Our Changing World

David Le Pelley shows how air from a large tunnel is passed through twisting vanes to simulate the flow of wind over yacht sails Audio

Wellington poet Helen Heath reads science-inspired poems from her collection Graft Audio

University of Auckland's Mark Battley explains what a composite is, and how these materials are made and tested Audio

National Primary Science Week and the Royal Society's Advancing Primary Science are helping the confidence of teachers Audio

With less than a month to the Transit of Venus, find out about the hot planet at the Adam Art Gallery's Dark Sky show Audio

Climate change is causing sea-levels to rise, and an online toolbox can help urban centres plan for such change Audio

A joint NIWA-DoC research project is in its 6th year, identifying individual sharks and using acoustic tags to track local movements Read more Audio

Arvind Varsani, a virologist at Canterbury university, discusses his research on some of the smallest known viruses Audio

Candida Savage is investigating the ecology of harbours and estuaries, and how their ecology is affected by extra nutrients Audio

A highlight of the recent 24-hour Bioblitz survey held at Auckland's Botanic Garden was a large collection of slime moulds Audio

A NZAS conference discusses growing concerns about the role of emerging scientists in New Zealand Audio

Allan Herbison explains how the brain controls fertility and how particular neurons and kisspeptin initiate puberty Audio