95bFM: Dear Science

This week for Dear Science, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, speaks with us about politics affecting trust in experts, solar events recorded in trees, and drought predictions in Aotearoa. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play!

This week on Dear Science our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about the science behind football players choking, the chemistry behind the taste of beer, and the woman behind determining the structure of insulin.  Thanks to MOTAT, home of powerful play! 

For Dear Science this week, our Expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about AI predicting Pancreatic Cancer, Foetal Surgery, and the Yellowstone Volcano. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play!

This week for Dear Science, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about poisonous frogs, songbirds regenerating neurons, and personalised brain sensors. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play!

For Dear Science this week, we are joined by our Expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, who chats with us about Male Contraceptives, Osteoarthritis, and Kākāpō breeding. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play!

For Dear Science this week, we are joined by our Expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, who chats with us about Male Contraceptives, Osteoarthritis, and Kākāpō breeding. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play!

For Dear Science this week, our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about Artemis II, and Forever Chemicals in Bacteria. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play!

For Dear Science this week, our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about Artemis II, and Forever Chemicals in Bacteria. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin speaks with us about scientists using humour, sea slug colours, and wound healing imaging. Thanks to MOTAT, The home of Powerful Play!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin speaks with us about scientists using humour, sea slug colours, and wound healing imaging. Thanks to MOTAT, The home of Powerful Play!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, talks with us about better superconductors, hexagonal diamonds, and Pi. Thanks to MOTAT, the Museum inspiring the Innovators of Tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, talks with us about better superconductors, hexagonal diamonds, and Pi. Thanks to MOTAT, the Museum inspiring the Innovators of Tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about research into cannibalistic orcas, engineering bacteria to eat cancerous tumours, and mycorrhizal networks suffering in warming soil. Thanks to MOTAT, the Museum inspiring the Innovators of Tomorrow!  

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about research into cannibalistic orcas, engineering bacteria to eat cancerous tumours, and mycorrhizal networks suffering in warming soil. Thanks to MOTAT, the Museum inspiring the Innovators of Tomorrow!  

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, chats with us about the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, squeaky rubber shoes, and plastic made from milk. Thanks to MOTAT, the Museum inspiring the Innovators of Tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, chats with us about the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, squeaky rubber shoes, and plastic made from milk. Thanks to MOTAT, the Museum inspiring the Innovators of Tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about the ‘Spinosaurus', a repellent for bed bugs, and research on the inner ear and hearing loss STEM Fair is back again at MOTAT on the 28th to 29th of March -- Enjoy hands-on activities and demonstrations all weekend long!  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about the ‘Spinosaurus', a repellent for bed bugs, and research on the inner ear and hearing loss STEM Fair is back again at MOTAT on the 28th to 29th of March -- Enjoy hands-on activities and demonstrations all weekend long!  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about a new solar solution, the periodic table anniversary, and the latest research on human senses. The song featured on the show was Senses Working Overtime by XTC  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about a new solar solution, the periodic table anniversary, and the latest research on human senses. The song featured on the show was Senses Working Overtime by XTC  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, right in the mood of the Winter Olympics, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about snow, ice, and “freezing-point depression”. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!  

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about how light could be used as a painkiller, research on early signs of dementia, and the ‘mental trap' that leads to indecision. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about bacteria using a corkscrew technique, the financial costs of period pain, and hygiene in Pompeii's baths. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about a new study about a ‘bombshell' discovery around microplastics in the body, a meta-analysis study on pain killer use during pregnancy, and new evidence that horses can smell your fear. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about a new technique for diagnosing microbial infections, new research on climate risk perceptions, and a Danish invention that could prevent counterfeiting. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about how a journal has retracted a study on a weed killer, how it's easier to identify a cat by its purr rather than meow, and how time is faster on Mars. Landing 20 December, Forces of Flight, MOTAT's newest Aviation Hall exhibition - Discover the forces that take you sky-high! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about what may have triggered the Black Death, a chameleon-like nanomaterial, and how microbes could help protect underground nuclear waste. Landing 20 December, Forces of Flight, MOTAT's newest Aviation Hall exhibition - Discover the forces that take you sky-high! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about food waste and strategies for limiting food waste and E.coli being used to create rainbow dye. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow! Christmas Lights at MOTAT - experience Auckland's most magical Christmas lights - heritage trams, festive music, Santa visits, and thousands of sparkling lights Tickets at motat.nz 

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about moss in space, a use for mosquitos, and how turtles detect magnetic fields. Christmas Lights at MOTAT - experience Auckland's most magical Christmas lights - heritage trams, festive music, Santa visits, and thousands of sparkling lights Tickets at MOTAT.NZ.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about human endurance, the benefits of speaking multiple languages, and risks of methanol poisoning Christmas Lights at MOTAT - experience Auckland's most magical Christmas lights - heritage trams, festive music, Santa visits, and thousands of sparkling lights Tickets at MOTAT.NZ.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin about the world's biggest spiderweb, bacteria movement, and the Marsden Fund Awards for 2025.  Journey into MOTAT this Sunday 16 November to celebrate all things train, tram and track with LIVE DAY: Rail! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about ice variations, the international space station, and a problem in the atmosphere. Journey into MOTAT next Sunday 16 November to celebrate all things train, tram and track with LIVE DAY: Rail! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about Napoleon's army, pill-sized bioprinters, and mushroom memory chips.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman talks about Alfred Nobel, stalagmites, and a high resolution telescope accomplishment. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin talks with us about the Nobel prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry, and Physics. Love all things trams? LIVE Day: Trams is on at MOTAT this Sunday 19 October! Check out their impressive collection and catch a ride on one of the steam trains. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

For Dear Science this week, our expert,Professor Allan Blackman about Dame Jane Goodall, discoveries in Bearded Vulture's nests and fresh clues of a new planet. Love all things trams? LIVE Day: Trams is on at MOTAT next Sunday 19 October! Check out their impressive collection and catch a ride on one of the steam trains. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin speaks with us about a crafty way to fix broken bones, an unusual surgery to restore vision, and a long extinct New Zealand penguin species. These School Holidays at MOTAT, test your communication skills, become a Pilot of the Future and see automatic tech take off! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman speaks with us about the Mars orbiter, ethanol in fruit and how to avoid mozzie bites. These School Holidays at MOTAT, test your communication skills, become a Pilot of the Future and see automatic tech take off! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin speaks with us about potential biosignatures on Mars, iridescent mammals & plastic waste for carbon capture.  Celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori at MOTAT with a week full of playful, creative, and hands-on experiences for tamariki and whānau! From 13 to 21 September Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

This week on Dear Science our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, the Voyager One getting really hot in space, breakfast impacting life expectancy, and nuclear fusion in Palladium metal. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Daniel Thomas all about ‘interactions': strangers who have the same reactions to movies are more likely to become friends, a study has found that apes do have object permanence, and spiders use trapped fireflies to catch more prey.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman will be talking to us about all things birds: including the discovery of an extinct species of duck, the effect of light pollution on birdsong, and unexpected findings about bird pooping habits.  Bonus honourable mention for the first ever Hong Kong bird contest this week! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!