Our Changing World

An evolutionary history of one of our best-loved native plants, hebe, now known as Veronica Audio

Gloria Evans is developing a test which may significantly improve the success rate of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) Audio

A response to the government's announcement of 10 national science challenges Audio

University of Canterbury mechanical engineers are working on a exoskeleton which uses biological signals to move the leg Audio

Fossil dung is offering surprising insights into the life, diet and parasites of the extinct flightless giant bird the moa Read more Audio

Neil Dodsgon is trying to create machines that use observed epxressions and gestures to work out what a person is thinking Audio

Life in the Heathcote River recovered very quickly after millions of litres of raw sewage flowed in Read more Audio

A team of University of Canterbury geologists, led by Mark Quigley, explores the region's tectonic history Audio

Nikolaus Hermanspahn explains how the National Radiation Laboratory tests samples for radioactivity Audio

University of Canterbury mathematician Alex James explains how maths helps ecologists to better understand complexity Audio

Cate Macinnis-Ng is investigating how giant kauri trees might respond to climate change Audio

Mark Hampton is trying to determine how the body's own antioxidants work and how they could be used to treat cancer Audio