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Weekly interviews with scientists showcasing the awesome research going on in New Zealand!

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“I am always amazed by the large amount of information that tiny zircons contain" @ZiyiZhu8 Supermountains! Evolution! Hear more about Ziyi's #sciencejourney and what her and the team @ANUmedia discovered... #RSESrockstarts #geology #earthscience
Truly Curious@truecuriosity19 Jun 2022
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Science, but this time, not on a napkin.. I had a great time interviewing and writing about the awesome work of @PalaeoJenn & @Yiming_V_Wang using ostrich beads to reconstruct past interactions between African populations over 50,000 years. #archaeology #palaeoclimate
Truly Curious@truecuriosity10 Mar 2022
Ostrich beads mark the ebb and flow of migration trulycurious.com/2022/03/09/… #science #archaeology #africa
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So proud to call this amazing science communicator and scientist my friend… check out his interview at..
Our Changing World@RNZScience7 Sep 2021
Listen today, 3:35pm, on @radionz @JMulliganRNZ - Jacques de Satgé tells Claire about his research into how banded rail use mangrove habitats. Footprint surveys & GPS tagging means @jdesatge now has a clearer picture of how this cryptic bird interacts with native mangroves.
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Dr Heidi Gardner was fed up with being told she "didn't look like a scientist", so she decided to smash some stereotypes. Watch #Loop tonight at 11.30pm bbc.in/2yKCQp0

My designs tackle stereotypes in science | Loop

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NIWA is searching for the owner of a USB stick found in the poo of a leopard seal… Recognise this video? Scientists analysing the scat of leopard seals have come across an unexpected discovery – a USB stick full of photos & still in working order! ow.ly/tBcR30nA3Tm
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It’s the final episode of this series of Science on a Napkin! This week it’s all about #ArtificialIntelligence as I talk to Dr Albert Yeap @AUTuni about how he uses robots aka Albots to understand the mind.. bit.ly/2GxzjkZ @NZScienceLearn @AIForumNZ

Science on a Napkin- Episode 10 - Albert Yeap

In the final episode of the series, I chat with Dr Albert Yeap, a P...

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Thanks to @The_BigQ for the awesome panel discussion on #climatechange featuring some badass/inspiring NZ researchers: @CubaRaglanGuy @drmegparsons @SENissen and Lyn Carter!
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What is the most numerous entity on the planet? Bacteriophages! Never heard of them? Check out my chat with @DrHHNZ from @MasseyUni to find out how these amazing viruses can be used to help New Zealand honeybees 🐝 @NZScienceLearn @kok_danielle #ABAtE m.youtube.com/watch?v=bHSdb4…
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#Statistics... Scientists all need it, yet it doesn’t often get painted as the most exciting discipline...This week Dr Marti Anderson, an Ecological Statistician from @MasseyUni describes the awesome stuff statistics can achieve... @NZScienceLearn #STEMnz bit.ly/2P43dMw
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Science Media Centre NZ@smcnz27 Nov 2018
Dr Erin Leitao from @ScienceUoA talks to @ninetonoon about the potential of using silicon dioxide (sand) as a potential replacement for oil as a raw material radionz.co.nz/national/progr…

New science in a grain of sand

Silicon dioxide, the raw material found in sand, is an earth abundant resource. However, beach and riverbed sand, isn't the only source of silicon dioxide and this is where the potential lies. Dr...

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Ever had to fight to scrape the remnants of coffee foam from your cup? This week @JeromeLeveneur from @gnsscience explains how they tackle this through manipulating material surfaces... @NZScienceLearn #STEMnz #scicomm m.youtube.com/watch?v=gGEN7S…
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Science on a Napkin is having a week off but still had time to hear about Dr Craig Stevens’ @wavygk @niwa_nz @AucklandUni awesome work researching how ice is being created not just destroyed below the Ross Ice Shelf, thanks @AucklandMeetup !
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Gabby O'Connor@o_gabbyo11 Nov 2018
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@housescinz symposium #lowerhutt #sciencerocks #palmyrocks will hide this, but not until I’ve shown my kids and we make more #scicommnz
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Was great hearing about carbon sequestration in Auckland’s trees from Dr Luitgard Schwendenmann from @AucklandUni @EnvUoA at the #WaitemataLowCarbonNetwork last night @sustaincoasts beautiful flagship #livelightly
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This week I have a drink with Dr Nancy Bertler from @VicUniWgtn @gnsscience #antarcticresearchcentre and discuss what ice cores can tell us about past and future climate change... bit.ly/2JHLklD @NZScienceLearn @AntarcticaNZ #STEMnz #scicomm
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For Halloween, make sure you’re educated on the spooky facts of climate change! #ActOnClimate #ScienceNotSilence
Climate Central@ClimateCentral31 Oct 2018
Stay tuned for Stranger Things Season 3: Stranger Weather #Halloween
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Ever wondered how allergies develop? This week on @NapkinScience I chat with Dr Katherine Woods from the @Malaghan_Inst about how eczema in early life can develop into more serious allergies in adulthood... @NZScienceLearn #STEMnz #scicomm bit.ly/2ADXysJ
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Volunteers needed! NIWA is launching a huge #citizenscience project seeking volunteers to help capture old weather data from epic Southern Ocean voyages & Antarctic explorations to prepare for future changes: youtube.com/watch?time_conti… Read more: ow.ly/vfVK30mq4OH

Volunteers needed to unlock historic weather secrets

Help key in weather data here:https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/...

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We know you've been waiting to 👀 sea salps closeup & in the flesh er... jelly. The #SalpPOOP voyage team on board Tangaroa have sampled a diverse size range of #salps from different depths & researchers reveal some intriguing facts about these carbon-fixing heroes of the sea
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Dr Lorna Strachan 🌊🔨@NZSeds26 Oct 2018
Here’s the brilliant group of researchers I’m working with on a range of sedimentology questions from offshore NZ! Here having cake, tea and looking at cores, with a stunning view of Auckland.
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