Science

As well as being cute, short nosed dogs like pugs, bulldogs and Boston terriers are notorious for their health problems. What is the latest science and advice for pet owners and breeders ? The New… Audio, Gallery

A Christchurch family is planning on spending up to $13,000 to carry out New Zealand's first attempt to treat a dog with so-called lobster syndrome. Video, Audio

Every 50 years or so, one of the thousands of asteroids circling our sun sets off on a collision course with our planet. Carrie Nugent hunts those that might be heading this way. Audio, Gallery

Our Monday expert today has a topic that's a bit bigger than most.. The universe. Audio

Multimedia artist Joseph Michael, oceanographer Dr Mike Williams, Associate Professor Sandy Morrison and entrepreneur Geoff Ross talk about Antarctica with Noelle McCarthy. Audio

Taking penicillin when pregnant could alter the brain chemistry of your offspring; and scientists have detected an atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet about 40 light years away.  Audio

Alison Ballance is an RNZ science presenter and the author of New Zealand's Great White Sharks: How Science is Revealing Their Secrets. Audio, Gallery

A study has shown monkeys and dogs have a strong sense of fairness, and innate morality. Audio

The Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust has been trying to solve the many mysteries of our smallest seabird, the New Zealand storm petrel, which breeds on Hauturu / Little Barrier Island. Audio, Gallery

Matthew Savoca talks about seabirds' fatal attraction to plastic, and how their incredible sense of smell is being fooled by rubbish. Audio

Professor Lucie Green is one of the most respected solar scientists in the world, and a passionate science communicator. She’s a well-known face in the UK, where she presents on a variety of BBC shows… Audio

Chris Callewaert, a post doctoral scholar from the University of California, San Diego has disovered that replacing the underarm bacteria of a very smelly person, with the bacteria from a less smelly… Audio

Dr Helen Czerski talks to Kathryn Ryan about how looking closer at everyday objects opens the door to the fundamentals of physics. She is a lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at… Audio

An expert in stem cell treatment is warning of dodgy operators offering unproven and potentially dangerous treatments, after three women were left blind in the US. Nine to Noon speaks to Auckland… Audio

Changes in the the earth's magnetic field have scientists wondering what's going on. We know that in the past, south was north and north was south. Now there are reports that patches of the earth's… Audio