Science

Trapdoor spiders live on mud banks in long silk-lined tunnels with a camouflaged trapdoor, and Vikki Smith has developed a cunning way of luring them out Audio

The importance of very accurate clocks to enable accurate GPS navigation - with A.Prof John McFerran and postdoctoral research associate Stephen Parker, both from the Frequency & Quantum Metrology… Audio

American scientists have created a human brain the size of a pea in a laboratory dish. Audio

The warmest ever superconductor; how mussels cement themselves to rocks; and how playing the computer game Tetris can block cravings. Audio

Six thousand years ago the Sahara Desert was a lush savannah, covered in grasslands, forests and home to one of the largest rivers in the world.

So why did it change? Geologist Stefan Kropelin has… Audio, Gallery

Dale Carnegie is the head of Victoria University's School of Engineering and Computer Science. He was last week given the 2015 Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence award for his engaging teaching… Video, Audio

The number of endangered bottlenose dolphin population in the Bay of Islands has dropped almost 90 per cent in the past 20 years. Audio

Astronommers have discovered a Jupiter-like planet, that could give clues to how our solar system was formed. It's known as 51 Eridani b, it's 100 light years away and is believed to be a young, 20… Audio

Need a mortgage? Buying a new car? Going on holiday? You won't get far unless you have a basic grasp of mathematics. But for something that plays such a vital role in our everyday lives, maths has a… Audio

Recent breakthroughs in DNA technology have allowing scientists to reconstruct the full genome of extinct animals, and learn so much more about the way they lived. Professor Craig Millar of Auckland… Audio, Gallery

The importance of soils for food security and essential ecosystem functions has been acknowledged by declaring 2015 the International Year of Soils, with Landcare Research scientist Pierre Roudier… Audio

70 is the new 50. Or so it seems when you look at the stats that show we're living longer. Dr Rudi Westendorp is one of the world's leading experts in geriatric medicine. He says we shouldn't be… Audio

Dr Peter Dearden and his proposal to sequence 100 so-called Taonga Genomes - the genetic blueprints of New Zealand's most treasured native species. Audio

Chris Pires of the Bond Life Sciences Center at the University of Missouri is tracking an evolutionary battle between caterpillars and plants that's made our wasabi, mustard and horseradish even… Audio

Adding air puffs that we produce during speech to mobile phones and hearing aids might make understanding conversations in noisy environments easier Video, Audio

Veronika Meduna joins Pacific archaeologists at the oldest cemetery in the pacific to find out about the Lapita and their epic voyage of discovery. Audio