A crew of ingenious academics from the University Of Auckland educate you on a range of thought-provoking topics. Whakarongo mai to learn about how research taking place right here at Waipapa Taumata Rau impacts you. Thanks to the University of Auckland.
Mikey and Dr. Alex Müntz face each other for a stare off, looking to diagnose Dry Eye Disease or DED. Expert in Ophthalmology, the University of Auckland's Dr. Alex Müntz, joins us in studio to talk about the ongoing research into dry eyes. Aren't tears strange? If dry eyes is something you are experience, give 022 EYE PAIN a call to participate in their research.
Dr. Anne Gaskett, from the University of Auckland, comes in to teach Mike and Tess a few things about the wonderful world of flowers, in particualr, orchids. Their behaviours are fascinating, specifically how they fool insects into pollinating their flowers using mimicry as well as other sensory deception techniques to attract insects. You can check out more of her work here.
An exciting moment for Dr. Rick Henry, senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, when the building he and his team designed, withstood one of the largest shake tables in the world. Dr. Rick Henry specializes in engineering earthquake safe buildings and is steadily making progress internationally. Very safe and sturdy.
The University of Auckland's PhD candidate Romana Grubner (also featuring in Animal Minds) is focused on studying the New Caledonian crow, you know, the crow with tool-making and problem solving abilities. While being compared to the way humans play chess, the crow collects tools and plans out a sequence of behaviours before taking on a task. Wowee, very fascinating stuff!
Thanks to the University of Auckland, we're learning about birds from Dr. Kristal Cain this morning. All sorts of colours, songs and personality patterns, but what does it all mean? Dr. Kristal Cain studies these magnificent animals to understand why they differ in thierexpression of traits. Oooooh, fascinating.
Dr. Molly Mullen from the University of Auckland's Faulty of Education and Social Work joins Mikey in studio to talk funding in Applied Theatre and her own book, Applied Theatre Economies 2018. Mike and Molly talk about the importance of theatre programmes and the so-called game that is applying for funding in the arts, whether it's important to teach younger communities of children to be competitive or to collaborate together.
Dr. Jichao Zhao tells Mike about the virtual 3D heart, used to aid treatment of the most common heart rhythm disturbance, atrial fibrillation. But what is atrial fibtillation, you ask? A really, really fast heartbeat, increasing risk of stroke, fivefold. Yikes. But an amazing development in the medical world, Mike's incredibly impressed.
Julia joins Mike and Tess this morning to talk about everyone's favourite little insect, the wasp... Right? Mike needs some convincing, after a few daunting encounters in his time. But are wasps even good for our ecological system? Or do we need to eradicate these evil masterminds?
University of Auckland's Barbara Plester joins Mikey in studio this morning to learn about the ethics behind humour in the workplace. Co-writing the book, Laugh Out Loud: A User’s Guide to Workplace Humour, Barbara tells Mikey about the many months spent observing different workplaces and drawing the line between what are actually funny jokes and what are downright cruel comments.
"We had some terrible ideas at first, but then about a year ago..." Chris and Patrin, bioengineers at the University of Auckland, have developed an innovative electrical way of ridding underwater environments of biolfouling - the unwanted growths, organisms and algae that upset marinas, boats and aqua farms. Now being trialled in the Bay of Islands and Auckland, the pair have also recently received funding through the university's entrepreneurship programme.
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