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Our Changing World for Thursday 5 November 2020

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 29 October 2020
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 12 November 2020
  • 'Academic superstar' wins top research award

    science books
    Distinguished Professor Brian Boyd, from the University of Auckland, has won the 2020 Rutherford Medal.

    9:09 PM.NZ's top research award, the Rutherford Medal, has gone to Brian Boyd, whose work spans Shakespeare to Nabokov to Popper, & weaves arts and sciences together. Read more Audio

  • Focus on political economy & Te Ao Māori a winning combination

    environment economy
    Associate Professor Maria Bargh has won the 2020 Te Puāwaitanga Award.

    9:08 PM.Maria Bargh's work on political economies and the environment is focused on Māori communities and has won her the 2020 Te Puāwaitanga Award. Read more Audio

  • Colourful plants help young researcher win award

    science
    Nick Albert has won the 2020 Hamilton Award for his research into colour in flower.

    9:07 PM.Unravelling how genes control colour in petunias has won Nick Albert the 2020 Hamilton Award and could help breed more nutritious fruit. Read more Audio

  • Climate change - striking a balance

    Pacific science
    Grace, Claire, Casey and Jeremy developed the student-led Otago Museum exhibition 'Climate Change - striking a balance,' which covers the topics of climate change inequality and the Schools Strike for Climate.

    9:06 PM.A group of Dunedin students talk about what they learned making an Otago Museum exhibition about climate change inequality. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 5 November 2020

    science environment

    9:05 PM.The 2020 Research Honours go to a Nabokov expert, a Maori political economist & a colourful plant breeder, and students talk climate change. Audio

  • Researchers win big at awards

    science arts
    Clockwise from top left: Brian Boyd, Nick Albert, David Tipene Leach and Maria Bargh have all won awards in the 2020 Research Honours.

    12:00 PM.Researchers from the sciences and the humanities have had their achievements recognised with awards from the Royal Society Te Apārangi. Read more

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 29 October 2020
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 12 November 2020
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