Our Changing World

At the end of June, people played Magnetic South, an online game designed to generate ideas about the future of Christchurch Audio

A team of biologists explain what's so unique about the Kermadec Islands fish life while they collect fish from rock pools Read more Audio

Chemists are being inspired by natural molecular machines to create synthetic nano-scale machines Audio

Stephanie Hughes and Louise Parr-Brownlie are using light pulses to study Parkinson's disease Audio

A 47-kilometre long predator-proof fence is the key to making Maunagtautari mainland island a safe home for rare forest birds Audio

Ruth demonstrates binaural sound. To hear the effect listen to this recording with headphones. Audio

In an anechoic chamber at IRL Ruth Beran discovers how to create 3D binaural sound Audio

The Macquarie Island eradication project to rid the subantarctic island of rats, mice and rabbits is making good progress Audio

Rowi are New Zealand's rarest kiwi species, and some have been transferred to Blumine Island to encourage them to breed. Audio

Christine Winterbourn's work on free radicals and their effect on the human body may help understand cystic fibrosis Read more Audio

Although New Zealand has abundant freshwater resources, there are still limits to its quality and quantity Read more Audio

Antarctic sea ice is home to a great diversity of microbes and algae living in and under the ice Read more Audio