Alison Ballance
When orchids smell like mushrooms - a tale of botanical deceit
Spider orchids that smell like mushrooms are fooling fungus gnats into pollinating them, and Carlos Lehnebach wants to find out more about this botanical deception.
Video, AudioMena the penguin-detector dog
Alastair Judkins is a penguin hunter - and his secret weapon is a 'super nose', a dog called Mena. Alison Ballance joins them on a little penguin search in Wellington. Audio
Mena the penguin-detector dog
Alastair Judkins is a penguin hunter - and his secret weapon is a 'super nose', a dog called Mena. Alison Ballance joins them on a little penguin search in Wellington.
AudioScience winners - 2016 Research Honours
The 2016 Research Honours have been awarded and we talk to the 2016 winners of the Rutherford, Macdiarmid and Callaghan medals. Audio
Science winners - 2016 Research Honours
The 2016 Research Honours have been awarded and we talk to the 2016 winners of the Rutherford, Macdiarmid and Callaghan medals.
AudioWhat will earthquake impact be on Kaikoura wildlife
It's now nine days since a devastating earthquake hit Kaikoura, and the full impact on local wildlife is starting to become clear. Audio
The Science Of... Snow
What is snow? How and where is it made? Why is it white? Alison Ballance and Katy Gosset head to Mt Ruapehu in search of the answers to all your questions about snow. Audio, Gallery
The Science Of... Snow
What is snow? How and where is it made? Why is it white? Alison Ballance and Katy Gosset head to Mt Ruapehu in search of the answers to all your questions about snow.
AudioAlison Ballance and Ken Gledhill
Joining me now to pick over some of the scientific questions thrown up by today's quake, including the questions of lights in the sky coinciding with the first shake just after midnight this morning… Audio
The Science Of... Meth Houses
How safe are meth houses really? And what's it like to go inside? Katy Gosset and Alison Ballance take the plunge and ask how much meth is too much when it comes to setting a national standard? Audio, Gallery
The Science Of... Meth Houses
How safe are meth houses really? And what's it like to go inside? Katy Gosset and Alison Ballance take the plunge and ask how much meth is too much when it comes to setting a national standard?
AudioTour de Science
David Klein is taking his award-winning one-man science show on tour, by bicycle, around small town community halls. Audio
Tour de Science
David Klein is taking his award-winning one-man science show on tour, by bicycle, around small town community halls.
Audio1080 and science denial: an Our Changing World summit
A new book, Protecting Paradise, investigates the science of 1080, its use in protecting native wildlife in New Zealand, and the wider issue of science denial and science reporting in the media. Audio
1080 and science denial: an Our Changing World summit
A new book, Protecting Paradise, investigates the science of 1080, its use in protecting native wildlife in New Zealand, and the wider issue of science denial and science reporting in the media.
AudioGreat white sharks of Australia and New Zealand
Electronic satellite tags have revealed details of the lives of great white sharks on either side of the Tasman Sea - and shown how the different populations are linked. Video, Audio
Great white sharks of Australia and New Zealand
Electronic satellite tags have revealed details of the lives of great white sharks on either side of the Tasman Sea - and shown how the different populations are linked.
Video, AudioMarine sponges may be climate change 'winners'
New research shows that ocean acidification may make some marine sponges more resilient in the face of climate change and warming water. Audio
Marine sponges may be climate change 'winners'
New research shows that ocean acidification may make some marine sponges more resilient in the face of climate change and warming water.
AudioMuesli and sea ice - an unexpected maths tale
Industrial mathematician Mark McGuinness has applied maths to problems as varied as crispy cereal and the freezing of Antarctic sea ice. Audio
