Science
Astronauts get back to earth after Mars simulation
Six scientists have just finished a year long simulation of what it would be live on Mars. First meal they ordered - pizza. Audio
Sweet truth: Students to help with fructose research
Thousands of Kiwi students will be breath-tested to help understand the role of sugar in childhood obesity. Audio
Lucie Green: Journey to the Centre of the Sun
Everyone and everything that has ever lived owes its existence to the Sun. Professor Lucie Green is a solar physicist and host of The Sky at Night BBC series and the author of the new book 15 Million… Audio
Whales in New Zealand waters
Whale expert Anton Van Helden talks about the whales that populate our waters and how new technology is helping us learn more about them than ever before, such as just how long they can spend… Audio, Gallery
Scientists end 'year on Mars' mission
A team of six people have completed a Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in near isolation for a year.
Nights' Science - Teeth Talk
The cost of going to the dentist prevents many adult New Zealanders getting proper care for their teeth. So why is it so expensive and what is the impact of unaffordable dental care? We ask Prof… Audio
Ethical honey
Jim McMillan is the founder of The True Honey Co. The company is shaking things up in the honey world, and has developed TrueView technology, which provides real time data about what's happening in… Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: The Otago Skink
DOC's Endangered Species Ambassador Nicola Toki tells us all about the Otago Skink, our largest lizards, growing up to 30 centimetres long. They give birth to live young, and as the head first baby… Audio, Gallery
Why Women Cheat
Western culture has a long-held belief, that humans have evolved to be monogamous in relationships. But our guest challenges this, saying he has the answers as to why women have affairs. He's… Audio
'You've still got the reservoir of bugs living in the pipes'
The chlorine used by the Hastings District Council to clear the town's water supply is useless, says a rural water expert.
Glow in the dark - firefly squid and bioluminescence
Miriam Sharpe and Kurt Krause are investigating the proteins that glow worms and firefly squid use to glow in the dark. Video, Audio
Glow in the dark - firefly squid and bioluminescence
Miriam Sharpe and Kurt Krause are investigating the proteins that glow worms and firefly squid use to glow in the dark.
Video, AudioViruses more dangerous in the morning
A new study by the University of Cambridge has found that viruses could be 10 times more successful, when they infect people in the morning. And the authors say the findings could lead to new ways of… Audio
Keeping track of time
Kevin Karney is an expert in cosmology and has a special interest in timekeeping and the art and science of sundials who has been in New Zealand on a lecture tour sponsored by the Australian and New… Audio
MPs urged to make a brave decision on voluntary euthanasia
MPs hearing submissions on voluntary euthanasia have been told today to put fear and emotion aside and be principled and brave. Audio
Havelock Nth businesseses join forces in response to gastro bug
Havelock North businesswoman Liv Reynolds says businesses must try to force some kind of response from either the council or government. Video, Audio
Large quake rocks central Italy, fatalities likely
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck the centre of Italy, with reports of at least six people dead. Correspondent Josephine McKenna joined Checkpoint from Rome. Video, Audio
Inside the brains of psychopaths
Dr Kent Kiehl has spent most of his professional life interviewing psychopaths.They don't come to him, he goes to them. Audio, Gallery
Behind the scenes at the museum
Former natural history curator, Brian Gill takes Nine to Noon behind the scenes at the Auckland Museum, to tell some of the intriguing stories of the collections he's worked with over three decades… Audio, Gallery
Episode 6 - The End
Death is the natural culmination of the ageing process, but it can seem like an abstract idea, until it affects us directly. Video, Audio
