Science
The CRISPR dilemma
CRISPR is the new buzzword in genetics, and University of Otago geneticists Peter Dearden and Neil Gemmell discuss the potential benefits and risks of the new gene editing tool.
AudioTruffle-like fungi: what their genes can tell us
Truffle-like fungi are related to mushrooms but look like truffles, and geneticists around the world are studying their genomes to understand how they have all co-evolved. Audio
Truffle-like fungi: what their genes can tell us
Truffle-like fungi are related to mushrooms but look like truffles, and geneticists around the world are studying their genomes to understand how they have all co-evolved.
AudioSurvival of the oldest
Palaeontologists studying an ancient group of extinct marine plankton find surprising results about which species are vulnerable to extinction. Audio
Survival of the oldest
Palaeontologists studying an ancient group of extinct marine plankton find surprising results about which species are vulnerable to extinction.
AudioBetter Data on Death
Why death statistics for the world's population are still unreliable - with Rowden-White Chair of Global Health and Burden of Disease Measurement, University of Melbourne Laureate Prof. Alan Lopez -… Audio
Nurture vs nature: British Psychologist Oliver James
What is it that makes us like our parents? Is it our genetic makeup - the DNA passed from parent to child? Or is it the way in which our parents have raised us, that makes us who we are? Oliver James… Audio
Asteroid swings by Earth
Planet Earth may have just had a close shave with an asteroid. Audio
Nights Science - Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us... jumping the garden fence - weeds Audio
High costs in drug industry a sign of problems: expert
A New Zealand expert in the development of new anti-cancer medicines says world drug prices are far too high and the system is "broke". Audio
Science: robotic skin
Dr Chris Smith with science news, and designing robotic skin that senses touch. Also monkeys have been able to control wheelchairs using only their thoughts. Audio
Rare whale images a world-first
A team of scientists have captured what could be world-first footage of a pygmy blue whale feeding her calf. Video
Critter Of The Week - Nicola Toki
Nicola Toki, DOC's threatened species ambassador, finds a new species each week for us to discover. This week it's the Foveaux shag. Audio
Lake Ohau reveals climate history
Scientists reveal the climate history hidden in the mud at the bottom of Lake Ohau, reaching back to the end of the last Ice Age some 18,000 years ago. Audio, Gallery
Lake Ohau reveals climate history
Scientists reveal the climate history hidden in the mud at the bottom of Lake Ohau, reaching back to the end of the last Ice Age some 18,000 years ago.
AudioPoetry and science inspired by Transit of Venus
A book of poetry celebrates the inspiration poets, scientists and the Uawa/Tolaga Bay community have drawn from the 2012 Transit of Venus. Audio
Poetry and science inspired by Transit of Venus
A book of poetry celebrates the inspiration poets, scientists and the Uawa/Tolaga Bay community have drawn from the 2012 Transit of Venus.
AudioDeterring sharks with electricity
Sunkita Howard is developing an electrical deterrent to discourage spiny dogfish from getting caught on fishing hooks used in the ling longline fishery. Audio, Gallery
Aftershocks continue in Indonesia after quake
Strong aftershocks have continued to rock Indonesia today, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra early this morning. GNS geologist Kelvin Berryman joins Checkpoint. Audio
Space station departure 'bittersweet', says astronaut
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko have returned to earth after nearly a year on the International Space Station. Audio
