Science

Did you know that humans form two sets of teeth over the course of their lives? Professor of Dental Epidemiology and Public Health, also editor of New Zealand Dental Journal, Murray Thomson from the… Audio

Siouxsie Wiles discusses why bees are more attracted to nectar containing pesticides and a tiny shark which has been spotted for the second time ever off the coast of the United States. Audio

New Zealand scientists are hailing a potential breakthrough in controlling greenhouse gas emissions from sheep and cows. Audio

GNS Seismologist John Ristau is with us Audio

Peat uncovered during major roadworks on the Kapiti Coast is shedding light on early Maori occupation, while the discovery of pumice might be the sign of an old tsunami Audio

Physiotherapist Steve Tumilty has been trialling the use of a laser plus exercise to treat tendon injury with positive results Audio

Alan Gilmore from the Mt John Observatory in Tekapo Jennie McCormack from Farm Cove Observatory in Auckland Ash Pennell, President of Dunedin Astronomical Society, the oldest star-gazing society in… Audio

Niwa scientists are trying to find out whether methane emerging from the seafloor off the Gisborne coast is contributing to climate change Audio

The world's most accurate clock just got even more accurate. And the scientists behind it say it could theoretically 'tick' for 15 billion years. The atomic clock was developed by JILA in Colorado… Audio

If you think working at a museum is boring, old dusty stuff, think again. And the Otago Museum has entered an international museum dance off to prove just that. 'When You Work At a Museum' is an… Audio

One of the country's biggest fisheries companies, Sanford has closed its Christchurch mussel processing factory, blaming rising ocean temperatures and variable weather. Matthew Dunn, a Victoria… Audio

The Australian avionics systems engineer who helped build, test and launch the Rosetta space craft that successfully landed a probe on a comet (Comet-67P) last year will give a free public lecture at… Audio

Professor Hank Harlow is a zoologist and animal physiologist whose research looks at lessons for human health learned from animals. He spent twenty years as the Director of the University of Wyoming's… Audio

Clinical psychologist, author and popular local television host Nigel Latta has become the subject of experiments, all in the name of science. Audio

Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us. Phytoremediation or 'using plants to clean the world'. Audio

What we lose if we eliminated disability in society, through either technology or eugenics, with Prof. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson of Emory University. Audio

Discussing the relationship between science and creativity are Julie Maxton, Executive Director of the United Kingdom's Royal Society and Professor Bruce Sheridan, a New Zealand academic at Chicago's… Audio

Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists with the science of why knuckles crack. Plus the bio-chemistry of why dogs gaze lovingly at their owners. Audio