Our Changing World

In the last few years there's been a revolution in our understanding of New Zealand's ancient animals - there were once crocodiles as well as small land mammals. Read more Audio

The 2017 Marsden Medal is awarded to Carolyn Burns for her internationally renowned research into New Zealand's deep southern lakes. Read more Audio

The winner of the 2017 Hill Tinsley Medal is developing anti-cancer drugs based on noble metals such as platinum and iridium. Read more Audio

Engineer Mark Jermy has been helping forensics investigators understand the science behind blood spatter evidence at crime scenes. Read more Audio

Anna Pilbrow says that a complex interaction of genetic factors underpin our risk of getting heart disease - and leading a healhy lifestyle lowers the risk. Read more Audio

Bruce Beutler received the 2011 Nobel Prize for discoveries about the innate immune system in mammals. Read more Audio

Science writer Ed Yong investigates the complex world of microbes in his book "I Contain Multitudes." Read more Audio

Lake swimmers, the local primary school and neighbouring farmers have joined together to look after water quality in Lake Wanaka. Read more Audio

The 2017 Rutherford Prize has been awarded to Victoria University of Wellington geologist Colin Wilson for his work on supervolcanoes such as Taupo. Read more Audio

An $8-million research programme to better understand the Taupo supervolcano and prepare the community for an eruption has just begun. Read more Audio

The 2017 MacDiarmid Medal has been awarded to chemist Peter Tyler, for his work designing and creating new drugs to treat diseases such as cancer. Read more Audio