Science
Insight: Kauri dieback - Can these noble trees be protected?
The fight to save the kauri and protect the noble trees against kauri dieback disease. Audio
Sheldon Nunes: C-Prize finalist with FallCast
On Friday night Callaghan Innovation held the final of its "C-Prize" technology competition.There were 10 teams of finalists, and one of those was young software developers Sheldon Nunes and Nick… Audio
Bacteria: a companion for cancer?
Science news with Dr Chris Smith, and how some parasites, like intestinal worms, suppress a hosts's immune system to stop them from being attacked. Also cancers carry microbes with them when they… Audio
Could a pill replace exercise?
Do you fancy living longer, having better sex, increasing your memory, and building muscle tone while burning fat?! With reputed benefits like these it's no wonder that the search is on for a… Audio
Acupuncture 'no more than a theatrical placebo'
More than 100 New Zealand acupuncture websites make misleading medical claims, a new study says.
Rahui on Waitakere Ranges the 'right thing to do'
The tangata whenua of the ranges, Te Kawerau-a-Maki, is placing a rahui - or a cultural prohibition - on entering the park at an early morning ceremony tomorrow. Video, Audio
Myrtle rust spreads to Wellington
The disease's spread is a sign that myrtle rust could be here to stay, and MPI may have to switch its focus from eradication to management. Video, Audio
'Fruit Bowl of the South' smashes Spring heat records
The central Otago township of Cromwell has seen Spring heat records smashed, with the rising mercury ripening apricots so early they've been harvested from one orchard in November, for the first time.
…The power of profanities
Swear words have been used in varying situations for hundreds of years, but aside from insults and exclamations, can bad language be beneficial for you? Kathryn Ryan speaks to London-based scientist… Audio
Urban lizards
A hunt for urban lizards in New Zealand involves more than a thousand buckets as well as citizen scientists. Audio
Urban lizards
A hunt for urban lizards in New Zealand involves more than a thousand buckets as well as citizen scientists.
AudioAn atlas of coronary arteries
An atlas containing hundreds of coronary arteries mapped using MRI scans will help improve heart health. Audio
An atlas of coronary arteries
An atlas containing hundreds of coronary arteries mapped using MRI scans will help improve heart health.
AudioOur Changing World for 30 November 2017
A project to map coronary arteries in healthy and sick people, and on the hunt for lizards in city parks and gardens. Audio
22 years of Shark Week
We talked earlier this week about snakes needing a PR makeover, like sharks have had in the last few years. One of the ways sharks are celebrated is on Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week. Audio, Gallery
Plants from Cook's first voyage show change in CO2
A study of James Cook's botanical collection confirm changes to the atmosphere. Audio
Plants from Cook's first voyage show change in CO2
They're almost 250 years old but the plants that James Cook collected on by Joseph Banks on his first voyage to New Zealand are offering up insights into the past - and into the future. It's the first… Audio
EPA says science deniers becoming more prevalent in NZ
The Environmental Protection Agency says its job of explaining decisions is being made harder because of a growth of anti-authoritarian "science deniers", whose views on subjects such as 1080… Audio
After 20 years of CO2 rises, where are we now?
After two decades of fine words and twists in climate change policy, Robert McLachlan writes, the new government heralds a change in direction.
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
This week, scientist Dr Siouxsie Wiles talks about the devices that are letting hospital patients and care home residents stay out of bed, what to do when you've got hay fever, and how the sugar… Audio
