Science

Traditionally medical and pharmacy professionals have encouraged patients to finish all of the antibiotics given to them even if they feel better before the course is complete. A group of specialists… Audio

Could our sense of smell be an important factor behind the fact that so many of us are overweight? Andy Dillin at the University of California, Berkeley, was involved in a study on mice that found… Audio

The cloud may soon blow over, as scientists investigate storing information in the densest known storage medium in the universe – DNA. Luis Ceze has been exploring the possibilities. Audio, Gallery

Mark Temple of Western Sydney University is a molecular biologist and a musician who's developed a way to turn DNA into music, so now you can 'hear' a genetic mutation. Audio

A new, easy to use environmental monitoring system that will let farms track their environmental performance over the years. It will provide data which proves the quality of their farm environment is… Audio

Trevor the caterpillar and Julie the dragonfly are soft robots that can walk and flap using electricity that powers artificial muscles, without a printed circuit board in sight. Video, Audio

Neuropsycholgist Paul Corballis talks about the way our brains perceive the world, how we recognise faces, and whether or not we can really multi-task. Audio

There have been eight deaths in Auckland related to synthetic cannabis use in just over a month. The latest was a 24-year-old Papakura man who became seriously ill after he was believed to have been… Audio

Speech and language therapist Christian Wright discusses how children acquire two languages, and strategies to support bi-lingualism. Audio

This week, scientist Dr Siouxsie Wiles talks about a potential vaccine for type 1 diabetes and new research that suggests that a third of dementia cases could be prevented by changing our lifestyle… Audio