The Science Of…

The Science Of…

The science of everyday things that you’ve always wondered about.

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November 7, 2016 31 mins

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?

Meth houses have been in the headlines lately.

Housing New Zealand has been heavily criticised for using Ministry of Health guidelines designed for clandestine meth labs, to assess homes where the drug has merely been smoked.

And the Ministry ...

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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.

Alison Ballance straps on her skis and her sound recorder, and heads to the slopes of Mount Ruapehu in search of some snowy answers.

Along the way, Alison and co-presenter Katy Gosset learn about the snow-making factory high in the sky, about the snap-freezing propertie...

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August 10, 2017 27 mins

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.

Human sweat - 99 percent water with a dash of salts and a pH of around 4.5, is a much-maligned bodily fluid that plays a vital role in keeping us humans healthy and alive.

The word's beco...

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August 17, 2017 35 mins

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.

From treating a fear of spiders to training young doctors - how real is the promise of Virtual Reality and how is it being used today?

Virtual reality, or VR, tricks our brains to immerse us in any reality we can imagine. It was originall...

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August 24, 2017 37 mins

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?

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 vitamin C really c...

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September 2, 2024 28 mins

Originally published on Our Changing World, Claire Concannon looks into the science of wastewater.

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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