Science
To sleep, perchance to dream
Dr Lora Wu answers your sleep questions, including whether cheesemares are true and why so many of us wake in the night and can't get back to sleep! Audio
Are water ionisers money down the drain?
Can a $4000 water ioniser with little-to-no scientific backing really help with your diabetes? Audio
Rocket Lab sets new date for first commercial launch
Rocket Lab has just set new dates for its first fully commercial satellite launch.
Is your DNA your destiny?
The market for consumer DNA tests is booming, but cultural psychologist Steven Heine says we've been oversold their value. Audio
Developing non-addictive painkillers
A new method of measuring pain in rats and mice could eventually help break the human dependence on opioid-based pain medication. Audio
Game-on: 24-hour 'hackathon' begins in South Island
A 24-hour 'hackathon' is being held in Christchurch this weekend, the first event New Zealand has hosted on behalf of the French and European space agencies.
Dr Nicola Gaston - The Chemistry of Things
Dr Nicola Gaston is the new co-director of the MacDiarmid Institute and an associate professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland. Gaston was a senior lecturer in the School of… Audio
Scientists discover hidden grand canyons
Scientists have discovered three vast canyons in one of the last places to be explored on Earth - under the ice at the South Pole.
A citizens' jury on euthanasia
Fifteen Dunedin citizens took part in a University of Otago citizens' jury to discuss legalising euthanasia and assisted dying. Audio
A citizens' jury on euthanasia
Fifteen Dunedin citizens took part in a University of Otago citizens' jury to discuss legalising euthanasia and assisted dying.
AudioOur Changing World for 24 May 2018
Fifteen Dunedin citizens took part in a University of Otago citizen jury to discuss legalising euthanasia and assisted dying. Audio
Painting classical music
Have you ever imagined what music looks like? Digital artist Joe Dixon explains how he paints Haydn's 'Sunrise' live with members of the NZSO. Video
Polynesian pre-history
American archaeologist Professor Patrick Kirch studies Polynesian pre-history and tonight in Auckland The Polynesian Society is awarding him the Nayacakalou Medal, for outstanding contributions for… Audio
Australia’s first people planned their voyage
New research suggests it was no accident that the Aboriginal people found Australia. Audio
Upbeat for Wednesday 23 May
Royal wedding music composer Paul Mealor, the New Yorker classical music critic Alex Ross, what music looks like when painted and another stunning violin concerto.
New Zealand metrologists prepare to redefine the kilogram
The kilogram is getting an overhaul. 'The Big K' is a lump of metal kept away under glass in Paris that has defined the measurement for more than a hundred years. Audio
Classics 101 - 'William Tell Overture'
Do you ever hear a piece of classical music that you recognise but don’t know the name of? Zoë George explores tunes you know you knew. Video, Audio
Coming up
'Alien asteroid' may be the oldest object in the solar system
An "alien asteroid" that circles the sun in Jupiter's orbital path is the first-known permanent resident of our solar system that originated in another star system.
Old Tauranga hot water cylinder reveals electric past
If you were asked to choose a museum object that inspires you, what would it be ? Physicist, musician and surfer Dr Simon Taylor has chosen a seemingly mundane object to wax lyrical about for… Audio
'We don't know everything' about Loch Ness
A New Zealand scientist is promising to solve the mystery of the Loch Ness monster. Neil Gemmell of the University of Otago thinks if the Loch Ness monster is real, its DNA might be in in the water… Audio
