rita Angus Symposium - Introduction - Jonathan Mane-Wheoki and Lydia Wevers Te Papa, in association with the Friends of Te Papa, presented a one-day symposium on 13 September 2008, in association with the Rita Angus: Life & Vision exhibition. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - November 2008 - Why Critical Thinking is Critical to Your Health and Happiness - Vicki Hyde Vicki Hyde, New Zealand’s keenest con-spotter, explains how critical thinking can protect your mind, body, and wallet from dodgy products, email scams, and psychic ‘exploitainment’ programmes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - October 2008 – A New Edge to New Zealand? - Gerard van Bohemen and Dr Bryan Davy Where does New Zealand’s official boundary end? The word is now out. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - September 2008 – Youth Crime, A Hot Election Issue – Dr Fiona Beals Dr Fiona Beals, an Education Studies lecturer at Victoria University, discusses how youth crime is represented by government, the media, and academics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - August 2008 - Functional Foods - Dr Roger Lentle 'Functional foods' are foods with added nutritional benefit. But do we need them? Dr Roger Lentle, Associate Professor in Clinical Nutrition at Massey University, discusses the issues. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - July 2008 - Hard-Plastic Bottles – Are They Harming Our Health? - Ian Shaw Reusing plastic bottles can cause chemicals to leach into food and drink. Is this harmful and what are the safe alternatives? Explore the research with Professor Ian Shaw. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - June 2008 - Energy solutions to halt global warming - Ralph Sims Ralph Sims, Professor of Sustainable Energy at Massey University, discusses New Zealand’s role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - May 2008 - Colossal Squid - Steve O'Shea World-renowned marine biologist Dr Steve O'Shea discusses the findings from the examination of the colossal squid. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Whales | Tohor? - Rawiri Paratene, advocate for whales Listen to Rawiri talk about being a trustee for SPWRC, and his first encounter with a whale “eye to eye”. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - April 2008 - The World of Whales – What Lies Beneath? - Anton van Helden What do we really know about whales? Te Papa’s Collection Manager, Marine Mammals, Anton van Helden, takes an in-depth look at current whale research. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - March 2008 - Exposing Art Forgery - Dr Christine Prior and Denis Dutton Dr Christine Prior (GNS Science) and Denis Dutton (University of Canterbury) discuss the scientific advances that help identify fakes and the response galleries have towards them. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Whales | Tohor? - Interview of Viliamo Iese Viliamo Iese talks about whale research and cultural attitudes to whales in Tuvalu, in an interview made during the South Pacific Whales Research Group Consortium meeting last February. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Whales | Tohor? - Interview of Michael Poole of the SPWRC Opening our series of podcasts about whales, Michael Poole of the South Pacific Whales Research Consortium tells us about his whale research on the island of Mo'orea, Tahiti. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - November 2007 - Storm in a Milk Bottle: A1 versus A2 Milk with Keith Woodford. Keith Woodford from Lincoln University presents research about A1 and A2 milk and discusses if they can be harmful. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - October 2007 - In Search of Ancient New Zealand with Hamish Campbell and George Gibbs. Geologist Dr Hamish Campbell and entomologist Dr George Gibbs debate the conflicting theories of New Zealand's origins. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Scots - Episode Three: Donald McNaughton Stuart of Knox Church, Dunedin Sean Brosnahan talks about Dr Donald McNaughton Stuart (1819?-94), a much-loved Presbyterian minister of Knox Church in Dunedin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Scots - Episode Two: Glengarry, the Highland Chief Sean Brosnahan talks about the story behind the Highland chief, Alexander Ranaldson MacDonell, 17th Chief of Glengarry (1834-62), the last of his line who is buried in Dunedin's southern cemetery. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Scots, Episode One: The Otago Settlers Museum Sean Brosnahan discusses the Scottish roots of their collection and early settler John Buchanan (1804?-80) and his warm and welcoming family. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express – September 2007 – Globalisation with Dr Gael Lagadec. Dr Gael Lagadec from the Uiversity of New Caledonia discuss the issues around Globalisation Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - June 2007- Justice - a basic human need? With Tony Taylor. : Emeritus Professor Tony Taylor discusses whether laws and justice are required in any society to ensure that basic human needs are met, but is justice itself a basic human need? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Express - May 2007 - The Scientific Origins of God with Lloyd Geering. Lloyd Geering discusses the relationship between God and science. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website El Armarna: City of the Sun In this podcast we explore the history behind the site of El Armana and the significance the Pharoah Ahkenaten had on Egyptian society during his time as ruler. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scotia's Hardy Sons' interview at Te Papa. Scotia's Hardy Sons performed their new and traditional Scottish music at Te Papa on the 17 January 2008. They then answered a few of our questions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ancient Egyptian Myth Learn about ancient egyptian myth and the Legend of Osiris Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The display of human remains at Te Papa Dr Seddon Bennington and Te Taru White, Chief Executive and Kaihautu of Te Papa discuss some of the issues surrounding the display of mummies and other human remains in museums Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Egyptian Collection at Te Papa Ross O'Rourke discusses Te Papa's Egyptian collection and what you will find in our latest exibition Egypt: Beyond the tomb. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website