Science

Our nights are getting lit more brightly than ever before. But a growing body of research links high levels of artificial light with a host of health problems. Audio

GNS Science geologists and geophysicists have added an eighth continent called Zealandia to the world map this year. At 4.9 million square kilometres - roughly the same size as India - it's the… Audio

A workshop's being held this weekend for insect lovers who are also internet junkies. Whanganui Regional Museum curator of natural history, Mike Dickison, is in Auckland to share his expertise as a… Audio, Gallery

Forget an asteroid hitting the planet and wiping out life on earth, there's a more urgent and imminent danger which has seen Nasa get involved with - Yellowstone Caldera - a super-volcano in the U.S.

New research suggests that young couples who are having difficulties conceiving may just need more time, rather than costly treatments. University of Otago researchers conducted a long term study of… Audio

Humans are wiping out species worldwide, but an ecologist says human activity is also responsible for ushering in a new age of biodiversity. Audio

What is vitamin C and why do we need it? Which foods have the most vitamin C? Should we pop pills when we think we're getting a cold, or are we just producing expensive urine? And can vit C really… Video, Audio

It is now widely accepted among scientists and environmentalists that we are now in a new geographical epoch - the Anthropocene. Audio

Today we meet Dr. Raj Aich, from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Canterbury. His thesis is about the affective impact of humans and White sharks encountering each other through… Video, Audio, Gallery

When Sinead O'Sullivan from Armagh Northern Ireland was 15, she won the golden ticket; a chance go to NASA's space camp. It changed her life. Audio

Kathryn talks to MPI's regional controller for the Microplasma bovis response, Stu Rawnsley. The cattle disease has been found in a third farm, this one in the Oamaru area. Audio

Otago farmers call for MPI to front up with more information about how the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis has spread. A third farm, this time in the Oamaru area, is in lockdown after some of its… Audio

Peter Griffin, the founding manager of the Science Media Centre argues that there is a worrying trend towards hype and sensationalism in press releases issued by research institutions. Audio

The first total eclipse in almost a century to sweep across the US inspired Americans as they marvelled in the wonder of the cosmos' rarest phenomena - and now the most photographed eclipse in… Video, Audio

What can the brains of sharks tell us about our own brains? You might think not much but actually we have more in common with our aquatic neighbours than you might think. Audio

The total solar eclipse has made landfall in the US as it heads across the continent making a 112-kilometre wide path of 'totality' - where the sun is completely obscured by the moon. US correspondent… Audio