Science
Our Changing World for 15 March 2018
The good news is that takahē numbers are on the rise, while a marine heatwave has been bad news for South Island glaciers. Audio
Stephen Hawking: Tributes pour in for 'inspirational' physicist
Scientists, politicians and celebrities say the physicist's death leaves an "intellectual vacuum". Audio
Hawking an inspiring teacher - NZ scientist
Renowned scientist Professor Stephen Hawking is being remembered as an influential and inspiring teacher. The physicist and author of A Brief History of time died yesterday aged 76. New Zealand data… Audio
Nights Science
Dr Dillon Meyhew from Victoria University's Maths department,joins us on Nights to talk gerrymandering. Audio
Alex Pressman: making money from seaweed
Alex Pressman is turning an invasive marine pest into a business. His company, Waikaitu, takes an invasive species of seaweed, wakame (undaria pinnatifida) and turns it into fertiliser, food and even… Audio
Expert feature: The cabbage tree / tī kōuka
The cabbage tree is still fighting back from the ‘sudden decline’ disease, and remains one of the most widely cultivated trees in New Zealand, but what are its prospects? Audio
Prof Phil Fisher: 'the process of serve and return'
Professor Phil Fisher is an expert in children's neurobiological and psychological development. He was in NZ as the keynote speaker for a conference run by the Brainwave Trust. He says withholding… Audio
Scientists, students left stuck on boat during Kermadec expedition
Scientists, researchers and school students who travelled to the remote Kermadec Islands had to stay on their boat when they got there, because DoC wouldn't let them on land.
Dame Carol Robinson - Elemental medicine
Dame Carol Robinson is a chemist who has pioneered the application of mass spectrometry techniques to problems in chemical biology. Her groundbreaking research on the three-dimensional structure of… Audio
Jim Kennett - Ocean discovery
The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) is well underway, with two expeditions completed and one in progress. At this trip's half-way mark, the expedition ship JOIDES Resolution called in at… Audio
Scientists probe depths to unlock slow-slip secrets
A team of scientists are embarking on an ambitious mission next week, to lower two sub-seafloor observatories into New Zealand's largest fault. Audio
Mission to study NZ's largest fault line sets sail
An ambitious mission to lower two sub-seafloor observatories into the Hikurangi subduction zone gets underway next week. The Hikurangi subduction zone off the east coast is New Zealand's largest… Audio
Tipping Points and the health of estuaries
A nationwide experiment is investigating how estuaries might suddenly 'tip' as a result of increasing nutrients and sediments. Audio
Tipping Points and the health of estuaries
A nationwide experiment is investigating how estuaries might suddenly 'tip' as a result of increasing nutrients and sediments.
AudioOur Changing World for 8 March 2018
The nationwide Tipping Points project is looking at how small changes in the amount of nutrients and sediments in estuaries could lead to big changes. Audio
Space station unlikely to hit NZ, scientist says
An out-of-control Chinese space station containing toxic chemicals is plummeting towards Earth, and is expected to crash-land any time from later this month.
Can taxes control the environmental costs of obesity?
It's widely known that New Zealand is one of the fattest nations in the world, but new research has highlighted its detrimental effects on the environment. The University of Oregon report says factors… Audio
Is the big one coming, or have we already had it?
A kiwi scientist has come out today saying if a big tsunami hits, we should be fine on higher ground. It comes after a simulation showed what would happened to our coast if there were an earthquake in… Video, Audio
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
This week, scientist Dr Siouxsie Wiles talks about the discovery of the oldest fossilised starchy snack ever found, and the proposal to classify adult-onset diabetes into not two but 5 different… Audio
NZ in contention for new satellite mission
The German Aerospace Centre says New Zealand is a strong contender to be part of its proposed satellite station.
