Science

A group of Year 13 students from Kaikorai Valley College in Dunedin have created a biotechnology company and installed a biodigestor at school Audio

Three small houses have been deliberately deluged to try to understand how floodwater damages buildings and materials. Audio

Scientist Richard Easther discusses his favourite New Zealand scientist and her work. Audio

John Innes won a science award last night for his work in helping to bring tui back to the city - he joins Jesse in the Hamilton studio to discuss his project, and his three decades worth of… Audio

New research confirms that Antarctica will contribute sigificantly to future sea level rise unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed from 2020 onwards. Audio

The new 'All-Ireland Pollinator Plan' makes Ireland one of the first countries in Europe to draw up a strategy to reverse the decline in bees - with A.Prof Jane Stout from the School of Natural… Audio

Are you an empathiser or systemiser? What your music taste says about you. Audio

New data showing how the water will flow into hundreds of US cities under the best and worst climate change scenarios. Audio

The Pharmacy Council is moving to change its code of ethics to enable pharmacies to continue selling homeopathic products. The Society for Science Based Healthcare formally complained to the council… Audio

A mobile laboratory in a shipping container has been launched in Dunedin to take science to rural people. Otago reporter Ian Telfer was there as the box was opened. Audio

Post-doctoral researcher at Albuquerque's University of New Mexico, Christchurch raised Tehnuka Ilanko has spent a few years investigating the active lava lake at the summit crater of Mount Erebus. Audio

Dr Kenneth Kamler is an adventure physician. He's the person who can make the difference between life and death in the remote jungles of the Amazon or on the slopes of Everest. He was the only doctor… Audio

Dr Matt Kaeberlein is from the Kaeberlain Lab at the University of Washington Medical Centre and spends his time trying to figure out how humans, and dogs, can live a longer, healthier life. Audio

In his latest book, 'The Universe in Your Hand' French Theoretical physicist Christophe Galfard takes you on a whistle-stop, wonder filled journey to the edge of the universe and back again. Using… Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster on how the month of August was the hottest ever reported globally and it was accompanied by: drought in Papua New Guinea; below average Antarctic sea ice, and; a… Audio

The Drug Foundation says doctors are scared of medicinal cannabis and aren't keeping up with the science on its benefits for some patients. Audio