Science

Top military officials from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand begin their annual meeting today to discuss their increasing activities in space. Audio

Economic production systems and consumption patterns are both a problem and the potential solution to climate change. Economics can be used to drive change by aligning incentives, sparking innovation… Audio

Last month an experiment conducted five years ago at Otago University which involved strapping live pigs to a surgical table and shooting them in the head to study so-called back spatter made… Audio

What is HRT? Director of the Women's Health Research Centre at the University of Otago, menopause expert Bev Lawton on the risks and benefits of taking HRT during menopause. Audio

Colour vision impairment: how it's diagnosed, the evolution of colour vision, and glasses to help people see the full colour spectrum. Audio

The Canterbury Mudfish is our Critter of The Week. It a series where we focus on the lesser-known threatened species. Nicola Toki is the Department of Conservation's threatened species ambassador. Audio

French experts Pierre Ducret and Lucile Schmid discuss the social impacts of climate change and the challenges in building a fair, low-carbon economy. Audio

Tiny skin mites are causing mange and feather loss amongst red-crowned parakeets on Tiritiri Matangi Island, and a screening programme is keeping an eye on the problem Audio, Gallery

Motu's director Adam Jaffe responds to the government's science funding strategy and discusses recent research into the efficacy of the Marsden Fund. Audio

There are a million hectares of stony soils in New Zealand - and scientists are using lysimeters to measure how water and cow urine move through them Audio

This year's coveted 'Major Contribution to the Understanding of Death Award' was presented to British pathology museum curator Carla Valentine, who is responsible for about 300 preserved human brains… Audio

Old bones from an ancient Maori oven are helping unravel the history of the Polynesian dog, or kuri, which were brought to Aotearoa by the first Maori settlers. University of Otago PhD student Karen… Audio

Three scientists from Sweden, the United States and Turkey have won the this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry for a discovery that promises to provide new ammunition in the war on cancer. Dr Art… Audio

Professor Jayawardhana is the Dean of Science at York University in Canada and has written a book on the hunt for the Neutrino, which are elementary particles. Audio