en Science & Medicine nonadult 1223839065 no 95bFM: Dear Science The Tuesday Wire's weekly dive into the wide world of science. Featuring a rotating cast of smart people including Chemist Professor Allan Blackman and Physicist Dr Cushla McGoverin. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow. https://www.95bfm.com/ en https://www.95bfm.com/sites/default/files/DearSciencePOD.jpg 95bFM: Dear Science https://www.95bfm.com/ 95bFM The originator Copyright (c) 1998-2016 95bFM Selected audio on demand from this alternative radio station in Auckland, New Zealand The Tuesday Wire's weekly dive into the wide world of science. Featuring a rotating cast of smart people including Chemist Professor Allan Blackman and Physicist Dr Cushla McGoverin. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow. 95bFM false Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 23 June, 2026 https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/16818/17365663/dear-science-w-professor-allan-blackman-23-june-2026 This week on Dear Science, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, speaks with us about earthquakes moving Japan, nuclear clocks, and sorting recycling.

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]]> https://www.95bfm.com/bcast/dear-science-w-professor-allan-blackman-23-june-2026 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200 95bFM: Dear Science <p>This week on Dear Science, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, speaks with us about <a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-06-powerful-seismic-japan-earthquake-struck.html">earthquakes moving Japan</a>, <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nuclear-clock-atomic-nucleus-first">nuclear clocks</a>, and <a href="https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-scientists-transient-thermal-barcodes-plastic.html">sorting recycling</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.motat.nz/"><strong>MOTAT</strong></a> - Home of Powerful Play!</p> no This week on Dear Science, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, speaks with us about earthquakes moving Japan, nuclear clocks, and sorting recycling. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play! Dear Science w/ Dr. Cushla McGoverin: 16th June, 2026 https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/16818/17363065/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-16th-june-2026 For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr. Cushla McGoverin, chatted with us about the socioeconomics of aging, the global fungal network, and the impact of cyclones on orangutans.

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]]> https://www.95bfm.com/bcast/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-16th-june-2026 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200 95bFM: Dear Science <p>For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr. Cushla McGoverin, chatted with us about the socioeconomics of aging, the global fungal network, and the impact of cyclones on orangutans.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://motat.nz/">MOTAT</a>, home of powerful play!</p> no For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr. Cushla McGoverin, chatted with us about the socioeconomics of aging, the global fungal network, and the impact of cyclones on orangutans. Thanks to MOTAT, … Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 2 June, 2026 https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/16818/17352194/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-2-june-2026 This week for Dear Science, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about tardigrades withstanding heat, nanofibre drug delivery implants, and Lengui the one-handed gorilla.

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]]> https://www.95bfm.com/bcast/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-2-june-2026 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200 95bFM: Dear Science <p>This week for Dear Science, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about <a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-05-tardigrades-reveal-extreme-blocking-survival.html">tardigrades withstanding heat</a>, <a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-05-nanofiber-implant-drugs-survival-glioblastoma.html">nanofibre drug delivery implants</a>, and <a href="https://www.iflscience.com/lengui-the-one-handed-gorilla-has-come-back-from-the-brink-of-death-twice-now-shes-defied-the-odds-again-by-giving-birth-in-the-wild-83665">Lengui the one-handed gorilla</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.motat.nz/">MOTAT</a> - Home of Powerful Play!</p> no This week for Dear Science, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about tardigrades withstanding heat, nanofibre drug delivery implants, and Lengui the one-handed gorilla. Thanks to MOTAT -… Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 26 May, 2026 https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/16818/17348415/dear-science-w-professor-allan-blackman-26-may-2026 For Dear Science this week, our Expert, Professor Allan Blackman, speaks with us about electricity from ambient moisture, bananas in smoothies, and particles to reflect the sun.

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]]> https://www.95bfm.com/bcast/dear-science-w-professor-allan-blackman-26-may-2026 Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +1200 95bFM: Dear Science <p>For Dear Science this week, our Expert, Professor Allan Blackman, speaks with us about electricity from <a href="https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-scientists-generate-electricity-ambient-moisture.html">ambient moisture</a>, <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260524020950.htm">bananas in smoothies</a>, and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/climate/stardust-solutions-geoengineering-cooling-earth.html">particles to reflect the sun</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://MOTAT.NZ">MOTAT</a> - Home of Powerful Play!</p> no For Dear Science this week, our Expert, Professor Allan Blackman, speaks with us about electricity from ambient moisture, bananas in smoothies, and particles to reflect the sun. Thanks to MOTAT -… Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 19 May, 2026 https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/16818/17343845/dear-science-w-professor-allan-blackman-19-may-2026 This week for Dear Science, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, speaks with us about politics affecting trust in experts, solar events recorded in trees, and drought predictions in Aotearoa.

