Science
Sugar - Professor Margaret Morris
The bad news about sugar consumption keeps coming - this time it's being linked to potential brain damage. Now a new study on rats led by an Australian research team found that the ones which were… Audio
10,000 Sharks - Professor Stephen Kajiura
Tens of thousands of sharks are migrating on the coast of Florida, just a stone's throw away from the shoreline. Florida Atlantic University biological sciences professor Stephen Kajiura, has been… Audio
Science commentator, Siouxsie Wiles
This week, science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles explains why it's better for retirees to keep up their book clubs and social groups, and talks about sexism in coding and advances in medical 3D… Audio
A breakthrough new cancer treatment
A new technique in the treatment of cancer has produced extraordinary results in a small group of terminally ill patients. Audio
Science - Astronomy
Former Mt John University Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the bodies floating in space, and the (yet to be discovered) ninth planet of our solar system. Audio
Food science - Don Otter
Food scientist Don Otter and wife Kirsten have decamped from the Manawatu across the Pacific to Wisconsin, where there is snow and the US presidential primaries. Plus cheese. Lots and lots of cheese. Audio
Seismologist runs through science of yesterday's quake
According to GeoNet here were two moderate aftershocks, measuring magnitude 3.6 and 3.9, and one strong aftershock measuring 4.2 at 6.30 following yesterday's quake. Audio
How microbes have shaped the earth
Paul Falkowski studies how the humble microbe has shaped human history in his book 'Life's Engines' (Princeton University Press). Audio
Drugs: asthma inhalers and how they work
John Ashton of the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the Otago School of Medical Sciences looks at how the popular asthma reliever Ventolin works. Audio
Science: neurostatins and malarial microbiome
Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith with news that researchers in the UK have used a cancer drug to block the process in the brain that leads to Alzheimer's disease. Also the severity of a dose of… Audio
Gene editing crops
Robin McKie of The Observer has been looking at gene edited crops. These may soon be blocked by EU regulators who are deciding if gene edited plants qualify as genetically modified organisms. Audio
Sigh science
Professor Jack Feldman of UCLA and his team have just identified the part of the brain that transforms a normal breath into a sigh, a discovery that could help to treat people with breathing… Audio
Giulio Selvaggi: convicted for science
Former director of the National Earthquake Centre in Italy, who was tried and convicted of manslaughter after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, then acquitted by the Italian Supreme Court of all charges… Audio
Richard McGregor: the DNA of Clan Gregor
Emeritus Professor at the University of Cumbria who teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, and Chairman of Council of the Clan Gregor Society of Scotland, co-ordinating the Clan… Audio
J.M. Fortier and Curtis Stone: small-scale market gardening
Canadian small-scale market gardeners visiting New Zealand on the Six Figure Farming Tour, outlining their replicable system for profitable, small-scale intensive growing of organic produce. Audio
David Wiltshire: gravitational waves and black holes
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, discussing the announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves, and the New Zealand connection… Audio
The discovery of gravitational waves
Renowned mathematician Roy Kerr who in 1963 solved Einstein's equations for black holes on the detection of gravitational waves which proves spinning black holes exist. Audio
Scientists announce detection of of gravitational waves signal
Scientists have for the first time observed gravitational waves, ripples in space and time hypothesised by Albert Einstein, in a discovery that opens a new window for studying the cosmos. Video, Audio
Scientist part group that proved existence of gravitational waves
Scientists have proved the existence of gravitational waves - ripples in the fabric of space and time. Zach Korth is one of the scientists who's been working on the project in Livingston, Louisiana. Audio
Scientists prove existence of gravitational waves
A hundred years after Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity, scientists have proved the existence of gravitational waves - ripples in the fabric of spacetime. Cardiff University… Audio