Science
Could a College student help us keep our heating bills down?
Naenae College pupil Zavier Boyd has developed a prototype for an app to help homeowners calculate what heating or insulation solution would result in the biggest cost-saving for their household. His… Audio
DNA transfer between brain cells
Malaghan Institute scientist Mike Berridge recently discovered a fundamentally new process of mitochondrial DNA transfer between cells. He now investigates whether this is also the case between brain… Audio
DNA transfer between brain cells
Malaghan Institute scientist Mike Berridge recently discovered a fundamentally new process of mitochondrial DNA transfer between cells. He now investigates whether this is also the case between brain…
AudioGotta have skin
A tougher artificial skin, that is quick to grow in the lab, could revolutionise the treament of burn victims and increase their chance of survival. Video, Audio
Gotta have skin
A tougher artificial skin, that is quick to grow in the lab, could revolutionise the treament of burn victims and increase their chance of survival.
Video, AudioBig hopes for tiny wasp mite
A tiny mite, that could transmit diseases such as viruses, is being investigated as a possible biocontrol agent for introduced social wasps. Audio
Big hopes for tiny wasp mite
A tiny mite, that could transmit diseases such as viruses, is being investigated as a possible biocontrol agent for introduced social wasps.
AudioMicrobes and moods
We are more microbe than human, and our microbiome may be affecting our brain, moods and behaviour. Audio
Microbes and moods
We are more microbe than human, and our microbiome may be affecting our brain, moods and behaviour.
AudioPesticide 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
