Science

The benefits of letting the cogs of your brain move slowly. Audio

How did scary stories of an ice age just 15 years from now spread throughout the news media last week? Mediawatch looks at the role of a couple of stray quotation marks, some dismal churnalism - and… Audio

Dr Chris Smith with a new approach to treating cataracts with eyedrops not surgery, and the clearest link yet between sugary drinks and diabetes. Audio

Alok Jha is a science journalist and the author of 'The Water Book: The extraordinary story of our most ordinary substance'. Audio

The global trade in the drug ketamine. Also science journalist Alok Jha, author of 'the Water Book'. Audio

An international team of researchers have decoded the entire genetic blueprint of the North Island brown kiwi. Audio

Nasa's Kepler mission has discovered an earthlike planet scientists say could host alien life. Audio

The genome of the North Island brown kiwi has just been published by an international team of researchers Video, Audio

Ruth Beran's award-winning feature on sleep apnoea follows Maui Stewart to the sleep clinic on a journey to better health. Audio

Do sea urchins live in a 'landscape of fear' and is the mere presence of predatory crayfish and snapper enough to change their behaviour? Video, Audio

Veronika Meduna visits a salmon hatchery to find out more about how salmon are bred and farmed, and about the family tree of each fish. Audio

Making the numbers add up is Dr Dillon Mayhew from Victoria University's School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research: game theory. John Nash (the subject of the film A Beautiful Mind)… Audio

A University of Canterbury professor has set up the Turing Centre at one of the leading universities in Europe. Having spent much of his academic career researching Alan Turing, Professor Jack… Audio

Solving the worlds biggest issues could soon be made easier - an Auckland study is finding you can train someone to co-operate. Audio