Our Changing World

AgResearch's Matt Barnett has written a song about his research into epigenetics, and whether food can turn genes on or off Read more Audio

John Field is an amateur astronomer who spends as much time as he can in his backyard observatory Audio

The tour of a research unit which conducts clinical trials continues with Primorus Clinical Trials' Alison Luckey Audio

Steve Trewick is intrigued by tree weta distribution and diet, in particular the fact that they may eat more than just leaves Audio

A mysterious cow-pat shaped lump of blue scum from the shores of Lake Rotorua is brought to David Hamilton for identification Audio

Victoria University's Suzanne Boniface judges secondary school students as they take part in the annual Titration Competition Audio

Sian Halcrow is looking at the impact of a rice-based culture on infant and child health in long-lost cultures Read more Audio

Primorus Clinical Trials' Alison Luckey takes Ruth Beran on a tour of the Christchurch-based clinical trials facility Audio

Stick insects that favour 'virgin births' are shedding new light on whether sexual reproduction has an evolutionary advantage Audio

Richard Newcomb and Jeremy McRae are seeing if variation in odour receptor genes changes our sense of smell, taste and flavour Audio

Two Kiwi biologists are working on Gough Island in the South Atlantic studying seabirds and super-sized mice Audio

Julie Lim, winner of the 2010 Zonta Science Award, is working on a preventative treatment for cataracts Audio