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Science Communication at OtagoAround the World in 80 Discoveries Ep7 - Amir Pt 2Welcome travellers to a fascinating intellectual journey, as we delve into the captivating lives of our scientists and their stories. Showcasing a myriad of scientific endeavours and mysteries, the steps along the way and the significance of their victories. This is... Around the World in 80 Discoveries, by Alba Victoria.
2022-06-0526 min
Science Communication at OtagoAround the World in 80 Discoveries Ep6 - Amir Pt 1Welcome travellers to a fascinating intellectual journey, as we delve into the captivating lives of our scientists and their stories. Showcasing a myriad of scientific endeavours and mysteries, the steps along the way and the significance of their victories. This is... Around the World in 80 Discoveries, by Alba Victoria.
2022-06-0526 minScience Communication at OtagoAround the World in 80 Discoveries Ep5 - NellissaWelcome travellers to a fascinating intellectual journey, as we delve into the captivating lives of our scientists and their stories. Showcasing a myriad of scientific endeavours and mysteries, the steps along the way and the significance of their victories. This is... Around the World in 80 Discoveries, by Alba Victoria.
2022-06-0526 minScience Communication at OtagoAround the World in 80 Discoveries Ep4 - PedroWelcome travellers to a fascinating intellectual journey, as we delve into the captivating lives of our scientists and their stories. Showcasing a myriad of scientific endeavours and mysteries, the steps along the way and the significance of their victories. This is... Around the World in 80 Discoveries, by Alba Victoria.
2022-06-0526 minScience Communication at OtagoAround the World in 80 Discoveries Ep3 - LaraWelcome travellers to a fascinating intellectual journey, as we delve into the captivating lives of our scientists and their stories. Showcasing a myriad of scientific endeavours and mysteries, the steps along the way and the significance of their victories. This is... Around the World in 80 Discoveries, by Alba Victoria.
2022-06-0527 minScience Communication at OtagoAround the World in 80 Discoveries Ep2 - KarlisWelcome travellers to a fascinating intellectual journey, as we delve into the captivating lives of our scientists and their stories. Showcasing a myriad of scientific endeavours and mysteries, the steps along the way and the significance of their victories. This is... Around the World in 80 Discoveries, by Alba Victoria.
2022-06-0525 minScience Communication at OtagoAround the World in 80 Discoveries Ep1 - AlexWelcome travellers to a fascinating intellectual journey, as we delve into the captivating lives of our scientists and their stories. Showcasing a myriad of scientific endeavours and mysteries, the steps along the way and the significance of their victories. This is... Around the World in 80 Discoveries, by Alba Victoria.
2022-06-0526 minScience Communication at OtagoSciComm Presents: Blowing Bubbles - Communicating Bubble Science - Ep. 389389 - Communicating Bubble Science - Nancy Longnecker in Maryhill joins Samuel Mann in Sawyers Bay and Mawera Karetai in Whakatāne. With a contribution from Tahu Mackenzie. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz
For more, look for Blowing Bubbles on Facebook or on Otago Access Radio
2022-06-0555 minScience Communication at OtagoDunedin Stories in Sound Ep3 - Sarah ManktelowDunedin Stories in Sound – a three-part series by Sarah Manktelow – explores Dunedin soundscapes with a focus on our marine environment.
Sarah is an artist who studied ecology and music at Otago before her postgraduate course in science communication. She created Dunedin Stories in Sound for her science communication internship at the University of Otago.
2022-06-0328 minScience Communication at OtagoDunedin Stories in Sound Ep2 - Sarah ManktelowDunedin Stories in Sound – a three-part series by Sarah Manktelow – explores Dunedin soundscapes with a focus on our marine environment.
Sarah is an artist who studied ecology and music at Otago before her postgraduate course in science communication. She created Dunedin Stories in Sound for her science communication internship at the University of Otago.
2022-06-0320 minScience Communication at OtagoDunedin Stories in Sound Ep1 - Sarah ManktelowDunedin Stories in Sound – a three-part series by Sarah Manktelow – explores Dunedin soundscapes with a focus on our marine environment.
Sarah is an artist who studied ecology and music at Otago before her postgraduate course in science communication. She created Dunedin Stories in Sound for her science communication internship at the University of Otago.
