95bfm: Dear Science

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about how a journal has retracted a study on a weed killer, how it’s easier to identify a cat by its purr rather than meow, and how time is faster on Mars. Landing 20 December, Forces of Flight, MOTAT’s newest Aviation Hall exhibition - Discover the forces that take you sky-high! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about what may have triggered the Black Death, a chameleon-like nanomaterial, and how microbes could help protect underground nuclear waste. Landing 20 December, Forces of Flight, MOTAT’s newest Aviation Hall exhibition - Discover the forces that take you sky-high! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about food waste and strategies for limiting food waste and E.coli being used to create rainbow dye. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow! Christmas Lights at MOTAT - experience Auckland’s most magical Christmas lights - heritage trams, festive music, Santa visits, and thousands of sparkling lights Tickets at motat.nz 

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about moss in space, a use for mosquitos, and how turtles detect magnetic fields. Christmas Lights at MOTAT - experience Auckland’s most magical Christmas lights - heritage trams, festive music, Santa visits, and thousands of sparkling lights Tickets at MOTAT.NZ.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about human endurance, the benefits of speaking multiple languages, and risks of methanol poisoning Christmas Lights at MOTAT - experience Auckland’s most magical Christmas lights - heritage trams, festive music, Santa visits, and thousands of sparkling lights Tickets at MOTAT.NZ.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin about the world’s biggest spiderweb, bacteria movement, and the Marsden Fund Awards for 2025.  Journey into MOTAT this Sunday 16 November to celebrate all things train, tram and track with LIVE DAY: Rail! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about ice variations, the international space station, and a problem in the atmosphere. Journey into MOTAT next Sunday 16 November to celebrate all things train, tram and track with LIVE DAY: Rail! Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about Napoleon’s army, pill-sized bioprinters, and mushroom memory chips.  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman talks about Alfred Nobel, stalagmites, and a high resolution telescope accomplishment. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin talks with us about the Nobel prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry, and Physics. Love all things trams? LIVE Day: Trams is on at MOTAT this Sunday 19 October! Check out their impressive collection and catch a ride on one of the steam trains. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.