Rnz: Our Changing World

Low-damage buildings don't just save lives in an earthquake - they are designed to be resilient so they can stay in use.

Discover the hidden world of arboreal plants, which get a leg-up in the world by living on trees.

An earthquake engineer talks about modelling strong ground motions in an earthquake and a psychologists talks about what it takes to have a good life.

Information from past earthquakes can be used to prepare a more resilient society that will be better able to cope with future shakes.

When it comes to having a 'good life', there are several key elements - strong intimate relationships and time to relax.

Cancer epidemiologist Brian Cox, from the University of Otago, talks about studying the causes of cancer and new research on diet and bowel cancer.

How river water reaches out to sea and an epidemiologist talks about work into the causes of cancer.

Two self-driving underwater robots are making surprising discoveries about where river water ends up at sea, far from land.

NIWA experts explain the science behind this year's large ozone hole and New Zealand's high UV levels.

NIWA's Richard Querel talks about the ozone hole, including this year's large one, and Ben Liley explains why NZ has such high UV levels.

Returning the mysterious parasitic flowering plant Dactylanthus or pua o te reinga to Zealandia sanctuary, in Wellington.

Iwi representatives & conservationists journey to Zealandia sanctuary to plant seeds of the mysterious parasitic flowering plant Dactylanthus or flower of the underworld.

The invention of a woven bassinet to save babies' lives & a geneticist seeking to understand plants & animals have won awards at the 2020 Research Honours Aotearoa.

Geneticist Neil Gemmell has won the 2020 Hutton Medal for using DNA & new genomic technologies to better understant plants & animals.

The 2020 Tahunui-A-Rangi Award goes to David Tipene Leach for the wahakura, a woven bassinet to address the problem of sudden unexpected death in infancy.

Maria Bargh's work on political economies and the environment is focused on Māori communities and has won her the 2020 Te Puāwaitanga Award.

Unravelling how genes control colour in petunias has won Nick Albert the 2020 Hamilton Award and could help breed more nutritious fruit.

The 2020 Research Honours go to a Nabokov expert, a Maori political economist & a colourful plant breeder, and students talk climate change.

NZ's top research award, the Rutherford Medal, has gone to Brian Boyd, whose work spans Shakespeare to Nabokov to Popper, & weaves arts and sciences together.

A group of Dunedin students talk about what they learned making an Otago Museum exhibition about climate change inequality.