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What is a base isolation system in the context of building construction? Joining Nights to discuss base isolation and its application in a New Zealand context is structural engineer and director of… Audio

Hunger: It's part and parcel of the human experience. Research reveals that being hungry can also negatively affect our emotions to our cognition and judgement. Dr John Parkinson, Senior Lecturer at… Audio

Former Superintendent of the Mt John Observatory above Lake Tekapo in the Mackenzie Country, Alan Gilmore joins Nights for his regular astronomy chat. Tonight, he's talking about black holes orbiting… Audio

Have you ever wondered about how do we smell, what makes perfume appealing, and why does it smell different on different people? Dr Magdalena Wajrak is Senior Lecturer, Chemistry at Edith Cowan… Audio

The Fire in their Eyes: evolutionary tinkering in the on-going arms race between predators and prey; and Queens of the Desert: naked mole rat, which may be a mammal, but keeps warm like reptiles and… Audio

Professor Jean Fleming from the University of Otago on the biology of sleeping and waking. Audio

We think we are free to choose what to believe but University of Otago philosopher Alan Musgrave challenges this notion Audio

Simon Pollard discusses why males are bizarre and why they evolved. Audio

Simon tells us how honey bees from Japan and Cyprus have evolved a defence that is just the bee's knees when it comes to defending their nests against a formidable predator - hornets. Audio

Professor Jean Fleming is a Endocrinologist at the Otago Medical School and she talks about our sense of touch. Audio

David calls for more practical philosophy, and offers up a Gracewood sisters conundrum. Audio

Metservice severe weather forecaster Erik Brenstrem talks about cyclone season in the Pacific region and tornadoes in the United States. Audio

David discusses long-drops, short-drops, and humanure. Audio

Post-quake rumours on the future of the city. Audio

David Haywood makes a number of apologies. Audio

Jean Fleming takes us on a journey to explain why the human body is what it is. Audio

Designing an advertising campaign for non-human primates, and why human females do better than males in tests on recognising emotions or relationships among people. Audio

A day doesn't go by without some weather. Audio

Looking at a recent discovery of redback spider DNA in a katipo and what this could mean for the katipo. Also, how likely is it that the redback will become widely established in New Zealand? Audio

Director of Centre for Energy Research at Massey University, Ralph Sims with some advice on how to keep fuel consumption down in the car. Audio

Simon Pollard looks at the mysterious pitcher plant that attracts and traps insects. Audio

A new study involving a New Zealand doctor Jim Carmody from the Centre for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts Medical School, has documented for the first time changes in gray matter over time… Audio

The challenges of getting warm, keeping cool or just driving from point A to B. Audio