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Our Changing World for Thursday 27 June 2019

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  • Indium - Queen of the touchscreen

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    8:00 AM.Indium is a very soft metal, and as indium-tin-oxide it is an indispensable part of the swipeability of touchscreens, says Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 37 of Elemental. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 27 June 2019

    science environment

    9:05 PM.NIWA is putting freshwater fish through their paces in a swimming test, and the story of indium, the chemical element that is the Queen of the touchscreen. Audio

  • Freshwater fish swim for science

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    Young inanga (Galaxias maculatus) make up most of the whitebait runs in New Zealand.

    9:06 PM.NIWA scientists are putting freshwater fish such as inanga through swimming trials, to find out how they cope with water moving at different speeds. Read more Video, Audio

  • Kākāpō waiting game

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    Daryl Eason, from the Department of Conservation's Kākāpō Recovery programme, watches on as hand-reared chicks Tiwhiri-2-A and Marama-1-A learn to eat different native plants as they prepare for their release into the wild.

    6:00 PM.The kākāpō health crisis is stable, with no further cases of aspergillosis diagnosed, and seven hand-reared chicks have been successfully released in the wild, in ep 21 of the Kākāpō Files. Read more Audio

  • Iodine - a vital trace element

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    8:00 AM.A lack of iodine causes goitre, and seafood and iodised salt are good sources of this important trace element, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT, in ep 38 of Elemental. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 20 June 2019
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