Science
Growing mini-brains and a schizophrenic cat scratch?
Science correspondent Malvindar Singh-Bains looks at how researchers have created lab-grown mini-brains that can control muscle contractions, and the case of a teenager who contracted sudden-onset… Audio
Planting trees not enough to fix climate change - report
A just released report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is recommending companies stop using trees to offset fossil fuel emissions. Audio
Upulie Divisekera - Real Scientists
Molecular biologist, science communicator and dinosaur evangelist Upulie Divisekera is the co-founder of Real Scientists, a Twitter account run by scientists Audio
Transforming how rich countries farm
Eloise Gibson is Newsroom's environment and science editor. She has just been in France and as part of her trip interviewed Europe's candidate for Director of the UN Food and Agriculture about her… Audio
Beryllium - sweet and precious, but deadly
You'll find beryllium in precious jewels and a space telescope mirror, but just don't inhale the dust - all in episode 10 of Elemental, with AUT's Professor Allan Blackman. Audio
Beryllium - sweet and precious, but deadly
You'll find beryllium in precious jewels and a space telescope mirror, but just don't inhale the dust - all in episode 10 of Elemental, with AUT's Professor Allan Blackman.
AudioBoth traditional knowledge and Western scientific discovery can help save the Pacific Ocean, say experts
Chaired by Mihingarangi Forbes, this Auckland Museum panel explores how scientific and traditional approaches to knowledge can inform how we care for the Pacific. Audio
Dr John Buckleton - Top forensics team win PM's Science Prize
A team of ESR scientists have recently received New Zealand's most valuable science prize for the development of STRmix - scientific software that is used to interpret DNA material from a crime scene… Audio
Berkelium and the synthetic heavyweights
The heaviest elements on the periodic table have only ever existed fleetingly in the lab, so Allan Blackman from AUT has grouped them all together in episode 9 of Elemental. Audio
Berkelium and the synthetic heavyweights
The heaviest elements on the periodic table have only ever existed fleetingly in the lab, so Allan Blackman from AUT has grouped them all together in episode 9 of Elemental.
AudioWarkworth site fenced off after Kauri dieback discovered
An area near a school in Warkworth is being fenced off after a tree was found to be infected with kauri dieback disease.
Our Changing World for 21 March 2019
Barium is a chemical element that hates being on its own, and experts from Orana Park and Auckland Zoo are looking after hand-reared kakapo chicks. Audio
What mathematicians do, now machines do the maths?
Stanford University Emeritus Professor Keith Devlin tells Kathryn how despite technology, maths can remain relevant, including being used to track networks of people involved in planning terrorist… Audio
BANG! Bonus Ep: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
In Sex At Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality, co-authors Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha take what they call the "standard narrative" of human sexual evolution and re-examine it… Audio
The making of you, from cell to human
Fascinating information on how we are formed, from first cell to first breath, with Norwegian cell biologist Katharina Vestre. Her book, The Making of You - a journey from cell to human contains a… Audio
Nesting boxes 'a safe place' for little blue penguins
The conservation student behind a project to put 100 nesting boxes on islands around the Hauraki Gulf hopes it will help the world's smallest penguin population to flourish.
Barium - never found on its own
Barium is never found on its own in nature, as it loves buddying up - but a version of it is found in hospitals. Allan Blackman from AUT reveals barium's secrets in episode 8 of Elemental. Audio
Barium - never found on its own
Barium is never found on its own in nature, as it loves buddying up - but a version of it is found in hospitals. Allan Blackman from AUT reveals barium's secrets in episode 8 of Elemental.
AudioTurning wool into cat food
Dr Santanu Deb-Choudhury and his team at AgResearch have found that proteins from sheep wool fibre can help improve the digestive health of cats. Audio
Turning wool into cat food
Dr Santanu Deb-Choudhury and his team at AgResearch have found that proteins from sheep wool fibre can help improve the digestive health of cats.
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