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Dr Chris Smith with the latest on the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China. Plus a timely paper in 'Nature' on a drug that blocks flu infections, and how honey helps bees stay healthy and cope with… Audio

Dr Chris Smith on why sleep deprivation makes you fat, and 3D vision on a mobile phone- without any glasses! Audio

What's your poison? Dr Leo Schep from the New Zealand National Poisons Centre about substances taken internally or applied externally that are injurious to health or dangerous to life... the most… Audio

Physicist from the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology, Dr Shaun Hendy strips it back to basics to explain how the universe works... the recent Nobel Prize winners in Physics… Audio

Molecular biophysicist Professor David Parry from Massey University and his long-held fascination with fibrous proteins, continuing the story of New Zealand's second Nobel Laureate Maurice Wilkins and… Audio

Superintendent of Mt John University Observatory, astronomer Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the planets and stars and beyond. Tonight, measuring the movement of galaxies. Audio

Dr Leo Schep from the NZ National Poisons Centre about substances taken internally or applied externally that are injurious to health or dangerous to life... diethylene glycol toxicity (used in brake… Audio

He says it's more dangerous than smoking, more treacherous than parachuting, and kills more people than HIV. Dr James Levine is talking about sitting, and he's serious when he says our chairs are… Audio

Lighting up the bunsen burner is senior scientist at the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Dr Nicola Gaston. Audio

Physicist from the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology, Dr Shaun Hendy strips it back to basics to explain how the universe works. Audio

Dr Chris Smith on using a mother's blood to sequence her baby's DNA before birth. Also some good news in the fight against heart disease, and for spinal injury patients. Audio

Molecular biophysicist Professor David Parry from Massey University discusses his long-held fascination, fibrous proteins. Tonight, he talks about the various tendons and ligaments in our bodies. Audio

Green-fingered and threatened plant scientist Dr Peter de Lange from the Department of Conservation on the great bio-mass that grows around us... so, what is a plant?! Audio

Green-fingered and threatened plant scientist Dr Peter de Lange from the Department of Conservation on the great bio-mass that grows around us. What is the character of the New Zealand flora and what… Audio

What's your poison? Dr Leo Schep from the NZ National Poisons Centre talks about arsenic. Audio

Physicist from the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Dr Shaun Hendy discusses the scientific legacy of Sir Paul Callaghan. Audio

Shaun Hendy, physicist from the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology, explains both the Higgs Boson, and that loud noise when your kettle starts up... Audio

The revolution that Cambridge University mathematician Tim Gowers began by declining to submit or review papers for publishing house Elsevier to highlight his frustration at the lack of access to… Audio

Molecular biophysicist Prof David Parry from Massey University and his long-held fascination with fibrous proteins... connective tissues - ligaments, etc. Audio

Molecular biophysicist Prof David Parry from Massey University and his long-held fascination with fibrous proteins... why do we have different coloured hair but then what makes us all go grey (if we… Audio

Dr Chris Smith on how pigeons use magnetic fields to navigate, and a way to turn scarred heart tissue back into fully functional, blood-pumping muscle. Audio

Superintendent of Mt John University Observatory, astronomer Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the planets and stars and beyond... the last of the pair of Transits of Venus happens soon on Wednesday 6… Audio

Dr Leo Schep from the NZ National Poisons Centre on inhalant abuse, in light of the recent incident where a child inhaled the contents of a butane can and died. Audio

Superintendent of Mt John University Observatory, astronomer Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the planets, stars and beyond. He talks about the Sun and it's unusually low activity, in fact, is our star… Audio

Dr Leo Schep, from the National Poisons Centre, on lead, a blessing and a curse that has been around since the birth of civilisation. Audio