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Feature Guest - Sean Simpson
Sean Simpson is the co-founder, and head of the science team at Lanzatech - a privately owned, NZ-based company which has developed and patented a microbe that eats polluting gases and excretes… Audio
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The search for life on other planets
Some of the world's top astronomers gathered on Great Barrier island over the weekend to discuss the search for life on other planets. Audio
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How the microbes we leave behind on our clothing could help solve murders
A new international study has shown how the population of bacteria on a person's skin leaves a trace on the clothes they wear and can be identified months after the transfer. Audio
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Break through in treatment of epilespy, Parkinson's and cancer
Years of research conducted in Otago has lead to a medical innovation that could revolutionise the treatment of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and brain cancer. Biomedical scientists have found a way… Audio
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David Klein - Plant Man
David Klein is a science communicator based in Wellington. Last summer he cycled around the country presenting Tour de Science - a show that explained how all the big things in the universe are made… Audio
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Climate scepticism boosted by broadcasters
Forty years ago this week a milestone meeting of scientists led to the first comprehensive report on climate change science. Forty years later, media outlets around the world - including Stuff - have… Audio
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Breaking Babel
In a city as culturally diverse as Auckland, how is the Kiwi accent changing and evolving? Video, Audio
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Using sound to brew better beer
What happens if you play a Viennese waltz or death metal to beer as it brews? Experimenting with musical ways of making better beer. Audio
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Controversial EPA scientist steps down
The Environmental Protection Authority's controversial chief scientist - who described irrigation as a "great boon" to the environment - has resigned.
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Joanna Aizenberg: Biomimetics
Bio-inspired engineering Professor of materials science, chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University, and a keynote speaker at the AMN6 conference in Auckland. Audio
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Schools' international reading, maths results likely to be skewed - ministry
A skewed sample is likely to have boosted New Zealand's scores in the most recent PISA tests of reading, maths and science.
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Bess Koffman - A Speck of Dust
A couple of years ago US scientist Bess Koffman travelled to New Zealand to research whether or not new Zealand dust influenced the last Ice age - and if a tiny speck of dust has the potential to… Audio
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Warnings as start-up tries to refreeze the Arctic
A group added 50cm of fresh ice to part of the Arctic. Critics say it's a huge risk.
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Feeding children - the first 1,000 days
Registered dietician, Professor Clare Wall talks to Kathryn about the importance of kai for babies and toddlers, simply put, choosing a chicken dinner over chicken nuggets. Professor Wall leads the… Audio
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The 'science donut' across the ditch
Scientists at the Australian Synchrotron use intense beams of light to answer research questions
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Australia to launch space agency
The agency will attempt to cash in on a $420 billion aeronautical industry and create thousands of new jobs.
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"Spider star" mystery solved
Scientists believe they have solved the mystery of a star resembling a spider web captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Professor Peter Tuthill from the University of Sydney's Institute for… Audio
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James Gleick: 'Time travel is what makes us human'
Science writer James Gleick's latest book tracks the evolution of time travel as an idea. While in reality it's not possible, he says, through memories, movies, novels and hope, we are all Time Lords.
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Dung Beetles - Chris Clay
A group involved in rearing Dung Beetles and an international award winning science and technology educator, have teamed-up to use the little creatures to switch young minds onto the wonders of… Audio
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Tsunami peters out on NZ shores
GNS Science says the earthquake in Chile triggered multiple small tsunamis around New Zealand. Duty seismologist Lara Bland says a tsunami travelled across the Pacific and reached New Zealand shores…
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Native snail lays egg while DOC ranger weighs it
A DOC ranger has captured an extraordinarily rare sight while weighing a threatened, native Powelliphanta snail on the West Coast - the snail laid an egg. DOC's Senior Science Advisor Kath Walker… Audio
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Tune Your Engine - Bees
Norwegian University of Life Sciences associate professor Dr Gro Amdam is leading a study into bees and their brains. She and her team have found that the brains of bees can be programmed to repair… Audio
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NZers getting smarter, OECD figures show
New Zealand's population is becoming better educated and the percentage of women enrolled in science and technology courses is one of the highest in the world, according to OECD figures.
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How prepared are we for solar storms?
Last night, stargazers were treated to a spectacular show as the Southern Lights lit up the skies in the south. Thanks in part to Dr Daniel MacManus from the University of Otago, our infrastructure… Audio
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Our Changing World – Wildfire science heats up
Audio 29 May 2025Smoke explosions. Fire tornadoes. Burning couches. It all happens in the fire lab: a purpose-built facility where researchers can set safely stuff on fire and study how it burns, for science. New… Audio
