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The Tuesday Wire's weekly dive into the wide world of science. Featuring a rotating cast of smart people including AUT Chemistry professor Allan Blackman and Senior Lecturer Marcus Jones. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow

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    Dear Science w/ Dr. Cushla McGoverin: 27th May, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025


    This week on Dear Science, we chatted with our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin, about infrared contact lenses, giant sloths, and new tech to break down biofilms.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 20th May, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about personalised gene therapy, using molecules to spell a word, and the technique for the perfect manu.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 13th May, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about a new variation on the classic marshmallow experiment, a strange method of developing snake antivenom, and a new development in lithium ion batteries. 

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 6th May, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about people falsely reporting what they eat, fluoride in drinking water, and a retracted paper on the Sodom comet. 

    Dear Science w/ Dr. Cushla McGoverin: 29th April, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about tree climbing salamanders, lab grown teeth, warnings for volcanic eruptions.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 22nd April, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert Professor Allan Blackman about dimethyl sulphide on exoplanet k2-18b, farming nickel with plants, and turning rainfall into electricity. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 15th April, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about using physics to make more efficient coffee, inuit words for snow, and Leonardo Da Vinci's birthday.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 8th April, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, chatted with us about research on multiple sclerosis, links between marriage and dementia, and a new massive particle collider.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 1st April, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert Dr. Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about various April Fools pranks in the world of science, including the 'Sheep Albedo Hypothesis' from here in Aotearoa.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 25th March, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025


    This week on Dear Science, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about grey seals' blood oxygen levels, phrases likely to get your articles cited, and an Australian man importing plutonium. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 18th March, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin, we chatted about the Red Princess of the Silk Road, the colours of Mesozoic mammals, and how life formed on planet Earth.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 11th March, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about the world's oldest meteorite crater, healing the hole in the ozone, and high-fat diets impacting memory. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 4 March, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025


    For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats to us about the International Space Station being too clean, birds of paradise being more colourful than we originally thought, and stretchy displays. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 25th February, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025


    For Dear Science this week, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about a new nuclear fusion record, a new ice type, and aromatherapy causing air pollution.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 18 February, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025


    For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats to us about ancient Egyptian mummies smelling good, antidepressants potentially being able to protect against infections and sepsis, and using quantum inspiration to develop methods for classical computing memory. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 11th February, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025


    For Dear Science this week our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted to us about cooking the perfect egg, how fear works in the brain, and which gender talks more. 

    Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 4th February, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025


    This week on Dear Science, our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about the applications of quantum mechanics in computing, communication, and sensing.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 28th January, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025


    This week on Dear Science our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, chatted with us about Ernest Rutherford, the man on the $100 bill, and how he split the atom. 

    Dear Science w/ Dr. Cushla McGoverin: 21 January, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025


    For Dear Science this week, our expert Dr Cushla McGover chatted to us about lost photos being unveiled of a giant horned dinosaur, analysing for the restoration of a 2100 year old Alexander the Great mosaic, and cartilage similar to bubble wrap. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 14th January, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025


    For Dear Science this week our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about extra-long ice chunks, lead poisoning in Ancient Rome, and a mystery volcano in 1831.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 17th December, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024


    For Dear Science this week our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted to us about mealworms eating plastic, spray on tattoos measuring brain activity, and neanderthal-human interbreeding.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Dr. Cushla McGoverin: 10th December, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024


    This week on Dear Science, our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about what latrines teach us about people, climate variation affecting Chinese dynasties, and invasive species becoming threatened. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Doctor Joel Rindelaub: 3rd December, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024


    For Dear Science this week our expert Doctor Joel Rindelaub chatted to us about fungi recognising patterns, trees reducing inflammation, and how to give good gifts.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

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    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 26th November, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024


    This week on Dear Science, our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted to us about amphibian fossils in Wyoming and the science of squirting cucumbers.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 19th November, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024


    This week on Dear Science, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted to us about how mining old data from NASA's Voyager two has solved a variety of mysteries about Uranus, lizard spit being able to detect a rare pancreatic tumour, and elephants turning a hose into a showering tool. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 12th November, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024


    This week on Dear Science our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about self-experimentation, infinite monkeys, and votes for Charles Darwin. 

    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 5th November, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024


    This week on Dear Science our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted to us about glowing green gel used in eye surgery, rats sniffing out contraband goods, and how parrot feathers get their colours. 

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 29th October, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024


    This week on Dear Science, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted to us about the new largest known prime number, Carl Djerassi's birthday, and recycling gold from e-waste. 

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    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 22nd October, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024


    For Dear Science this week, our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted to us about monarch butterfly migration, underground worms and snails, and new discoveries regarding the Tasmanian tiger genome. 

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 1st October, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024


    On Dear Science this week, our expert Professor Allan Blackman spoke to us about neuroscience findings under scrutiny, new information about the Franklin expedition, and the failure of Thalidomide. 

    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 24th September, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024


    On Dear Science this week, our expert Dr. Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about pandas' diets becoming less varied, concentrating COVID-19 in one place during testing, and the development of porous liquids. 

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 17th September, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024


    On Dear Science this week, our expert Professor Allan Blackman spoke to us about the ten winners of the ig Nobel Prizes. You can read more about them here. 

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 10th September, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024


    This week on Dear Science, our expert Allan Blackman chatted to us about genetic fingerprints, mobile phones and brain cancer, and foods that can make you live longer. 

    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 3rd September, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024


    This week on Dear Science, our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted to us about bats with glowing toes, glue to seal wounds inside the body, and a discovery allowing for more green and yellow lasers. 

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 27th August, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024


    For Dear Science this week, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about mosquitoes using infrared detection, paper versus digital testing, and waste from the production of whisky. 

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 20th August, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024


    This week on Dear Science, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about people aging in spikes, poisonous dyes used on books, and water found underground on Mars. 

    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 13th August, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024


    For Dear Science this week our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted to us about a parasite taking drugs to the brain, tarantulas making friends, and social groups of lions. 

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 6th August, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024


    In a unique edition of Dear Science, expert Professor Allan Blackman spoke to us about the 250th anniversary of the discovery of oxygen, the history of the person who did it, and oxygen facts in the 21st century. 

    Dear Science w/ Caeden and Castor: 30th July, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024


    Bit of a strange Dear Science this week, as both of our regularly scheduled experts happened to be absent. In their place, regular Tuesday Wire host Castor and Thursday Wire host Caeden took us through a series of interesting topics new to both them and listeners! This week on Dear Science, we chatted about phone use while driving, potential life on Mars, and iron on the teeth of Komodo dragons. 

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 23rd July, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024


    For Dear Science this week, our expert Professor Allan Blackman spoke to us about plants not holding as much carbon as we thought, tea tasting worse due to air pressure, and previously extinct giant millipedes.

    Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 16th July, 2024.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024


    For Dear Science this week, we chatted to Doctor Cushla McGoverin about giving an old antibiotic a makeover, frozen woolly mammoth DNA, and a mummified crocodile's final snack. 

    Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 9th July, 2024.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024


    This week on Dear Science, Wire host Castor chatted to Professor Allan Blackman about fighting cancer with gold nanoparticles, trends in the melodies of popular music, and NASA's fake Mars mission. 

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