Science

Industrial mathematician Mark McGuinness has applied maths to problems as varied as crispy cereal and the freezing of Antarctic sea ice. Audio

There are around 20 thousand insect species in New Zealand, and more than 90 percent are only found here. But most of us never really get to see them. Audio, Gallery

Forestry is one of the most dangerous industries in New Zealand to work in, but what can we do to make it safer? According to Statistics New Zealand, it's the third-least safe for fatalities – behind… Audio

Barack Obama is vowing to get involved in sending people to Mars by the 2030s. Audio

The advertising standards authority has not upheld complaints about two recent anti fluoride ads that aired on television. The advertisements claimed that fluoride does not improve dental health, is a… Audio

Kathryn Ryan talks with Paul Litchfield, the chair of the UK's What Works Centre for Wellbeing, which is dedicated to promoting evidence for the improvement of wellbeing across society. He says safety… Audio

It's been almost 50 years since Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first human beings to land on the moon . Now at age 86, Buzz Aldrin is pouring his passion into a mission to Mars. Audio, Gallery

Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists has been trying to make sense of the work behind the Nobel science prizes announced this week. So what's been recognised, why is it important, and what on earth… Audio

Professor Mandyam (Srini) Srinivasan from the University of Queensland has recruited a high-flying team of 10 budgies and is flying them down tunnels to try to make them bump into each other. He's… Audio

How 3D printed models can be used to teach blind students about astronomy. This Way Up visits Manurewa High School in Auckland to experience 'tactile astronomy' in action. Audio, Gallery

Kim Hill talks to molecular palaeontologist Professor Beth Shapiro, who is Director for Conservation at the University of California Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, and Research Associate of the Denver… Audio

Kathryn Ryan talks with Bren Smith, a former commercial fisherman in the US who decided the industrial fishing system he loved being a part of was pillaging the oceans and there would be no life-long… Video, Audio, Gallery

Psychologist Deirdre Brown has been researching whether children are reliable eyewitnesses. Audio