Siouxsie Wiles

Discusses psychoactive substances and the testing regimes used to define them. Audio

Engineering body parts and the future of local anaesthesia. Audio

Deadly deseases including Ebola and TB Audio

A Northern Chile field site and 3D scans of the whales. Photos and scan of an unidentified mummy. Revival of a giant virus. Audio

Making cancer cells glow to help surgeons remove them. Audio

Siouxsie discusses comets and sloths. Audio

The president of the Royal Society of NZ, David Skegg, announces the winners of the 2013 PM's Science Prizes. Audio

University of Auckland microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles wins the 2013 PM's Science Media Communication Prize. Audio

The Fonterra 'botulism' report, dog tail wagging experiments, and glowing bacteria. Audio

Siouxsie Wiles discusses open access and open science plus the discovery of a new strain of Clostridium botulinum with a toxin for which there is no antitoxin. Audio

Siouxsie Wiles discusses science publishing and the dangers of open access journals. Audio

Magnetic bracelets and arthritis and the parasite that makes mice like cats. Audio

The e-cigarette trial carried out in NZ and tests with mice and gut bacteria. Audio

Discusses potent carcinogens lurking within certain traditional Chinese remedies. Audio

A response to the government's announcement of 10 national science challenges Audio

Scientists are accusing the government of playing it too safe with its latest round of science funding, describing its goals as unadventurous and vague. Audio

What the studies of mummified remains are telling us about heart disease - is it as linked to the modern lifestyle as we've been lead to believe? Audio

The Hawaiian bobtail squid, which glows in the dark - what can these creatures teach us? Audio