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The first 1,000 days of dinner
25 May 2020
Researchers have produced a snapshot of what our infants are eating. The research holds clues to how Aotearoa’s children have become the second most obese in the world and what we might do about it.
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Double check on climate change models with matauranga Māori
24 May 2020
Māori were skilled ocean voyagers. Their ancient knowledge of clouds could inform the accuracy of contemporary climate change models.
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Plastic leachate at the base of food web
21 April 2020
Are microplastics disrupting the tiny creatures crucial to our marine food web?
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Plastic plague for our waterways
21 April 2020
Researchers find microplastic pollution in Auckland waterways that rival that found in the Rhine.
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The secret life of our aquifers
21 April 2020
What is the impact of nitrogen pollution on our aquifers providing drinking water for 40 percent of New Zealanders?
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Meet the reef whisperer
21 April 2020
By eavesdropping on the ocean researchers have found novel ways to revitalise seascapes suffering from climate change.
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Psychedelics on trip back from fringe
21 April 2020
LSD and ketamine are illegal drugs. They also hold new hope for people with serious depression and addictions resistant to current therapy.
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Real life tricorder screens skin cancers
21 April 2020
More New Zealanders die from skin cancers each year than on our roads. A real 'tricorder' aims to cut that death toll.
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The human advantage in the age of machines
21 April 2020
Honouring what it is to be human is how we can best respond to the change Artificial Intelligence and Big Tech are bringing to the nature of work.
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The psychology of sustainable workplaces
21 April 2020
By acknowledging universal psychogical drivers we can build more sustainable workplaces and organisations.
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'Crazy' idea leads to brain disease breakthrough
21 April 2020
How a hunch led to a new way to grow human brain cells to investigate an array of challenging disorders.
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Can you trust a robot?
21 April 2020
Robot caregivers can help maintain independence as we age, but the trick is getting humans to trust them.