2022-06-0313 minScience Communication at OtagoSCOM406: Exploring Soundscape - Sarah ManktelowSCOM406: Exploring Soundscape - Sarah Manktelow
2022-06-0310 minScience Communication at OtagoSCOM406: Waitaki Whitestone Geopark Audio Gems - Nathan HollowsA collection of three short "audio gems" to accompany the signage around the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark. Created for SCOM406: Strategies and Resources
2022-06-0305 minScience Communication at OtagoCharging Ahead Ep4: Electrify the FutureElectrify the Future - EV owners show the road ahead. By Sam Hales.
EV Lifecycle Emissions Report https://theicct.org/publications/EV-battery-manufacturing-emissions Music Intro and Outro theme tune :”Take On Me” The Kyoto Connection. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Sound Effects Little engine: “Old Moped” by Tuben Freesound.org V8 Engine sound: “jeep-grand-cherokee-wj-4-7-engine-reverse-mono” by Soundholder Freesound.org Electric Motor sound: “Accelerating S-Bahn’ by Holophonicaudiolab. Freesound.org All other sounds recorded by presenter S.Hales This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
Published: 24/12/2020 11:44:00 a.m.
2022-06-0314 minScience Communication at OtagoCharging Ahead Ep3: The Current SituationThe Current Situation - The barriers of EV adoption. By Sam Hales
Music Intro and Outro theme tune :”Take On Me” The Kyoto Connection. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Sound Effects Little engine: “Old Moped” by Tuben Freesound.org V8 Engine sound: “jeep-grand-cherokee-wj-4-7-engine-reverse-mono” by Soundholder Freesound.org Electric Motor sound: “Accelerating S-Bahn’ by Holophonicaudiolab. Freesound.org All other sounds recorded by presenter S.Hales
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
Published: 23/12/2020 11:42:00 a.m.
2022-06-0314 minScience Communication at OtagoCharging Ahead EP2: The Right to Clean AirCharging Ahead: The Right to Clean Air - Going Electric to save our lungs. By Sam Hales.
Music Intro and Outro theme tune :”Take On Me” The Kyoto Connection. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Sound Effects Little engine: “Old Moped” by Tuben Freesound.org V8 Engine sound: “jeep-grand-cherokee-wj-4-7-engine-reverse-mono” by Soundholder Freesound.org Electric Motor sound: “Accelerating S-Bahn’ by Holophonicaudiolab. Freesound.org All other sounds recorded by presenter S.Hales
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
Published: 22/12/2020 11:41:00 a.m.
2022-06-0314 minScience Communication at OtagoCharging Ahead Ep1: A Driving CrisisA Driving Crisis - How EVs were shunned for internal combustion. By Sam Hales.
Music Intro and Outro theme tune :”Take On Me” The Kyoto Connection. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Sound Effects Little engine: “Old Moped” by Tuben Freesound.org V8 Engine sound: “jeep-grand-cherokee-wj-4-7-engine-reverse-mono” by Soundholder Freesound.org Electric Motor sound: “Accelerating S-Bahn’ by Holophonicaudiolab. Freesound.org All other sounds recorded by presenter S.Hales This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
Published: 21/12/2020 11:40:00 a.m.
2022-06-0315 minScience Communication at OtagoInterview: Female filmmakers telling important science stories. With Jesse Mulligan and Bérénice MathieuThe invasive seaweed Undaria, known as the Gorse of the sea, is wrecking havoc on the native seaweed of New Zealand.
The process of picking away the pest, plant by plant, in Fiordland has been documented by emerging filmmaker Bérénice Mathieu as part of her work as a student at Otago University's Centre for Science Communication.
2022-06-0308 minScience Communication at OtagoJesse Bering interviews Siouxsie Wiles on Covid-19, conspiracies and a life in scienceScience communicator and 2021 New Zealander of the Year Siouxsie Wiles is dedicated to informing the general public about the issues that matter.
At this year's NZ International Science Festival held in July, she spoke about conspiracy theories, why she's dyed her hair pink for 21 years and how being a goth teenager led her into microbiology.
