Podcast appearances and mentions of allan blackman

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Madison Burgess-Smith and Allan Blackman. They discuss the extreme weather pelting the country today, the anxiety it causes, and today's doctor's strike. 

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Madison Burgess-Smith and Allan Blackman. They discuss a sex toy company struggling to find an insurer and the Christchurch community board member fighting to save a local garden. 

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!

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!

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Cindy Mitchener and Allan Blackman. The trio discuss The Reserve Bank cutting the official cash rate to 3.5 percent. Plus they discuss a new study which looks into the abuse suffered by female MPs in New Zealand.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Cindy Mitchener and Allan Blackman. The trio discuss a petition to change the ACC laws for firefighters who volunteer. Plus they speak to a local business owner about what happens when your town gets a bypass.

Science commentator Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to look at the success had by Colossal Biosciences at bringing back the dire wolf, which went extinct 12,500 years ago.

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!

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!

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Allan Blackman and Nicky Pellegrino. They discuss the meeting between Foreign Minister Winston Peters and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and how a change in approach to rates could spell the end for AirBnB hosts in Wellington.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Allan Blackman and Nicky Pellegrino. In the second half of the show, they discuss the waste issues emerging from the new school lunch programme and cafe's selling subscriptions for coffees.

Science correspondent Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to talk about a new part of the immune system that's been discovered and how it could be a goldmine of potential antibiotics. NASA has switched off two instruments on its Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft in order to preserve their lifespan. The two craft are in interstellar space after their launch in 1977 - having travelled a combined 46 billion kilometres to be the farthest human-built objects from Earth. And could footballers' fingers and height predict their exercise performance?

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!

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!

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Allan Blackman & Cindy Mitchener. They discuss President Trump's tarriffs and The Resere Bank Governor's resignation.

Tonight on the Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Allan Blackman & Cindy Mitchener. They discuss changes to laws around name suppression and the million dollar dunny set for demolition

Science correspondent Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to talk about what samples of the asteroid Bennu reveal about the building blocks of life on Earth.

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!

Science correspondent Allan Blackman talks about how the theory of quantum mechanics was born back in 1925, and the ways it's gone on to change our lives by enabling a range of technologies we now rely on. 

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. 

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. 

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Jenni Giblin and Allan Blackman talk about breaking our obsession with property investment and home ownership, share memories of digging for toheroa, and farewell the "workhorses of the skies" as three Air Force Hercules formally retire after 60 years of service.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Jenni Giblin and Allan Blackman discuss being at Waitangi to celebrate Waitangi Day with a South Island mayor who wishes he'd done it sooner, and ask whether banks should be deciding who they lend to, after the Prime Minister criticised some banks for withdrawing services from businesses like petrol stations and mines. 

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. 

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!

Brigitte Morten, Neale Jones, Victoria Young and Allan Blackman look back on 2024, as part of Nine to Noon's farewell to 2024 show.

Brigitte Morten, Neale Jones, Victoria Young and Allan Blackman look back on 2024, as part of Nine to Noon's farewell to 2024 show.

Science commentator Allan Blackman looks at a recent study that has scientists warning about "mirror life" - a category of synthetic organisms that could pose unprecedented risks to human life and eco-systems. 

Science correspondent Allan Blackman looks at a new analysis of Uranus and its five biggest moons that's found it might not be as sterile as first thought. 

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.!

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists discuss an NZTA Tweet which could be interpreted as encouraging people to drive faster.. Plus Queenstown's population growth. Will it become Queens-city?

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists discuss off-shore wind developer BlueFloat Energy withdrawing from NZ, the volunteer Fire-brigade celebrating it's 150th anniversary. Wallace also asks the Question of The Day - which white lies did your parents tell you growing up?

Science correspondent Allan Blackman looks at a new study into whether cats are really liquid (just search the internet).

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. 

Science correspondent Allan Blackman looks at new research into metformin, a diabetes drug that's showing promise in slowing aging. 

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. 

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. 

As the second-biggest diamond is dug out of the earth, science correspondent Allan Blackman looks at why we use the term carat to describe them and why they spontaneously turn into graphite.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Georgie Stylianou and Allan Blackman talk a new report that shows NZ workers were twice as likely to die from a workplace incident than workers in Australia. They also look at recommendations from the Helen Clark Foundation to combat the risk of political corruption in New Zealand.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Georgie Stylianou and Allan Blackman discuss new measures to clamp down on drugged and drunk drivers as well as anti-social boy racer begavior described as "evil' by Police. Then all bets are off as it's a classic Panel show and tell where listeners talk about their memories of being on a parade float.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ruth Money and Allan Blackman discuss Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith's decision to extradite Kim Dotcom, the Government's plan to restructure Whaikaha Ministry of Disabled People, and the Hobson's Pledge ad that landed on the cover of the NZ Herald.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ruth Money and Allan Blackman discuss Nelson City Council's 'Freebie Friday' proposal and the origins of swear words. 

Science communicator Allan Blackman looks at a trial that's been labelled a "game-changer" in HIV prevention. 

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. 

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.

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. 

Science commentator Allan Blackman joins Kathryn for a look at a new study that's found honeybees can detect the subtle scents of lung cancer in the lab - even from a patient's breath. And researchers have been looking at the benefits of gold nano-particles in fighting cancer cells - how what's been found could fuel further research and a flexible solution for separating gases could make the process less energy-intensive and cheaper. Allan Blackman is a Professor of Chemistry, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology

For Dear Science this week our expert Professor Allan Blackman spoke to us about a genome in a tiny fern, a paper retracted about Alzheimers, and a study on success and failure. 

Science commentator Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to talk about the New Caledonian fork fern which now holds the record for the largest amount of DNA stored in its nucleus of any living organism on the planet. He'll also look at the stromatolites found in Saudi Arabia that are believed to be the earliest geological record of life on Earth. And it turns out the evolution of the length of giraffe's neck was driven by food, not sex. Allan Blackman is a Professor of Chemistry, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology.

Science correspondent Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to talk about the new research conducted on samples of composer Ludwig van Beethoven's hair, clipped from his head from fans as he lay dying. It's found a staggering amount of lead and other toxins in his body - could wine be to blame? And amid aurora-fever, what causes the different colours that feed into the incredible light display? Allan Blackman is a Professor of Chemistry, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology.