Science

Did you know you had taste buds in your gut, and they might be affecting everything from your mood, to how you react to spicy food? Professor David Julius is from the Physiology Department at the… Audio

Kathryn Ryan talks to Aimee Charteris, the geneticist behind New Zealand's new lamb. Promoted as among the world's tastiest and best for you, Te Mana, with its high Omega-3 content, is putting… Audio, Gallery

Typically researchers who review others work as part of the publication process get little or nothing in return, and with the rate of publication increasing publishers are struggling to find enough… Audio

Scientists say most of the world's coral reefs could perish if countries do not honour their commitments to the Paris climate agreement. Audio

The Conversation is an international effort to bring academics and their expertise to an audience beyond the ivory tower. Mediawatch asks its newly appointed New Zealand editor Veronika Meduna what it… Audio

It’s 80 years since aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared and another search to work out what happened to her is about to get underway using sniffer dogs. Audio

Next year a NASA spacecraft will travel to within 6.2 million kilometres of the sun – that's seven times closer than any spacecraft before it and close enough to get very, very hot. Audio

Great Barrier Island is now an International Dark Sky Sanctuary. Local board chairwoman Izzy Fordham says the status means the night sky can be protected for future generations. Audio

A lab-on-a-chip developed at the University of Canterbury is allowing biologists to measure the minute force generated by a single fungal thread. Video, Audio

Chemicals and drugs detected at wastewater treatment plants can be used to anonymously measure a population’s health.

Dr Jess Berentson Shaw of the Morgan Foundation is with us once again, today she is looking the idea of a Universal Basic Income, or UBI, which is the idea of ensuring a minimum standard of income for… Audio

A raft of new dairy substitutes are turning up on supermarket shelves, but in part four of Healthy or Hoax we ask: can they really be called milk? Audio

In 1961, the 'Pill' went on sale in New Zealand and women's lives were changed forever. The first truly reliable contraceptive, the Pill meant being able to control your fertility was now a matter of… Audio

A chance discovery by two men spending a day fishing on a New Caledonia reef has led to a new species of fish being named after them. Audio

More than 200 scientists and medical professionals have called on the US Food and Drug Administration to restrict the use of anti-bacterial chemicals in personal care products. Audio

Roughly 70 residents packed out Stewart Island's community hall last night to hear from Ministry for Primary Industries officials over the cull of the island's farmed oysters. Audio