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]]> https://www.95bfm.com/bcast/dear-science-w-professor-allan-blackman-19-may-2026 Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +1200 95bFM: Dear Science <p>This week for Dear Science, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, speaks with us about <a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-05-politics-picture-credentials-seat.html">politics affecting trust in experts</a>, <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260513221818.htm">solar events recorded in trees</a>, and <a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-05-future-big-droughts-worse-nz.html">drought predictions in Aotearoa</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.motat.nz/"><strong>MOTAT</strong></a> - Home of Powerful Play!</p> no This week for Dear Science, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, speaks with us about politics affecting trust in experts, solar events recorded in trees, and drought predictions in… Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 12th May, 2026 https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/16818/17339531/dear-science-w-professor-allan-blackman-12th-may-2026 This week on Dear Science our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about the science behind football players choking, the chemistry behind the taste of beer, and the woman behind determining the structure of insulin. 

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]]> https://www.95bfm.com/bcast/dear-science-w-professor-allan-blackman-12th-may-2026 Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +1200 95bFM: Dear Science <p>This week on Dear Science our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about <a href="https://www.snexplores.org/article/performance-anxiety-choke-penalty-kick">the science</a> behind football players choking, <a href="https://cen.acs.org/articles/104/web/2026/05/taste-chemical-tests-reveal-compounds-beer.html">the chemistry</a> behind the taste of beer, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hodgkin">the woman</a> behind determining the structure of insulin. </p> <p><strong>Thanks to <a href="https://motat.nz/">MOTAT</a>, home of powerful play! </strong></p> no This week on Dear Science our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about the science behind football players choking, the chemistry behind the taste of beer, and the woman behind… Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 5 May, 2026 https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/16818/17335243/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-5-may-2026 For Dear Science this week, our Expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about AI predicting Pancreatic Cancer, Foetal Surgery, and the Yellowstone Volcano.

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]]> https://www.95bfm.com/bcast/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-5-may-2026 Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +1200 95bFM: Dear Science <p>For Dear Science this week, our Expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-can-spot-pancreatic-cancer-years-before-diagnosis-study-finds">AI predicting Pancreatic Cancer</a>, <a href="https://www.livescience.com/health/reproductive-health/two-lives-hang-in-the-balance-risky-surgery-in-the-womb-saved-baby-from-deadly-disorder-at-just-25-weeks-gestation">Foetal Surgery</a>, and the <a href="https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanoes/yellowstones-volcano-may-be-fueled-in-a-very-different-way-than-we-thought">Yellowstone Volcano</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.motat.nz/">MOTAT</a> - Home of Powerful Play!</p> no For Dear Science this week, our Expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about AI predicting Pancreatic Cancer, Foetal Surgery, and the Yellowstone Volcano. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play! Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 21 April, 2026 https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/16818/17333241/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-21-april-2026 This week for Dear Science, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about poisonous frogs, songbirds regenerating neurons, and personalised brain sensors.

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]]> https://www.95bfm.com/bcast/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-21-april-2026 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1200 95bFM: Dear Science <p>This week for Dear Science, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about <a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-04-poison-frogs-built-chemical-weapons.html">poisonous frogs</a>, <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-songbird-brains-generate-neurons-human.html">songbirds regenerating neurons</a>, and <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-3d-brain-sensors-personalized-neural.html">personalised brain sensors</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.motat.nz/">MOTAT</a> - Home of Powerful Play!</p> no This week for Dear Science, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about poisonous frogs, songbirds regenerating neurons, and personalised brain sensors. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful… Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 14 April, 2026 https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/16818/17333240/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-14-april-2026 For Dear Science this week, we are joined by our Expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, who chats with us about Male Contraceptives, Osteoarthritis, and Kākāpō breeding.

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]]> https://www.95bfm.com/bcast/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-14-april-2026 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1200 95bFM: Dear Science <p>For Dear Science this week, we are joined by our Expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, who chats with us about <a href="https://www.iflscience.com/new-step-towards-male-contraception-as-sperm-production-blocked-safely-and-reversibly-without-hormones-83109">Male Contraceptives</a>, <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-nerve-growth-factor-triggers-osteoarthritis.html">Osteoarthritis</a>, and <a href="https://www.livescience.com/animals/birds/worlds-fattest-parrot-has-record-breaking-breeding-season">Kākāpō breeding</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.motat.nz/">MOTAT</a> - Home of Powerful Play!</p> no For Dear Science this week, we are joined by our Expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, who chats with us about Male Contraceptives, Osteoarthritis, and Kākāpō breeding. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play! Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 7 April,, 2026 https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/16818/17333239/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-7-april-2026 For Dear Science this week, our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about Artemis II, and Forever Chemicals in Bacteria.

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]]> https://www.95bfm.com/bcast/dear-science-w-dr-cushla-mcgoverin-7-april-2026 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1200 95bFM: Dear Science <p>For Dear Science this week, our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about Artemis II, and <a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-04-bacteria-chemicals-cell-membranes.html">Forever Chemicals in Bacteria</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play!</p> no For Dear Science this week, our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about Artemis II, and Forever Chemicals in Bacteria. Thanks to MOTAT - Home of Powerful Play!