Our Changing World

Climate change activists say there is 5 times as much carbon in the world's fossil fuel reserves as we can afford to safely burn Audio

Robert Holt explains how the Hylink distributed energy system on Matiu Somes Island works and cooks on a hydrogen barbeque Audio

Dillon Mayhew explains how the maths of codes and ciphers allows us to transmit data accurately and securely electronically Read more Audio

Kaka are large native forest parrots that are having an impact on trees in parks and gardens in central Wellington city Read more Audio

John Futter explains how ion beams are being used at GNS Science to force atoms into solid materials and change their properties Read more Audio

The popular tile-matching game Tetris is helping people with amblyopia or lazy eye with their 3D perception Audio

University of Canterbury researchers are using brain imaging techniques to investigate the cause of stuttering Audio

The Three Kings Islands are just 53 km from North Cape but they are a world apart from the nearby mainland Read more Audio

The NZ Birds Online website has information, photos and calls for 457 bird species Audio

A panel discussion about the tricky task of measuring and predicting the contribution science makes to our lives Audio

Medical students have been surveying smoking on leased pavements outside city bars Audio

Public health researchers are concerned that smoking and secondhand smoke continue to be significant global health burdens Audio