Science

Last week was worldwide antibiotic resistance week with the prestigious medical journal the Lancet publishing new research on the a new form of antibiotic resistance to the last class of antibiotics… Audio

Steve Silberman is an American journalist who writes about technology for Wired magazine and the New Yorker. His new book 'Neurotribes' is the first popular science book to win the Samuel Johnson… Audio

Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University on how group singing can help people to bond more quickly than other pastimes. Audio

Former Mt John University Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the bodies floating in space; the latest results from Pluto via the New Horizons spacecraft, plus how to prepare… Audio

Dean Crick of Colorado State University is trying to find better ways to treat the bacterial disease tuberculosis. Audio

Fellow of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Distinguished Professor at University of Maryland, fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute, and joint winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for… Audio

The prickly dogfish is a small deepsea shark with very rough skin. Shark skin is made from 'dermal denticles' which are like teeth Audio

The Fishes of New Zealand is the first definitive guide to all of our freshwater and marine fishes since 1872, and it includes more than 1260 species Audio, Gallery

Science historian Simon Nathan discusses his biography of Sir James Hector, New Zealand's first government scientist. Audio

NIWA has produced some electronic field guides to coastal creatures, including one on crabs Audio

Material scientist Martin Allen has developed wearable UV sensors that allow school children to monitor their exposure to the sun's ultra-violet radiation. Audio

Equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell... women (struggling/being successful) in science Audio

Self-confessed native fish geek, author and field worker on Nights to talk about her petition to ban commercial whitebait fishing and help save the four endangered native fish species of the five… Audio

A massive 1080 poison offensive has successfully wiped out 95 per cent of rats and 85 per cent of stoats in targeted forests around the country. But the result still fell a bit short of what a… Audio