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  1. Te Tatauranga o ngā manu māra – te tūhura raraunga

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    Te Tatauranga o ngā manu māra – te tūhura raraunga

    He tohunga ō tātou tūpuna mō te āta mātaitanga. He mea whakamōhio i a rātou ngā raraunga mai i ngā mātaitanga i te manaakitanga o te...

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  2. Te Tatauranga o ngā Manu Māra o Aotearoa – exploring data

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    Te Tatauranga o ngā Manu Māra o Aotearoa – exploring data

    Careful observation is something our tūpuna were experts at. Data collected from observations informed them in the care of mahinga kai by making predictions about weather...

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  3. A clock in the rocks: Cosmic rays and Earth science

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    A clock in the rocks: Cosmic rays and Earth science

    Rocks act as geological archives and new techniques are helping scientists capture data about past events. This article has been republished from The Conversation under Creative...

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  4. Data and how we use it

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    Data and how we use it

    Data is the precursor to information. It’s an unorganised collection of values expressed as numbers, text or symbols. That may seem quite abstract – and raw...

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  5. Data about data

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    Data about data

    Data has become so central to everything we do that it has its own branch of research. The emergent field of data science combines knowledge from...

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  6. Maramataka

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    Maramataka

    The maramataka is a traditional Māori lunar-stellar system based on the movements and phases of te Marama and ngā whetū. This system recognises the influence these...

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  7. ChatGPT – generating text and ethical concerns

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    ChatGPT – generating text and ethical concerns

    ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) large language model (LLM) released by OpenAI. ChatGPT can be seen as a computer that takes inputs in the form...

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  8. Amazing algorithms

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    Amazing algorithms

    This Connected article by Caitlin Duncan, introduces and explains the concept of algorithms. Algorithms are everywhere working behind the scenes – suggesting the next movie to...

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  9. Artificial intelligence

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    Artificial intelligence

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is any system that uses a computer or software to replicate the idea of human intelligence. AI involves the development of computer programs...

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  10. Interpreting lake sediment data

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    Interpreting lake sediment data

    Scientists from Lakes380 – Our lakes’ health: past, present, future sampled around 10% of lakes in Aotearoa New Zealand larger than 1 hectare (about the size...

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  11. Lake sediment cores – exploring the past

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    Lake sediment cores – exploring the past

    Have you ever stood in a lake, wetland or estuary and wiggled your toes into the soft mud? No doubt you were thinking about the texture...

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  12. Lakes380 – what does the data tell us?

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    Lakes380 – what does the data tell us?

    Lakes380 – Our lakes’ health: past, present, future is the largest scientific study ever undertaken on lakes in Aotearoa New Zealand. The programme, jointly led by...

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  13. Refining dates for human habitation in the South Pacific

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    Refining dates for human habitation in the South Pacific

    Associate Professor Fiona Petchey, Deputy Director of the University of Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, is researching ways to refine the marine calibration curve used for converting...

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  14. Radiocarbon calibration curves

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    Radiocarbon calibration curves

    Radiocarbon dating, also known as carbon-14 dating, is one of several methods referred to as absolute dating – but here’s an interesting fact. There is nothing...

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  15. A sinking feeling

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    A sinking feeling

    This Connected article by Ken Benn, looks at a class investigation into why they lost the boat float competition. It starts when student Meihanna asks “How...

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  16. Validating remote sensing observations

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    Validating remote sensing observations

    Adventure movies make it seem like satellites can see everything from space, but is this fact or fiction? Remote sensing satellites provide us with lots of...

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  17. Innovations in aerospace

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    Innovations in aerospace

    Aotearoa New Zealand’s remote location and unique geography have made its residents innovative by necessity. From inventing pōhā to preserve nga tītī to initiating refrigerated meat...

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  18. Remote sensing and water quality

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    Remote sensing and water quality

    When you look across a lake, what colour do you expect to see? The common answer is usually blue – but what shade of blue? The...

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  19. Remote sensing

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    Remote sensing

    Remote sensing is the use of sensors to extend our human senses in observing and recording objects or events that are far away (remote) from us....

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  20. Article

    Measuring methane from space

    In order to reduce methane emissions, we need to know where they come from. Methane, like other greenhouse gases, is invisible to human eyes – so...

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  21. Kiwrious Science Experience – fostering NoS in the classroom

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    Kiwrious Science Experience – fostering NoS in the classroom

    Kiwrious believes science is fun, creative and social – and the Kiwrious team from University of Auckland enables students to experience this firsthand. Kiwrious is funded...

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  22. Article

    Squawkzilla

    This Connected article by Sophie Fern covers the discovery of Squawkzilla – a giant parrot that lived in New Zealand 19 million years ago. Two leg...

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  23. More than a box

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    More than a box

    This Connected article describes the processes and practices used when planning, designing and building a large indoor sports centre. It outlines the science and technology behind...

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  24. Watching the Weather

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    Watching the Weather

    Watching the Weather is a Connected journal that explores multiple aspects of weather in New Zealand. In addition to weather, the issue has a focus on...

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