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December 5 is World Soil Day and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization is preparing for the release of the world's first report on the quality of our soils. Audio

French experts Pierre Ducret and Lucile Schmid discuss the social impacts of climate change and the challenges in building a fair, low-carbon economy. Audio

Electronic tags used to measure the survival of spinetail devil rays released after being caught by tuna fishing boats have revealed long journeys to the tropics and deep dives Audio

Marine scientists in New Zealand make a significant contribution to a global register of marine life. Audio, Gallery

Archaeologist Atholl Anderson explains why he thinks that the first people to make landfall in New Zealand were exiles escaping from conflict in their homelands Audio

Soil scientists warn that we'll need to produce more than 50 per cent more food by 2050, while large areas of fertile land disappear under cities. Audio

Wine maker Kirsten Creasy explains how new, rapid DNA tests are helping New Zealand vineyards to improve their products Audio

NZAS president Nicola Gaston, CoRE director Shaun Hendy and University of Auckland bioinformatics professor Alexei Drummond discuss recent and proposed changes. Audio

A response to the government's announcement of 10 national science challenges Audio