Episodes

  • Meth Houses

    Meth Houses
    Nov 8 2016
    How safe are meth houses, really? And what's it like to go inside? Katy Gosset and Alison Ballance take the plunge and ask how much meth is too much when it comes to setting a national standard?
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    32 mins
  • Snow

    Snow
    Nov 15 2016
    What is snow? How and where is it made? Why is it white? Alison Ballance and Katy Gosset head to Mt Ruapehu in search of the answers to all your questions about snow.
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    31 mins
  • Sweat

    Sweat
    Aug 10 2017
    Simon Morton and Alison Ballance present a three-part series exploring the science of sweat, virtual reality and Vitamin C. This week, the function of a much-maligned bodily fluid that plays a vital role in keeping us humans healthy and alive.
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    27 mins
  • Virtual Reality

    Virtual Reality
    Aug 18 2017
    We go beyond gaming to explore how VR works, what it's being used for (from treating a fear of spiders, to training young doctors) and ask if it's yet making any compelling case to be in every home.
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    35 mins
  • Vitamin C

    Vitamin C
    Aug 24 2017
    What is vitamin C and why do we need it? Which foods have the most vitamin C? Should we pop pills when we think we're getting a cold, or are we just producing expensive urine? And can vit C really cure cancer, or is it all hype?
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    38 mins
  • Wastewater

    Wastewater
    Sep 2 2024
    Originally published on Our Changing World, Claire Concannon looks into the science of wastewater.
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    28 mins