Science
Pesticide bad news for bee learning and memory
Chemists and zoologists have teamed up to investigate the impact of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on bee learning and memory Audio
Pesticide bad news for bee learning and memory
Chemists and zoologists have teamed up to investigate the impact of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on bee learning and memory
AudioRisk from meth contamination greatly overstated
A Massey University scientist, Dr Nick Kim, says there may be little to no health risk from living in a house whose previous inhabitants have smoked meth - and current guidelines are being misapplied.
…Asbestos to be removed from site of yesterday's Te Atatu fire
Twenty firefighters had to be decontaminated for asbestos yesterday after battling a large fire at a car wrecking yard in Auckland. Audio
Transport Agency entrusts inquiry of bad steel to importer
The Transport Agency has entrusted the investigation into how it's ended up with a heap of bad steel at the new Waikato Expressway to the very company that imported it, Steel & Tube. Audio
The benefits of not showering
James Hamblin has stopped washing. At first he got very smelly. But then things started to change. James Hamblin is a senior editor at The Atlantic - he'd been working on a series about the… Audio
Knowledge Games
Could games be the key to solving the some of the worlds most intractable problems? Karen Schrier's new book Knowledge Games says they could - but also warns the "gameifying" the workplace could stir… Audio
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce
For decades successive governments have been promising to pull New Zealand up the value chain and reduce our reliance of primary exports. Why hasn't it happened yet and what's the role of science… Audio
Nights' Science - Computer Science
Prof. Mark Apperley from the University of Waikato shares examples of how science fiction sometimes becomes science fact. Audio
A bug's life: sex and fighting
Leilani Walker is a Doctoral student at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, where she researchers bug and spider behaviour. She'll give listeners a bug quiz, and answer… Video, Audio, Gallery
A third of people on earth can no longer see the Milky Way
A new study has revealed a third of people on earth can not see the milky way at night due to light pollution. An international team of scientists have created The New World Atlas of Artificial Night… Audio, Gallery
Jupiter
After a journey lasting about 5 years and 3 billion kilometres, the NASA spaceship Juno is nearing its final destination, the huge planet Jupiter. Robin McKie, the Science Editor of The Observer… Audio, Gallery
Nano nano
Dr. Anna Henning of boutiq makes nanomaterials for use in everything from solar cells to sunscreen. We talk to her in the lab about some of the exciting new medical applications of nanoscience. Audio
A new way to edit life?
Scientists think they have found a new form of gene editing that targets RNA and not DNA, raising the prospect of more cellular manipulation and more useful applications and therapies. Science… Audio
Rob Knight: engineering pests
New Zealand scientist Rob Knight is Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation, and Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, at the University of California San… Audio
Mana Vautier: Maori astronaut
Mana Vautier, of Te Arawa, Ngai Tahu, Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Raukawa descent, is an Aerospace Engineer at NASA's Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas and he's applied to be an astronaut - he… Audio
Ben Goldacre: good science
Ben Goldacre is an author, broadcaster, campaigner, medical doctor and academic who specialises in unpicking the misuse of science and statistics. He is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre… Audio
An expert in chemistry talks about what p contamination is
Dr Nick Kim, a senior lecturer in Applied Environmental Chemistry at Massey University's School of Public Health sheds some light on what contamination means when it comes to methamphetamine levels in… Audio
Four new elements named for periodic table
Welcome nihonium moscovium, tennessine and oganesson. These are the proposed names for the four new elements added to the periodic table. Audio
Genome sequencing - a how-to-guide
If you want to sequence a genome then a company like New Zealand Genomics Ltd has the equipment and expertise to produce and manage the large amounts of data. Audio, Gallery
