Science

Warming ocean temperatures and increasing sediment as a result of more extreme weather events may have profound effects on the health of our coastal kelp ecosystems Audio

Massey University researchers are looking at whether why protein after interval training could help type II diabetics with their blood sugar levels Audio

How an Icelandic canyon, which is home to Europe's most powerful waterfall, was created within a matter of days by extreme flooding - with Edwin Baynes from the University of Edinburgh School of… Audio, Gallery

University of Auckland neuroscientist Melanie Cheung explains how she consulted with her iwi before starting work on brain tissue Audio

Hawkes Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu is holding a series of wānanga or workshops to help the tribe understand the environmental risks of geological hazards and climate change. Audio

A group of seismologist from the United States, Japan, and New Zealand, are measuring slow-slip earthquake activity in Poverty Bay, in the biggest experiment of its kind. It is part of a staged… Audio

Henry Marsh is a neurosurgeon who hates cutting into people's brains. But for nearly 30 years as a senior consultant at St George's Hospital in London, he pioneered brain surgical techniques and… Audio

Tonight, in Hamilton, Professor Catharine Coleborne will give her inaugural professorial lecture at the University of Waikato. It's a chance for her to speak about her career and research. Her topic… Audio

About half a dozen seals have been spotted in Auckland suburbs in the past three weeks. They've turned up at car washes, wandering near the supermarket, even napping on the road. So why are we seeing… Audio

The European Space Agency says its comet lander spacecraft, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth. Philae became the first spacecraft to land on a comet when it was dropped on to the surface of one… Audio

Our physist Professor Shaun Hendy welcomes the return of the large Hadron Collider. Audio

Professor Nigel Stork discusses bugs and it appears that there is probably a lot less species diversity than originally thought. Audio

Nasa's airborne space observatory has touched down in Christchurch for a second season with its sights set on Pluto. Audio

Dr Philip Ball answers questions from the audience. Audio

Today we can take our pick of masses of paint colours, but artists of earlier times had to painstakingly make their own pigments. Some were immensely expensive. Unstable ones faded or darkened. Dr… Audio, Gallery

Do Sir Tim Hunt's comments about women in labs indicate a wider problem with sexism in science? Audio

Chris Simms from the New Scientist has been looking at the science of terroir and why wine tastes the way it does. Audio

Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists on recovering dinosaur tissue from fossils. Also common stomach ulcer drugs could be linked to an increased risk of heart attack. Audio