Science
Shark scientist - Riley Elliot
He's New Zealand's own 'shark man'. Riley Elliot travels the world swimming with sharks. And he's giving talks from today at the New Zealand Boat Show. Audio
Mt Ruapehu still shaking
Scientists say Mt Ruapehu is discharging more and more sulphorous gases but growing rumbles will not necessarily lead to a significant eruption.
Temperature's rising atop Mt Ruapehu
The central North Island's sleeping giant Mt Ruapehu has been stirring in recent weeks and vulcanologists have just raised their alert level by a notch Audio
Ocean Energy
Making power from motion in the ocean. Gareth Gretton is the chair of the NZ wave and tidal energy association, or AWATEA. Audio
Heightened risk of Ruapehu eruption
The volcanic alert level for Mount Ruapehu has been raised, signalling a higher chance of an eruption.
Mathematics and Black holes: Professor Roy Kerr
Emeritus Professor Roy Kerr who has just received the highest academic title the University of Canterbury can bestow - Canterbury Distinguished Professor. He is one of only three in the university's… Audio
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
This week, Dr Wiles explains the science behind a prototype synthetic biology diagnostic test for the zika virus, and talks about what happened to the contestants who shed large amounts of weight on… Audio
More than 100 Earth-sized planets discovered
Nasa's Kepler telescope has discovered more than 100 Earth-sized planets orbiting alien stars.
Mind blowing! Unlocking emotions after decades of Asperger's
''Free-range Aspergian'' John Elder Robison, tells the story of how cutting-edge neuroscience helped him develop the ability to read other people's emotional cues. His latest book, Switched On: A… Audio
Silencing Scientists: Shaun Hendy on why science should be 'open'
How are New Zealand's scientists being silenced and what can be done about it? Shaun Hendy is the former president of the New Zealand Association of Scientists who's investigated the question in a new… Audio
Nights' Pundit - Mathematics
Dr Dillon Mayhew from Victoria University's School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research... Looking at the life and work of self-educated Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan - the… Audio
390,900 plants known to science
More than 2000 new species of plants were discovered last year, and 21 percent of all plant species are at risk of extinction, a new tally shows.
NZers miss out on Mercury crossing the sun
Skywatchers across the globe have watched Mercury transit the Sun, but New Zealand is in a small band of countries that missed out.
Nights' Science - Astronomy
The large, slow rotation of Earth's axis called precession - former Mt John University Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the bodies floating in space... Audio
The mid-life crisis... it's real
A new study out of the University of Greenwich has found that nearly one in four people aged 40 to 59 do go through an emotional upheaval at this time of life. Psychology senior lecturer Dr Oliver… Audio
Solomon Islanders displaced by rising waters
A scientist who has discovered startlingly high rates of sea level rise in the Solomon Islands due to climate change says inhabitants displaced by rising waters are getting no assistance from the… Audio
Andres Ruzo - The River that Boils
When Andres Ruzo was a boy growing up in Peru, his grandfather told him fantastic stories about the Amazon - including a city of gold, and a river that boils. Years later, Ruzo is a geoscientist… Audio, Gallery
Two native mushrooms now endangered
Two New Zealand fungi have been added to the global Red List of threatened species, and classed as 'endangered'.
The New Age of Genomics
Genetic information could eventually be used to choose a child's sex, influence insurance approval, or as evidence for criminal intent, but whether it should be is still up for debate. Audio
Rena wreck - boat itself worse than oil
Research on the Rena's legacy has found some clean-up efforts could have unleashed a worse environmental disaster than the oil spill itself.
