Science

If you want to attract native birds to your garden, putting out bread may not be the right thing to do. Audio

Geologists samples fossils of microscopic plants and animals to study ancient climate change and extinctions. Audio

A leading roboticist says killer robots could actually save lives. Professor Ronald Arkin, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, is in New Zealand giving talks on how he says, using robots in… Audio

Elliot Krane is a Pediatrician and Anesthesiologist and the Chief of Pain Management Service at Packard Children's Hospital at the Stanford School of Medicine. Audio

The world's most sophisticated autonomous underwater vehicle, Sentry, has enabled scientists to do their most detailed study ever of two submarine volcanoes in the Kermadec Arc. Audio

In a world's first researchers are using Google's technology to map the human body. The new imaging technique was announced at a convention in the United States this week. It will allow medical… Audio

Alan Gilmore talks astronomy and in particular the planet Mercury. Audio

What ancient wood can tell us about ancient civilisation, and the climate it existed in. Charlotte Pearson, a dendroarchaeologist explains. Audio

Chemistry may not be as important as maths when it comes to finding love, says Dr Hannah Fry. She builds computer models which predict how people will behave and says she has found an equation for… Audio

The Mt John University Observatory at Tekapo is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. And a lot has changed since it opened in 1965. From humble beginnings it has evolved into a premier… Audio

Professor Joe Nadeau is at the forefront of the study of epigenetics - investigating how environmental factors like diet, stress and conditions in the womb can alter a person's genetic make-up. He is… Audio

Erin Smith is an artist and researcher whose work focuses on the issue of waste and the future of fabrication. She makes wedding dresses that are grown, not made, and then easily composted when… Audio

Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news; this week tests on a new vaccine for ebola, and studies linking air pollution to stroke and higher anxiety levels. Audio

The emerging study of the necrobiome; that's the community of bacteria that live on and in us after we die. Jeff Tomberlin is a forensic entomologist at Texas A&M University who's studying the… Audio

Director of the Antarctic Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington. He will discuss the new findings this week on the decrease in volume of Antarctic ice. Audio

NASA is once again attempting to launch its gigantic super pressure balloon from Wanaka this morning. Audio

A new gel has been developed that is 85% water but can be stretched many times and hit with a hammer without disintegrating Audio