Our Changing World

2005 Rutherford Medal winner, Paul Callaghan, director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. Audio

Project Heidi is an initiative to introduce a hearing screening programme for newborns. Audio

Manfred Hockstein, at the University of Auckland, talks about some of the best preserved Middle Eocene (50ma) flora and fauna. Audio

A team of Massey University scientists reports that giant icebergs have promoted micro-evolution in Adelie penguins. Audio

This project brings together some of NZ's best physicists and top creative writers, who explore their ideas about physics. Audio

Dean Williams returns to the Auckland Museum to visit the herbarium with botany curator Ewen Cameron. Audio

Nutritionist Lynn Ferguson explains nutrigenomics and the idea of matching foods to individual genotypes. Audio

Veronika Meduna talks to Tim David, who's developing a virtual map of blood flow through the brain. Audio

The frigate Wellington is sunk off the Wellington south coast to create an artificial reef. Audio

Oncologist Michael Jameson, at Waikato Hospital, says the link between selenium levels and cancer is too obvious to ignore. Audio

Dean Williams talks to the organiser of the Youth Hostel Association (YHA) Young Conservationist Awards. Audio

Veronika Meduna talks to Mary McEwen, daughter and biographer of Sir Charles Fleming. Read more Audio