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A century with Einstein
2015 marks the centenary of Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, which explains how gravity works on objects, from falling apples to orbiting planets. Read more Audio
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Kirkcaldie's Christmas farewell
Farewells are never easy, but after 152 years in business it's time for Kirkcaldie and Stains to say goodbye. It's a store that has maintained many of its traditions, including the reintroduction of a… Read more Audio
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The importance of taxonomy and biological collections
The report on 'National Taxonomic Collections in New Zealand' recommends more secure funding and greater national coordination for the country's 29 significant biological collections Read more Audio
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Should you drink Kava and drive?
Former police officer and soldier Dr Apo Aporosa has received a 2015 Pacific postdoctoral fellowship worth $230,000 from the Health Research Council of New Zealand to examine the effects of drinking… Read more Audio
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Science solutions to agricultural emissions
With the completion of the COP 21 climate negotiations in Paris the government is suggesting a scientific solution to agricultural emissions will be a major part of New Zealand's contribution to… Read more Audio
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One Of The Lonely Ones by Roy Orbison
Nick Bollinger searches through a 'lost' album of the late Roy Orbison. Read more Audio
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Brief Candle In the Dark, A life in Science - Richard Dawkins
Sharing the stage with John Cleese, dinner with Bill Gates, private parties on Tenerife with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin where Brain May from Queen is playing in the background. This is the life… Read more Audio
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Former state ward, Tupua Urlich
Throughout his childhood in state care, young Aucklander Tupua Urlich felt he had no voice. From the age of five to 15 he was bumped around a fractured social welfare system, living in more than 10… Read more Audio
