Science
3D printing a bionic arm
As part of the 2016 International Science Festival in Dunedin, teenager Corey Symon was gifted a 3D-printed bionic arm by Limbitless Solutions.
Video, AudioHunted to extinction - the Chatham Island sea lion
Within 200 years of settling the Chatham Islands, Moriori had hunted the local sea lion to extinction. What lessons can we learn from that? Audio
Hunted to extinction - the Chatham Island sea lion
Within 200 years of settling the Chatham Islands, Moriori had hunted the local sea lion to extinction. What lessons can we learn from that?
AudioHuge asteroid helped shape 'Man in the Moon'
One of the Moon's biggest craters was created by an asteroid more than 250km across, a study suggests.
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Siouxsie tells us about a deadly bacteria that can be picked up by a simple sniff, how thumb sucking helps prevent allergies and how smartphone usage correlates with social anxiety and loneliness. Audio
Meteor or space junk? South Island skies lit up by bright light
Are you still puzzling over what exploded over the southern skies last night? We get the answers from astronomer Ian Griffin from the Museum of Otago. Audio
Just what was that bright orange light?
Is it bird ? Is it a plane? Just what was that bright orange light that exploded in the night skies over the South Island last night. Audio
Full-time work could be bad for your brain-power
Research from Melbourne shows working more than 25 hours a week when you're over 40 could be bad for your intelligence. Audio
Cryonics: will we ever really bring people back from the dead?
Cyronic freezing has long been scoffed at by the science community, but despite that some people remain convinced that if they can preserve their bodies immediately after death, one day in the future… Audio
A Picture of Health?
Liggins Institute guest, University of Pretoria geneticist Vinet Coetzee has been developing an affordable 3D camera that could assist in the early detection of genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome… Audio
Nights' Science - Native Fish Ecology
Can eels bark like a dog? Is their brain in their tail? self-confessed native fish geek Stella McQueen is busting eel myths. Audio
New Zealander helps discover new dwarf planet
A New Zealander has helped to discover a new planet that is 65 times further from the sun than planet Earth. Audio
This Way Up for 16 July 2016 (Part 2)
The Hum is described as an 'an anomalous sound heard around the world', a low frequency noise documented by thousands of people since the 70's, including hundreds of reported cases here in NZ. Then… Audio
Them knees do crack!
When you bend your knees, do you ever hear cracking and popping? Research engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a knee brace that records the sounds inside your knee joint… Audio
Have you heard 'the Hum'?
It's been described as 'an anomalous sound heard around the world', a low frequency noise documented by thousands of people, including hundreds of reported cases here in NZ, since it was first… Audio
Damian Bailey: brains, mountaineering, diving, concussion
Kim Hill talks to Professor Damian Bailey, a world leading expert on concussion and the ageing brain, and Director of the Research Institute of Science and Health for the University of South Wales. He… Audio
Robert Macfarlane: nature, landscape and language
Kim Hill talks to Dr Robert Macfarlane, a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Director of Studies in English. His first book, Mountains of the Mind (2003), and his second, The Wild Places… Audio
Changing times at Our Changing World
As Our Changing World is about to change to a shorter format, Veronika Meduna looks back at some of her favourite stories about science and the environment. Audio