2022-06-0351 minScience Communication at OtagoRedefining Genetically Modified Organisms in New Zealand - Michelle WalshMichelle Walsh, a Science Communication student at the University of Otago, investigates a recent squabble between two 'biosecurity guardians' of New Zealand, regarding the use of new techniques in genetic modification. This panel-style audio documentary draws on perspectives from scientific research communities and those more directly involved with science-related policy. Michelle talks with Elspeth Macrae, General Manager of Manufacturing and Bioproducts at Scion, Simon Terry, Executive Director of the Sustainability Council of New Zealand and the University of Otago's Peter Dearden, Director of Genetics Otago. A note about the production of this podcast: the interviewees were recorded separately, and did not...
2022-06-0327 minScience Communication at OtagoSCOM409: The significance of statistics - Ellen OzarkaThis podcast, from University of Otago science communication student Ellen Ozarka, explores the funnily named p-value or probability-value.
She asks 'what is a p-value?' and how do we use it?
She also wonders about the consequences of giving numbers too much power.
In science, says Ellen, p-values are often viewed as the only thing that matters, the end all and be all.
But just because that’s how it is, it doesn’t mean that’s how it should be.
2022-06-0311 minScience Communication at OtagoSCOM409: There's something in the water - William BowdenFrom William Bowden for SCOM409 in 2021:
Dr Mike Joy is a freshwater ecologist at Victoria University of Wellington. As a scientist he works in the field, studying freshwater organisms and the complex relationships they have with the aquatic environment. As a science communicator however, Mike has become an active participant in one of New Zealand most controversial issues; the nitrate pollution of New Zealand’s freshwater.
2022-06-0313 minScience Communication at OtagoSCOM409: Never ask a boy "why?" - Mary RabbidgeFrom Mary Rabbidge for SCOM409 in 2018:
Teenage boys are renowned for their impulsive behaviour and lack of self-control.
That’s because the adolescent brain is a construction zone, littered with surging hormones and incomplete neural structures. This plays out in the way boys behave: from harmless pranks to more serious, life-threatening risks.
I ask some real teenage boys just what they get up to when our backs are turned. What are the best things to do when class is a bit boring? The list is lengthy and inventive.
2022-06-0310 minScience Communication at OtagoSCOM409: Exercise Snacking - Katie HopeFrom Katie Hope for SCOM409 in 2013:
If you’ve just made a New Year’s resolution to exercise more and get healthier, then this special summer science podcast is for you. University of Otago science communication student Katie Hope heads along to the School of Physical Education to meet masters student Monique Francois, who is investigating exercise snacking.
Exercise snacking is not about the snacks you eat while you exercise, but rather about taking a number of short intense bites of exercise rather than one longer moderate bout of exercise. Monique is investigating whether exercise snacking, e...
2022-06-0311 minScience Communication at OtagoSCOM409: Woof Woof the talking tui - Joel ZwartzBy Joel Zwartz for SCOM409:
When I first heard Woof Woof talking in a Youtube video, I was struck by the fact that he clearly had a broad Kiwi accent.
Unsurprising, you might say, as he obviously learned to speak by listening to someone who also had a Kiwi accent.
But having done a linguistics degree many years ago, I knew we use the position of our jaw and tongue to produce the two frequencies that make each vowel sound distinct. In fact, linguists describe vowel sounds in terms of these two dimensions of...
2022-06-0314 minScience Communication at OtagoSCOM409: What's in the water; all about the Pb in our H2O - Laura McDonaldAfter the incident in Waikouaiti in Otago where toxic lead was found in the towns drinking water, there has been much question as to where the lead is coming from. After talking to geochemist Mike Palin, his findings suggest that the lead is very low in the natural waters indicating that the lead is likely coming from the towns water pipes, which are in the process of being removed and replaced. Lead is toxic, so why is it that it’s in the water pipes beneath our towns that deliver our drinking water?
This links to an interestin...
2022-06-0314 min
Science Communication at OtagoSCOM409: The Rabbit Problem - Berenice MathieuRabbits have been major pests since they were introduced to New Zealand in the mid-1800s
In 1997, the disease known both as rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) or as rabbit calicivirus was illegally imported into New Zealand in an attempt to control feral rabbits. The introduction dented rabbit numbers for a while but as animals have developed immunity numbers have built up again.
Now the Canterbury Regional Council would like to introduce a more virulent strain of RHD, the K5 variant.
Berenice Mathieu, a student from the Centre for Science Communication at the University of Ot...
2022-06-0315 min