Science
How freaky is this weather?
MetService forecaster Erick Brenstrum is in the studio with Byran with the facts and the figures on this unseasonal weather and what we might expect over the coming months. Audio
Breakthrough in fight against Huntington's
"Usually ... we're told to keep our hopes tucked away and today we're allowed to be hopeful." Video, Audio
Karl, the Universe and Everything
Why is air conditioning sexist? And how is space junk threatening our future missions to outer space? Dr Karl Kruszelnicki attempts to answer these questions, and many more, in his new book, Karl, the… Audio
Jan Wright: environmental reporting without fear or favour
Kathryn talks with Dr Jan Wright, who has for the last 10 years served as Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. Over her decade in office she has reported to parliament on a range of issues… Audio
Agency criticised for favouring business over science
Scientists have criticised the government agency Callaghan Innovation for too heavy an emphasis on increasing commercial research.
Callaghan funding favours business over research - scientists
Prominent New Zealand scientists are warning the government research funding agency Callaghan Innovation isn't working. The agency, named in memory of Sir Paul Callaghan, was created to strengthen the… Audio
Peter Beck on Rocket Lab's next launch
Monday is another big day for one of New Zealand's most innovative companies Rocket Lab. It could carry out its second test launch of its Electron Rocket from Mahia Peninsula, following on from the… Audio
Sensing cancer: real time tumour monitoring
The traditional way of diagnosing if someone has cancer involves blood tests, medical imaging and taking tissue samples or biopsies. But a team from The Broad Institute in Massachusetts are using… Audio
Kill or cure? DIY gene therapies
How far would you go to find a cure if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness? An emerging underground community is taking a DIY approach, looking to hack the drawn-out process of drug… Audio
Kathy Campbell - Did life begin on land or in the sea?
Professor Kathy Campbell is a geologist, paleo-ecologist and astrobiologist. The broad theme of her research is paleoecology - the interaction of ancient organisms with their surrounding environments… Audio
New study puts climate change projections in doubt
A major new study, out of the Carnegie Institution for Science in California, says the average is wrong, and it's actually right up at the highest level of any projections. Video, Audio
Concern over falling royal albatross numbers
The very hot summer is causing concern at the royal albatross colony at Tairoa Head on the tip of the Otago Peninsula. The breeding season got off to a promising start, but several weeks of searing… Audio, Gallery
Tawaki - the mysterious forest penguin
Scientists are discovering that tawaki, or Fiordland crested penguins, living in MIlford Sound are thriving - and breaking all the penguin rules. Audio
Tawaki - the mysterious forest penguin
Scientists are discovering that tawaki, or Fiordland crested penguins, living in MIlford Sound are thriving - and breaking all the penguin rules.
AudioOur Changing World for 7 December 2017
Penguin researchers head to Fiordland's forests to study the mysterious tawaki or Fiordland crested penguin. Audio
'It's all eroded, it's all gone. It's really sad'
Hotter days, more floods and landslides from rising sea levels are on the cards for Auckland by the end of the century.
Duck-like dinosaur discovered in Mongolia
Scientists have discovered a new duck-like dinosaur, which looks so strange that fossils were originally thought to be a fake.
Einstein may have been wrong about two things
Was Einstein wrong about when a career hits its peak. Audio
Building the Aspirational Target
The government has set the aspirational target of building 100,000 affordable homesin New Zealand over the next 10 years. We talk to engineer Geoff Hunt and discuss the practicalities of this. Audio
Why career planning in sciences doesn't make sense
We are all born with predispositions, but live in a certain environment which changes us along the way. Similar to these gene-environment interactions, Professor Martin Kussmann says the best way to… Audio
