Science
Maori innovation hub launched today
Callaghan Innovation launches a new Maori Innovation hub to encourage more research and development in Maori business and make Crown services more accessible. Audio
ESA scientists await confirmation of Mars landing
Scientists at the European Space Agency are still waiting to find out if they have successfully landed a small robot on the surface of Mars. The landing was due to have taken place within the past few… Audio
The Great Tomato Debate
It's the great tomato debate; To refrigerate or not to refrigerate? We have the answer! Audio
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
This week Siouxsie discusses the Japanese researchers turning mouse stem cells into eggs, a new diabetes test based on sweat and the invasive plants which dye yellow woodpeckers red. Audio
Spaced-out debate over high-altitude legislation
David Bowie, Elton John and endless puns all featured in an outlandish parliamentary debate over proposed laws to govern outer space.
What do special needs children need in the classroom?
As the Ombudsman investigates complaints about two schools confining special needs children in seclusion rooms, Kathryn Ryan talks with teacher and mum of three, Julie Hanify, who was diagnosed with… Audio
Nights' Science - Toxicology
Our poison professor - toxicologist Dr. Leo Schep tests for substances taken internally or applied externally that are injurious to health or dangerous to life. Audio
Why tuatara are so unique
New Zealand’s native reptile, the tuatara, is in an order of its own. While it's not a dinosaur, its ancestors do go back 230 million years. Audio, Gallery
China's manned space station mission begins
China has launched its latest manned space mission, taking two astronauts into orbit to spend a month aboard an experimental space laboratory.
Baking without refined sugar
Carine Claudepierre is a scientist and sweet-tooth who discovered a few years ago she was pre-diabetic. That set her off on a journey of trialing new ways of baking - without refined sugars and flours… Audio, Gallery
Cosmic rays help reveal carbon dioxide emitters
New Zealand scientists are using grass to better estimate carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel power stations.
'Spectacular' 14,000-year-old art found on Spanish cave walls
Cave art as much as 14,500 years old has been pronounced "the most spectacular and impressive" ever discovered on the Iberian peninsula.
Restoring touch to paralysed patients
Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists with the news that scientists use gene editing to find a potential cure for the inherited blood disorder sickle cell anaemia, and a way to use brain implants to… Audio
Peak longevity? Live long, die old
Science writer Carl Zimmer looks at "the latest volley in a long-running debate among scientists about the human life span". Audio
Is seaweed the answer to NZ's methane problem?
Researchers in Australia have found a potential answer to one of New Zealand's biggest climate change conundrum's - a seaweed to cut methane from burping cows. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Rob Kinley with… Audio
In the footsteps of dinosaurs
Collingwood Area School students join GNS scientists in a search for dinosaur footprints on the shore of a Golden Bay estuary Audio, Gallery
In the footsteps of dinosaurs
Collingwood Area School students join GNS scientists in a search for dinosaur footprints on the shore of a Golden Bay estuary
AudioMuesli and sea ice - an unexpected maths tale
Industrial mathematician Mark McGuinness has applied maths to problems as varied as crispy cereal and the freezing of Antarctic sea ice. Audio
Muesli and sea ice - an unexpected maths tale
Industrial mathematician Mark McGuinness has applied maths to problems as varied as crispy cereal and the freezing of Antarctic sea ice.
AudioPlaying cards with our native insects
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
