Our Changing World

Dallas Mildenhall from GNS uses pollen grains and spores to detect fake pharmaceuticals. Read more Audio

Colin Sutherland explains what malaria is, it's evolutionary history and resistance to drugs, and how it can be halted. Audio

Antarctic sea ice provides a unique habitat for micro-organisms, and Ken Ryan studies them by taking ice cores. Audio

DoC is removing deer and stoats from Resolution and Secretary islands and introducing endangered species such as rock wren Audio

Dallas Mildenhall explains how pollen grains and spores can be used to uncover the truth in criminal cases. Read more Audio

A zoologist and a political scientist discuss the genetics and history of first cousin marriage Audio

John Watling explains how chemical signatures can trace gold, diamonds and other goods to solve crime and fraud Audio

The Department of Conservation has put in an extensive network of stoat traps to save takahe in their mountain home Audio

NIWA scientist Mark Morrison explains how sediment run-off and other consequences of land use impact coastal fisheries Audio

Mary Kirchhoff and Emma Dangerfield explain what green chemistry is using a particular example in the lab Audio

NIWA's Malcolm Francis and DoC's Clinton Duffy talk about the results of satellite tagging New Zealand's great white sharks Audio

Bob Buckley from Industrial Research Limited explains what high temperature superconductors are, and some of their uses Read more Audio